IVFF Ambassadors

Miyoko Schinner (a.k.a. The Queen of Vegan Cheese) is a cookbook author, activist, CEO, and founder of the leading plant dairy brand Miyoko's Creamery. She founded Miyoko's Creamery in 2014 and has led the company to become one of largest vegan cheese and butter brands, now available from more than twenty thousand retailers across the country. With compassion at its core, Miyoko’s Creamery is building a future where an animal-free dairy food system is a reality. Miyoko has dedicated her life to advancing the vegan food movement—she's published seven vegan cookbooks, founded multiple vegan food businesses, and most recently has become an advocate for the right of vegan food products to use traditional meat and dairy terms on their labels. She was included as one of Forbes "50 over 50" women making an impact and was named a Food and Wine “Game Changer” for her work, among numerous other accolades.

In 1980, Seth Tibbott founded Turtle Island Foods, now "the Tofurky Company", on $2500 savings from his 8-year career as a teacher/naturalist. The company’s first product was a tasty fermented Indonesian soy product called Tempeh. Many people, including his midwestern Aunt and fellow elementary school teachers, thought selling moldy soybeans to the meat centric American public was a very bad idea.

For 15 years it appeared the naysayers were right as Seth pursued his dream while losing his shirt as a pioneer of the early plant-based foods movement. With an income of only $300/month, Seth built a 3-story treehouse that he called home for 7 years. In 1995, also against the advice of his partners, Seth introduced the first nationally marketed vegan holiday roast named "Tofurky". The Tofurky brand now includes 43 different vegan products which are sold in 27,000 stores worldwide. Seth has chronicled his “40-year overnight success story” in a new book, In Search of the Wild Tofurky-How a Business Misfit Pioneered Plant-Based Foods Before They Were Cool.Description goes here

Peter has been an actor for over 55yrs. During his long career, he has worked with all the major theatre companies in the UK including The Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre and multiple appearances in London's West End.. He has also divided his time between film and television and won awards in all the different media. His latest work includes Downton Abbey, Unforgotten, and After Life.

Peter has been an animal advocate for the last 20yrs and a committed ethical vegan since watching "Earthling" 10yrs ago. He is passionate about the health of our planet and a plant-based lifestyle and is a patron or Ambassador for many charities most notably UK Ambassador for Animals Asia.

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Dale Vince is a green entrepreneur based in the UK. He is the founder of the world’s first renewable energy company, Ecotricity and chairman of Forest Green Rovers football club – described recently by governing body FIFA as the “world’s greenest club.” Dale is also a climate champion for the United Nations.