James Cromwell
Plantbased Business Hour

James Cromwell on Plant-based Content in Hollywood and Making Impact

Actor James Cromwell joins the Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano to discuss Hollywood taking on plant-based content and what that looks like. Also, how do YOU combine your skillset to have a meaningful career and make an impact? Interested in finding YOUR truth? They get into it! Specifically, they discuss, unabashedly, what it takes to change the system.  Below is a short clip and transcript from their conversation. Podcast here. Elysabeth: You know this Academy Award nominee because of his role in Babe. James, I want to thank you for being with me. You’ve had such a long activist career but maybe we’ll move it to animals. When did you decide I’m going to stop eating meat? What made you change your mind and say, ‘I’m …

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James Cromwell Starbucks Protest NYC

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James Cromwell’s Starbucks Protest Sparks Global Conversation on Chain’s Plant-Based Milk Fees

In a widely publicized event, actor James Cromwell protested Starbucks on May 10 by supergluing his hand to a counter in one of the coffee chain’s NYC stores. Wearing an animal rights T-shirt, Cromwell and other activists demanded Starbucks end its long-standing practice of charging extra for plant-based milk options. The PETA-organized demonstration received worldwide media coverage, and provoked lively social media conversations about the fairness of Stabucks’ extra fees for non-dairy milk. The protest marks an escalation in pressure tactics by PETA, which has actively campaigned against Starbucks’ vegan milk policies in recent years. In April, music icon and PETA supporter Sir Paul McCartney wrote an open letter urging former Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson to drop the dairy-free surcharge at the company’s US locations. …

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