In this moving episode, Kathy speaks with investigative journalist and author Rich Hardy about his undercover work exposing grievous animal mistreatment in slaughterhouses and other animal businesses, and about his new venture, a “no-dig” vegetable farm. In this conversation, he and Kathy discuss:

• Rich’s childhood growing up in a vegetarian household, and his family’s transition to veganism when he was a teenager
• The two decades Rich spent as an investigative photojournalist, documenting cruelty and malpractice, starting with a chicken slaughterhouse in New Zealand
• the harrowing story of working in a reindeer slaughterhouse in the Arctic Circle and almost getting caught undercover, a story featured in his book Not As Nature Intended
• How he protected his mental health by using the camera as “a shield” of separation during his assignments
• Rich’s second act as founder of Lazy Meadow Farm, the veganic and no-dig farm he operates with his partner Prue

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