Bonus Episode – Miyoko Schinner
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Recognized by the United Nations as a ʻVegan Revolutionary’ in its ʻThe Future of Women’ global initiative and part of the inaugural Forbes 50 Over 50, Miyoko Schinner, Founder of Miyoko’s Creamery, is an epicurean activist working to transform dairy products through its evolution away from animal milk to plant milk.
Through an innovative proprietary process that merges culinary arts and food science, Schinner has cracked the code in making fermented cheese and cultured butter from plant milks that rival animal dairy in taste and nutrition.
Miyoko’s Creamery products can be found at over 30,000 stores in the US and Canada, as well as in South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan. The pioneer of the plant milk cheese revolution, Schinner is a passionate culinarian, former restaurateur, best-selling author of six cookbooks, and the former co-host of a cooking show on public television.
Miyoko has dedicated her life to inspiring others to adopt a compassion lifestyle through food and awareness of the animals with whom we share this planet. She is the co-founder of Rancho Compasión, a farmed animal sanctuary in California that provides a home to over 100 rescued farm animals.
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"Whatever it is you're promoting, practice what you preach."
-advice from our guest, Miyoko Schinner.
Founder of Miyoko’s Creamery, Miyoko is an epicurean activist working to transform dairy products through its evolution away from animal milk to plant milk, and has dedicated her life to inspiring others to adopt a compassion lifestyle through food and awareness of the animals with whom we share this planet.
In this episode, we discuss Miyoko's vegan journey, how she grew her business, the value of following your intuition, the role of business in social change, the challenge of cultivating an authentic mission, Miyoko's soul-building practices, her non-profit movement building work, the importance of reaching people's hearts, and so much more.
This episode was released sooner than we planned following the news in March 2023 that Miyoko was pushed out of the company she founded, Miyoko’s Creamery and sued by them. She then filed a lawsuit claiming gender discrimination and misuse of her name.
Links: LEAP Program: Leaders for Ethics, Animals, and Planet https://leapforanimals.org/
Dairy Farmer Transition Program: https://www.dairyfarmtransition.com/ Book
“Artisan Vegan Cheese” https://www.amazon.com/Artisan-Vegan-...
Miyoko’s Animal Sanctuary Rancho Compasión https://www.ranchocompasion.org/
