Paul Shapiro (author) explained

Paul Shapiro
Birth Date:3 July 1979[1]
Nationality:American
Education:Bachelor's degree, Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, George Washington University
Relatives:Ryan Shapiro (brother)
Awards:Animal Rights Hall of Fame (2008)[2]
Occupation:Author and activist
Known For:Founding Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing)

Paul Shapiro (born July 3, 1979) is an American animal welfare writer who authored the 2018 book Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World.[3] [4] He's also the CEO and cofounder of The Better Meat Co. and the host of the Business for Good Podcast. He has delivered five TEDx talks relating to sustainable food and animal welfare.[5] [6] Prior to publishing Clean Meat, he was known for being an animal protection advocate, both as the founder of Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing) and a Vice President at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).[7]

Personal life

Shapiro is married to Toni Okamoto, author of The Super Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Cookbook, Plant-Based on a Budget, Plant-Based on a Budget: Quick and Easy, and The Friendly Vegan.[8] [9] [10] The two reside in Sacramento, Calif. with their adopted pit bull Eddie.[11]

Biography

Shapiro received a B.A. from George Washington University in 2001, where he majored in peace studies and minored in religion.[12] [13] He taught peace studies at a public high school in Washington, D.C.[14] He was profiled in a 2003 Washington Post Style section article entitled "Animal Pragmatism: Compassion Over Killing Wants to Make the Anti-Meat Message a Little More Palatable".

When he was thirteen years old, Shapiro stopped eating meat as a result of learning about the methods of meat production. About one month later, he stopped eating eggs and dairy.[15] While a high school student at Georgetown Day School[16] in 1995, Shapiro founded the animal advocacy organization Compassion Over Killing, and served as an undercover investigator and its campaigns director until 2005.[17] Compassion Over Killing became well known for its investigative work exposing conditions for farm animals on factory farms, at livestock auctions, and at slaughter plants.

Shapiro helped spearhead the campaign to end the use of the "Animal Care Certified" logo on egg cartons in the United States. In that case, the egg industry was labeling eggs from hens confined in battery cages as "Animal Care Certified."[18]

From 2005 through 2016, Shapiro led many of HSUS's efforts to protect farm animals, including serving as Vice President of the organization's Farm Animal Protection campaign, including efforts to convince retailers, food service providers, and universities to end their use of eggs from battery-caged birds, pork from gestation-stalled pigs, and to expand their vegan options.[19]

Shapiro co-founded The Better Meat Co. in early 2018 and serves as its CEO. The company's goal is to help meat producers improve sustainability by blending in the start-up's plant-based proteins in their ground meat products.[20]

Clean Meat

Shapiro's book Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, published by Gallery Books in 2018 is the first book to explore the work of start-ups that are growing animal products without the use of animals. It was named as Washington Post bestseller in the week of January 7, 2018.[21] It was widely reviewed.[22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]

A copy of Clean Meat is the first book to be bound in lab-grown leather. The book, bound in “clean” leather grown by biotech start-up Geltor.[28] [29]

Controversy

In September 2016, female employees at HSUS filed a complaint with HSUS human resources representatives over a pattern of inappropriate sexual behaviour they had witnessed over the preceding six years.[30] A month later Shapiro moved to a different department to "advance HSUS' broader agenda."[30] It was reported that Shapiro left HSUS for unrelated reasons in 2018.[31] In a written statement to POLITICO, Shapiro commented, "I’ve taken responsibility for inappropriate behavior years earlier in my career, and apologized to those who may have been offended".[30]

