longtime animal advocate and writer, Mark Hawthorne has engaged in nearly every model of activism, from leafleting and tabling to protesting and animal rescue. He also works and volunteers with several nonprofit organizations, including the Animal Legal Defense Fund, for which he writes The Animals’ Advocate newsletter; Food Empowerment Project, which works at the intersection of veganism, environmental racism, the abuse of farm workers, and other social-justice issues; and SaveABunny, which works with animal shelters in the San Francisco Bay Area to find permanent homes for rabbits.

Mark is a regular contributor to VegNews magazine, and his articles, book reviews, essays and opinion pieces have also appeared in Satya, Herbivore, Vegan Voice, Hinduism Today and many daily newspapers across the United States. He was a first-place winner in the 20010 Writers-Editors Network International Writing Competition for his article examining the world’s food crisis, "Feeding the Future" (VegNews, March+April 2010). Much of Mark’s writing can be viewed online at firstprecept.com.

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