Howard Lyman at FGCU

Howard Lyman at FGCU!

Fourth-generation cattle rancher for over 40 years, turned vegan, animal rights activist speaks at FGCU!

In 1996, Howard’s comments about today’s cows being turned cannibalistic on the Oprah Winfrey show prompted Oprah herself to declare, “It has just stopped me cold from eating another burger!” The Texas Cattlemen’s Association found that comment to hurt their business and promptly sued on the basis of food disparagement laws and suffered a disparaging loss. Howard, now a national public icon in the animal rights movement, has vowed to educate people on the dangers of current methods of food production, and of course on vegetarianism. He spoke about the United Kingdom’s brain-eating BSE (or Mad Cow Disease) epidemic and the prospect of the disease becoming widespread in the United States itself. As founder and president of Voice for a Viable Future, Howard Lyman told his tale of going from a fourth-generation cattleman in Montana to one of the nation’s leading animal rights activists and plant-eating diet proponent.

Voted # 1 speaker by Veg News readers!

For more information, see Howard's website: Mad Cowboy Home Page