If you’re vegan, odds are you’ve heard of (and
voted in) the Veggie Awards. Every year VegNews
magazine gives its readers the opportunity to vote for the best of the best in
all things vegan through the Veggie Awards.
I mean, it’s a pretty big deal. It is the
biggest annual survey of everything vegan-friendly and features a range of
categories, including celebrities, products, restaurants, and sanctuaries. Last year VegNews reported
that a record-breaking 1.7 million votes were cast in the 2016 poll.
Well, the results of the 2017 Veggie Awards have
just been announced, and Mercy For Animals has been named “Book
of the Year!
Released in September, the memoir by Mercy For
Animals founder and president Nathan Runkle details the story of MFA’s early
days in grassroots activism, Nathan’s dramatic experiences of going undercover
at factory farms and slaughterhouses, and much more.
VegNews explains:
We’ve grown to expect big things from vegan wunderkind Nathan Runkle. Raised on an Ohio farm, he launched his activist career while still in high school, founding Mercy For Animals—now lauded as one of the world’s most influential animal-rights organizations—at just 15.
But this isn’t just Nathan’s story. This
inspiring book examines how, as an organization, MFA has worked to create a
better world for farmed animals—from our groundbreaking undercover
investigations, which have led to landmark
criminal prosecutions of animal abusers, to our creative and effective
global grassroots advocacy.
Ready to be moved? You can order your copy here.