On the weekend of 30 March to 1 April 2012, the University of Pennsylvania will host the first Ivy League conference dedicated to exploring the academic basis for plant-based diets and non-violence and building a cohesive community of activists and advocates.

When I first became vegetarian, I did so timidly. I didn’t have answers to all of the questions commonly asked of people who give up the traditional American diet. I didn’t have a strong justification for my choice; I told people that I just wanted to eat healthier. Nobody thought I would stick with it. Now, four years and lots of reading later…

Gabriel Cousens, MD takes six patients on a food journey on film over the course of 30 days in a quest to cure them of their diabetes. This stunning documentary will change forever your ideas of “healthy” food and the treatment of disease with nutrition.

Food Matters is a documentary that I watched for the first in the Summer of 2009. It profoundly changed my perspectives on health, medicine, and food.