Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows with Dr. Melanie Joy

Published: May 28, 2014, 5 p.m.

b'Today award-winning television host, cookbook author and vegan chef Laura Theodore\\xa0welcomes founder\\xa0of CAAN, Dr. Melanie Joy, Ph.D.,Ed.M., to learn more about Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows.Laura Theodore\\u2019s newest cookbook,\\xa0Jazzy Vegetarian Classics: Vegan Twists on American Family Favorites, is\\xa0available wherever fine books are sold. \\xa0Melanie Joy, Ph.D., Ed.M. is a Harvard-educated psychologist, professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, celebrated speaker, and the author of the award-winning book\\xa0Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows. Dr. Joy is the 8th recipient of the Institute of Jainology\\u2019s Ahimsa Award, which was previously awarded to Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama and was presented to her in the British House of Commons. Her work has been featured by numerous national and international media outlets, including the BBC, Germany\\u2019s ARD, ABC Australia, NPR, PBS,\\xa0New York Times,\\xa0S\\xfcddeutsche Zeitung,\\xa0Spiegel Online, and Italy\\u2019s\\xa0D\\xa0La Repubblica. Dr. Joy has given her acclaimed carnism presentation in 17 countries, and she is also the author of\\xa0Strategic Action for Animals. Dr. Joy is the founder and president of the Carnism Awareness and Action Network.\\xa0Learn more:\\xa0www.carnism.org'