Gene grew up in Hollywood, California and worked in commercials for McDonald's and other fast food restaurants. He adopted a vegan lifestyle in 1985, and today, he campaigns to raise awareness about the negative consequences of industrialized factory farming and our cheap food system.
We're in the middle of summer here in the Finger Lakes region of rural New York, amidst bustling farmer's markets and peaceful "pick your own" orchards and fields, which exemplify Earth's bounty and the simple beauty of eating plants instead of animals. In the evening fireflies trail across the landscape, and at sunrise, hummingbirds (who had migrated from Mexico) begin their rounds, ...
