the 'OG VEGan' of plant perfect, mark garrisons, top reads that shaped his 27 year vegan perspective4/5/2021 On Monday, I had the honor of being able to spend some time speaking with Baltimore native and CEO of Plant Perfect, Mark Garrison. Although Mr.Garrison shared many interesting different points on his experience being vegan, his time in Baltimore, and his time at the University of Maryland, what stuck out most to me was how much books shaped his perspective. When asked how it was that Garrison went vegan 27 years ago when being vegan was pretty much unheard of, he had a very compelling story to share: and it was completely centered around books. 1. Save the Animals! 101 Easy Things You Can Do by Ingrid Newkirk When Garrison was helping to look for his ex-broadway agent wife new career, they found themselves in a Barnes & Noble looking through career catalogues. While in the store they had noticed this book by Newkirk and the cartoon that it features on the cover. Garrison looked at his wife and said 'hey! that looks like you!" being as she was someone who loved animals and was attempting to find a career within the scope of helping animals. Garrison shared that they bought the book, and that night his wife called him into their living room, book in hand, sobbing over the horrors that went on within the scope of animals and how little talked about it was. Garrison shared these emotions of horror and disgust and that nigh they decided to throw away all their animal products, leathers, etc. and begin their vegan journey. Garrison described this book as the 'catalyst'. 2. Diet For a New America by John Robbins The most interesting aspect of this book is not that it is written by the son and fortunate of multi million dollar company ,Baskin Robbins, in direct contradiction to the entire premise of his families industry, but the fact that it was written in the 80s, during a time when these topics were completely neglected. When sharing how I must read this book as it still pertains so much to today, Garrison shared how much of a pioneer Robbins was of this space, as he was a humanitarian who was not afraid to jump down the throat of his own bloodline. 3. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Lastly, this book was the book that concluded our conversation over ways in which Garrison's perspective was altered.
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