Food Empowerment Project

Thank you for the support! 🥰💚

Text:“Showing up for others isn’t an act of charity; this is solidarity.” -Yvette Baker Photo contains a picture of Yvette Baker, animal rights and liberation activist

True liberation requires us to think beyond individual actions and instead act as a collective committed to justice.

The work begins locally: organize, build relationships with your neighbors, and unite against systems that claim the final say.

❌️ Cannot recommend:
It’s Delish | itsdelish.com

❌️ Cannot recommend: companies that did not respond:
The Milkshake Factory | www.milkshakefactory.com

❌️ Cannot recommend even with certifications or initiatives:
Harry Specters | www.harryschocs.co.uk

Below are the new additions to our list. You can check out the full list at the link above:

February
✅️ Recommended:
Radeks Chocolate | radekschocolate.co.uk

🟡 Mixed:
Fetcha Chocolates | fetchachocolates.com
(Recommend all except white chocolate)

We seek to inform consumers about where their chocolate comes from. That is why F.E.P. updates our chocolate list every month to help keep you informed!

🔗 Learn more about our chocolate list at foodispower.org/chocolate-list

Download our 'Chocolate List' app to take our list with you on the go! 📲

Do you think vegan meals should be a required option in all K–12 schools and college cafeterias? Your voice matters! 🗣️🎤 ✨

VersyTalks and F.E.P. have teamed up once again to spark real conversations around food access. 🍎📚️

🔗 Join in and let your voice be heard at buff.ly/Pg7Ulnk

Join us in celebrating the one year anniversary of Tyra, our Communications Team Member! 🩷 🥳

You can explore all of Tyra’s designs by getting your copy of Vegan Soul Food at vegansoulfood.org! 🤎🍽️

Join us in celebrating Tyra’s incredible contributions and drop a "🎉 emoji" below!

We can restore habitats, protect endangered species, fight climate change, and educate others about the importance of living in balance with nature. ♻️ 🤝

When we act collectively, across borders, species, and systems, we move closer to true liberation. This is collective liberation 🌎✊

March 3 is World Wildlife Day, a time to reflect on how little we share this planet with our animal friends. 🦒🦜✨

Wild animals now make up less than 4% of all mammals on Earth. Through colonization, exploitative systems, and climate denial, we’ve built a world that values profit over coexistence. 🌲💸

Text: Maddie's One Year with F.E.P.! Join us in celebrating Maddie, F.E.P.’s Vegan Programs Team Member, on her one year anniversary with Food Empowerment Project! Congrats, Maddie! In the past year, Maddie has: co-created Camp FFTO, F.E.P.’s virtual summer camp dedicated to cultivating compassion for marine life, completed the printing of Vegan Soul Food and the launch of veganindianfood.org, created multiple new vegan recipes across our sites, and more! Maddie is now working on our upcoming vegan cultural recipe site, Vegan Korean Food, launching soon! Drop a “🎉” in the comments! Pictured: Photos of Maddie tabling, modeling our F.E.P. tote bag and holding up a painting she completed. Cake, heart, balloons, and plant icons scattered around.

Today we celebrate Maddie's one year work anniversary with F.E.P.! 💜🎉

Maddie is the kind of team member who can always make us laugh and smile. She’s kind, optimistic, and full of amazing ideas that inspire everyone around her. 💓🥰

Please join us in congratulating Maddie! 🎊 🥳

I want to #AbolishICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is out of control and completely unnecessary.

🔗 Stand with us to take action to abolish ICE. The petition is fewer than 10,000 signatures away from its goal. Sign today at actionnetwork.org/petitions/abolish-ice

To everyone that will sign on, thank you. This is what collective liberation looks like: a movement where no one is left behind. 🌎✊

Since then, successive administrations have built and reinforced a framework that allows ICE to target sick children, activists, grandparents, asylum-seekers...our neighbors.

We do not need to reform this system. We do not need to fund it further. We need to abolish it.

This pattern began with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. It has been 144 years since then. We have had 144 years to correct this injustice.

ICE was created in 2002 in the wake of 9/11, during a time when harmful stereotypes painted immigrants as threats or terrorists.

For nearly a century and a half, the U.S. has systematically targeted immigrant communities.

🔗 Stand with us to take action to abolish ICE. The petition is fewer than 10,000 signatures away from its goal.

Sign today at actionnetwork.org/petitions/abolish-ice or by visiting the link in our bio!

Pigs Photo courtesy of Edgar’s Mission Pigs In nature, pigs are essentially survivors-a relic family of mammals who thrive in conditions that few other animals can endure. As true opportunists, they are…

We must change our relationship with animals. It’s not enough to enjoy their cuteness while ignoring their suffering in reality.