Selected publications

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paul Shapiro - Facebook - About. . March 24, 2018.
  2. Web site: U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame . Animal Rights National Conference . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140311015517/http://arconference.org/hall-of-fame.htm . March 11, 2014 . dead . 2014-03-17 . mdy-all .
  3. Book: Paul Shapiro. Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World. 2 January 2018. Gallery Books. 978-1-5011-8910-4.
  4. News: Plant-based 'dairy' products aren't new. Neither is the U.S. dairy industry's hostility. . 14 November 2018 . Washington Post . en.
  5. News: Shapiro . Paul . We Are Better than How We Treat Animals . 26 March 2022 . 2017-12-12.
  6. News: Shapiro . Paul . Clean meat: the clean energy of food Paul Shapiro TEDxSouthLakeTahoe . 26 March 2022 . 2018-01-03.
  7. Web site: Paul Shapiro . . 2016-12-29 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194404/https://www.humanesociety.org/about/leadership/executive_staff/paul_shapiro.html . bot: unknown .
  8. Web site: Toni Okamoto wants to teach you how to live a 'plant-based' life. . August 14, 2017 . March 23, 2018.
  9. News: Toni Okamoto wants to teach you how to live a 'plant-based' life . 7 April 2019 . NBC News . en.
  10. Web site: The Friendly Vegan Cookbook: 100 Essential Recipes to S… . Goodreads . 31 March 2022 . en.
  11. News: Evelyn . Kenya . Shuttering of animal shelters prompts surge in pet fostering amid pandemic . 31 March 2022 . the Guardian . 30 March 2020 . en.
  12. Web site: Biography of Paul Shapiro, Guest Author . Lin . Doris . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130115122401/http://animalrights.about.com/od/guestauthors/a/PaulShapiro.htm . January 15, 2013 . live . 2013-01-01 . Shapiro received a bachelor's degree in peace studies from George Washington University. . mdy-all .
  13. Web site: Huffman . J. Ford . Building a More Humane Society . GW Magazine . . March 26, 2014 . 2014-04-04 . My voice is basically trying to halt the war we wage on animals. Most farm animals are tormented their entire lives. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091544/http://magazine.gwu.edu/building-more-humane-society . April 7, 2014 .
  14. Web site: D.C. Organisation Educates Public on Hen Abuses . Rhoads . Anai . June 2003 . All-Creatures.org . . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109150903/http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/ar-dcorg.html . November 9, 2012 . live . 2013-01-01 . Paul Shapiro holds a bachelor's degree in peace studies from George Washington University and once taught peace studies at a public D.C. high school. . mdy-all .
  15. Shapiro . Paul . Paul Shapiro (activist) . Doh Driver . Paul Shapiro - A VegFamily Interview . 2003 . 2012-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130506131242/http://www.vegfamily.com/interviews/paul-shapiro.htm . May 6, 2013 . dead . I stopped eating meat at 13, and then quit eggs and dairy about one month later, after learning more about the cruelties involved in all sectors of animal agribusiness. . mdy-all .
  16. News: Animal Pragmatism: Compassion Over Killing Wants to Make the Anti-Meat Message a Little More Palatable . David . Montgomery . . September 8, 2003 . C01 . 2013-01-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121203235723/http://www.cok.net/feat/article-wp.php . December 3, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  17. News: Advocates for Animals Turn Attention to Chickens . Elizabeth . Becker . Elizabeth Becker . . December 4, 2002 . 2012-12-30 . ... Paul Shapiro, the 23-year-old founder and leader of Compassion Over Killing ... . https://web.archive.org/web/20140410193631/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/04/us/advocates-for-animals-turn-attention-to-chickens.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm . April 10, 2014 . live . mdy-all .
  18. News: Egg Producers Relent on Industry Seal . . October 4, 2005 . 2013-01-02 . Alexei . Barrionuevo . Alexei Barrionuevo . https://archive.today/20240526105730/https://www.webcitation.org/6DNYamYBi?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/business/media/04adco.html%3Fpagewanted=print&_r=1& . May 26, 2024 . live . mdy-all .
  19. News: University Dining Services Halts Use of Caged Eggs . Steve . Rafferty . . . January 19, 2011 . 2013-01-01 . We starting working with some of the students in June of 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161230155700/http://www.thehoya.com/university-dining-services-halts-use-of-caged-eggs-1.1882076 . December 30, 2016 . live . mdy-all .
  20. Web site: The Meat co. August 22, 2018 .
  21. News: Washington bestsellers: Hardcover nonfiction. Washington Post. March 23, 2018.
  22. News: Review: 'Clean Meat' Could Make Livestock Obsolete. Matthew. Scully. Wall Street Journal. January 5, 2018. March 23, 2018. www.wsj.com.
  23. News: Clean Meat, Via Lab, Is On The Way. NPR. January 2, 2018. March 23, 2018. King. Barbara J..
  24. Web site: Clean Meat Will Revolutionize Our Meals and the Entire World. Psychology Today. March 23, 2018.
  25. Web site: Lab-Grown "Clean Meat" is Almost Here. Will You Eat It?. Derek. Beres. November 28, 2017 . March 23, 2018.
  26. Web site: Meat, Without All of the Blood and Guts. November 6, 2017 . March 23, 2018.
  27. Web site: CLEAN MEAT by Paul Shapiro - Kirkus Reviews. March 23, 2018.
  28. Web site: This Book Is Bound in Lab-Grown Jellyfish Leather. Mika. McKinnon. March 23, 2018.
  29. Web site: World's First-Ever Clean Leather-Bound Book!. January 16, 2018 . March 23, 2018.
  30. News: Female Employees Allege Culture of Sexual Harassment at Humane Society. POLITICO Magazine. 2018-02-12.
  31. Web site: Humane Society CEO Wayne Pacelle resigns amid sexual misconduct investigation . ABC7 News . February 2, 2018 . July 29, 2023.
  32. https://www.routledge.com/Animal-Welfare-in-Animal-Agriculture-Husbandry-Stewardship-and-Sustainability/Pond-Bazer-Rollin/p/book/9781439848425 "Animal Welfare in Animal Agriculture"
  33. Shields . Sara . Shapiro . Paul . Rowan . Andrew . 2017-05-01 . A Decade of Progress toward Ending the Intensive Confinement of Farm Animals in the United States . Farm Animal Welfare Collection.

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