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Jack norris rd answering the nutrition questions vegans commonly receive
Jack Norris (born 1967) is an American dietitian and animal rights activist. He is Executive Director of Vegan Outreach, which he co-founded in 1993 with Matt Ball. He runs Vegan Outreach's Adopt A College program which began in 2003 and which organizes volunteers to hand out Vegan Outreach brochures on college campuses.
Contents
- Jack norris rd answering the nutrition questions vegans commonly receive
- Early life and education
- Career
- Honors and awards
- Personal life
- Publications
- Interviews
- References
Early life and education
Norris graduated from Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1985. He attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, receiving a B.A. in Philosophy and Sociology in 1989.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Life University (Marietta, Georgia) in 2000 and performed his dietetic internship at Georgia State University in 2000–2001.
Career
Norris, a vegan, is a registered dietitian. He was an American Council on Exercise-certified personal trainer from 1994 to 1996.
Norris is the author of Vitamin B12: Are You Getting It? and Staying Healthy On Plant-Based Diets. His nutrition articles can be found on VeganHealth.org and JackNorrisRd.com
Honors and awards
Norris won VegNews magazine's Columnist of the Year award for 2003 and 2004.
In 2005, Norris was elected to the Animal Rights Hall of Fame.
Norris is one of several people who provided information used in the writing of the book Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism (2008) by Mark Hawthorne.
Personal life
Norris married vegan chef Alex Bury on September 11, 2008, in front of a KFC restaurant in Toronto, Canada. After the wedding, the guests were served vegan sandwiches that KFC had recently introduced to the public. Norris and Bury live in Davis, California.
Publications
Interviews
What touches me the most is how our leafleters stand out in rain, snow, or extremely hot weather day after day handing out our brochures because if they don't do it, no one will.
[S]tanding up for those who are weaker than you, in this case animals, is a sign of strength, not weakness.
All legumes products are good sources of protein, as is quinoa. Legumes include beans, peas, lentils, and peanuts.
Frances Moore Lappé was totally off, when she suggested that we need to combine protein to make up for these differences but she thought you had to do it at each meal and we later learned that you can do it throughout the day, which people are naturally going to do in most cases anyway.
We want a way to reduce suffering that is sustainable. I have no problem with people eating eggs from rescued hens, but that's not a realistic model to promote for most people.