If we truly believe in building a compassionate world, that compassion must extend to all living beings. 🌎💓

🔗 Learn more about pigs raised at buff.ly/b8Iw7NR

Yet, in the U.S. alone, over 120 million pigs are raised and slaughtered for consumption each year.

Female pigs are repeatedly impregnated, their babies taken away soon after birth, and the process repeated until their bodies give out and they are deemed no longer “useful” to the industry.

Despite common stereotypes, pigs are remarkably clean, social, and intelligent animals.

In fact, they rank among the top ten most intelligent species on Earth, capable of problem-solving, emotional recognition, and forming deep social bonds. 🐷

Title: Pigs on Farms Text: After being artificially inseminated, pigs raised for food are confined in what the industry refers to as a “gestation crate.” During their four-month pregnancy, they never leave the 2-foot wide crate that is essentially the length and width of their body. After the pig gives birth, her piglets nurse on barren concrete floors for about two to three weeks. The piglets are then removed and the mother is impregnated once again. This is how she will live until her breeding rate declines and she is killed. Photo: Two pigs shown. Blue skies. Green grass.

Yesterday was National Pig Day, a time when many people associate pigs with beloved childhood movies, adorable viral videos, or the products made from their bodies.

We choose to look beyond the surface and highlight the hidden lives of pigs, lives that too often go unseen or ignored.

Today, we proudly celebrate the unity that began on March 1, 1919, when Koreans across the nation united to fight for their liberation and independence.

This day, known as the March 1st Movement (Samiljeol), marks a defining moment in Korea’s history. Happy Korean Independence Movement Day!

Text: Attention Korean food lovers. Join us in creating the ultimate vegan Korean recipe collection. Subtext: recipe submissions now open. Photo contains two pictures of korean food dishes with a mugunghwa flower and the korean flag.

Happy Korean Independence Movement Day! 🇰🇷

In honor of this day, we’re thrilled to celebrate Korean culture by launching our new annual recipe site: Vegan Korean Food! 🥳🌱

🔗 If you’re Korean and would like to contribute, we invite you to submit your recipe here: buff.ly/YovzjxH

“I want my son to rest in power. I want his name and his spirit to rise, to change the world.” – Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin

In 2012, George Zimmerman was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon. Trayvon’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, founded the Trayvon Martin Foundation later that same year.

Through the foundation, they work to provide emotional support to families who have lost loved ones to violence.

31 years old. That is how old Trayvon Martin would have turned just a couple weeks ago.

Instead, his life was tragically taken, and his name has become one of the most recognized in the fight against racial injustice and police brutality.

Every idea you share is valuable and helps us move closer to creating a more just and sustainable world. 🌱💓

We’re in this fight together, and this is what collective liberation looks like. 🌎✊

Here at F.E.P., your voice truly matters. We’d love to hear from you about what you’d like to see from us this year as we continue to advance our 4 core mission pieces:
- farm worker advocacy 🥕
- food accessibility 🛒
- veganism 🐷
- and child labor and slavery in the chocolate industry 🍫

Order Booklets To order booklet(s) and give a suggested donation, please click the “Order Now” button to place your order.

F.E.P. proudly supports highlighting artists from the culture that the guide seeks to represent. Jayde was the perfect choice, and we could not be happier to have her contributions. 💚

🔗 Get your copy today at vegansoulfood.org/order-booklets

We are thrilled to introduce Jayde Boler, one of the talented designers and illustrators behind Vegan Soul Food 🥳🎉

Vegan Soul Food celebrates the flavors of Afro-Caribbean, Cajun, traditional U.S. soul food, and more, all while using ingredients that are kind to animals. 🐮💓

⏰️ ‼️ Applications are open now and will close on March 1, 2026.

🔗 To learn more or to apply, please visit callforkindness.org

Together, let’s empower young changemakers to lead with kindness and create the change THEY wish to see in the world! 🌎💓

F.E.P. is proud to partner with the Riley’s Way Foundation for their #CallForKindness pledge. 🥳

The #CallForKindness program supports youth ages 13-23 with up to $5k in funding for projects that inspire kindness and build stronger, more compassionate communities: locally, nationally, or globally.

A graphic showcasing F.E.P.'s new printed recipe guide, Vegan Soul Food. Link to order displayed as vegansoulfood.org

That’s the spirit behind our new full-color printed recipe guide, Vegan Soul Food! 🍛🌱

VSF is an invitation to explore veganism in a way that feels familiar.

The recipes are organized by region, Cajun, Nigerian, Afro-Caribbean, traditional U.S. soul food, and more! 🤎

🔗 vegansoulfood.org 🥳✨