The threads that connect our everyday choices to the world around us.
Writing and art exploring where food, ethics, health, and justice meet — from Mary Clifford Brewer, RDN, RN, MSN, VLCE.
Food does not exist in isolation.
Vegan Intersection explores the places where food, ethics, health, culture, and justice meet. This space was created from a simple belief: the choices we make around food do not exist in isolation.
They connect to larger conversations about health, access, labor, animals, environment, gender, economics, and the systems that shape everyday life. Each piece here follows one of those threads a little further.
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Every essay, image, and idea here sits at the intersection of two or more of these — because in practice, they're never really separate.
Health
Clinical nutrition, plant-based practice, and the science behind whole-food eating.
Animals
Welfare, advocacy, and rethinking our relationship to other species.
Environment
Land, water, climate, and the footprint of what ends up on our plates.
Justice
Labor, access, equity, and who gets to make food choices freely.
Culture
Tradition, identity, and the stories we tell around the table.
Mary Clifford Brewer
"I've been passionate about helping people understand the connections between nutrition, health, animal welfare, environmental sustainability, and the choices we make every day."
A Registered Dietitian, Registered Nurse, writer, artist, and advocate for vegan living, public health, and social justice — for more than four decades.
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