Howard Lyman
Biography
A successful Montana cattle rancher for nearly four decades, Howard Lyman sold his farm in 1983 and became a professional lobbyist for the Montana Farmers Union and the National Farmers Union, promoting the passage of the National Organic Standards Act. Lyman went on to become one of the most prominent activists in the animal rights and environmental movements. He has served as president of Earthsave, executive director of Jeremy Rifkin’s Beyond Beef Campaign, president of the International Vegetarian Union, and program director for the Humane Society of the United States. Lyman is best known for a 1996 appearance on “Oprah,” where he effectively launched a beef scare campaign by saying that mad cow disease would make AIDS “look like the common cold.” After a resulting lawsuit (filed by a group of Texas cattle ranchers) was decided in Lyman’s favor, he emerged as one of the anti-meat movement’s most visible and well-connected standard-bearers. Currently, Howard Lyman holds positions on the Organic Consumers Association’s policy board, Farm Animal Reform Movement’s national council, and the advisory boards of the Center for Food Safety and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
Background
Pres., Voice for a Viable Future; fmr. exec.dir., Beyond Beef Campaign; fmr. pres., EarthSave; director, Organic Consumers Assn.; Nat.Council member, Farm Animal Reform Mvt.; dir., Center for Food Safety; adv.bd. member, Sea Shepherd Conservation Soc.
Associated Organizations and Foundations
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Organization: EarthSave International
Position: President
EarthSave began in 1988 as a pet project of John Robbins, one-time heir to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream fortune. His book Diet for a New America had...
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Organization: Organic Consumers Association
Position: Policy Board Member
The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is another charter member of the organic-food-industry-funded smear campaign against genetically improved...
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Organization: Farm Animal Reform Movement
Position: National Council Member
Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM) is on the outer fringes of the animal-rights universe. Its membership adheres to a strict vegan diet, and its...
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Organization: Center for Food Safety
Position: Advisory Board Member
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) is a project of the International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA). CFS is headed by Andrew Kimbrell, who was...
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Organization: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Position: Advisory Board Member
“We’re not a protest organization, we’re a policing organization,” Paul Watson has said of his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS). A pirate...
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Organization: Humane Society of the United States
Position: "Eating with a Conscience Campaign" Director
Despite the words “humane society” on its letterhead, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is not affiliated with your local animal shelter....
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Organization: Foundation on Economic Trends
Position: Former project director
The Foundation on Economic Trends (FOET) is a platform for the neo-Luddite intellectual guru Jeremy Rifkin. Lacking scientific or technical...
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