Katrina Fox

World Vegan Day Talk Topic "Will ‘vegan capitalism’ save the world?"

Multi-national corporations not known for their ethics in regards to animals, people or planet are jumping on the plant-based trend, bringing out their own animal-free versions of popular products, investing in vegan businesses or buying vegan companies. What does this mean for the vegan and animal advocacy movements?

Katrina Fox is an award-winning journalist, publicity consultant, editor of the vegan business blog VeganBusinessMedia.com, host of Vegan Business Talk podcast and author of Vegan Ventures: Start and Grow an Ethical Business, the first global book providing success strategies for aspiring and existing vegan business owners.

She has written extensively for niche and mainstream media for 18 years on animal advocacy and ethical business and was a regular Forbes contributor for year specialising in writing about vegan and plant-based businesses. A vegan of 22 years, Katrina teaches vegan business owners how to do their own PR and get free media coverage through her signature online course and group coaching program Vegans in the Limelight.

A passionate animal advocate, Katrina won the Voiceless: The Animal Protection Institute Media Prize for her article, ‘Speciesism: The Final Frontier’, for Australian national broadcaster the ABC’s The Drum website. Her work has been featured in the books Circles of Compassion: Essays Connecting Issues of Justice (edited by Will Tuttle) and Plant-Powered Women: Pioneering Female Vegan Leaders Share Their Vision for a Healthier, Greener, More Compassionate World (edited by Kathy Divine).

She lives with her wife Tracie and loves glitter and internet cat videos. www.katrinafox.com www.veganbusinessmedia.com