Community-Engaged Educator for Kindness Toward Farmed Animals

Abstract

George Jacobs describes how a quiet person went on to be an activist for moving food production away from animal agriculture and toward alternative protein foods. From someone who did not mention his plant-based diet unless asked to someone who uses his teaching skills in and out of the classroom to advocate for farmed animals, e.g., chickens, fishes, and cows. Among the highlights of George’s chapter is how he works in community organizations and uses his academic writing to implement intersectionality, i.e., linking issues, e.g., connecting farmed animal issues to LGBTQ? issues, environmental issues, women’s issues, and the treatment of poor people. Perhaps, advocates linking various progressive issues via intersectionality have something in common with how student-centered language teachers link various student-centered methods, e.g., extensive reading and cooperative learning.