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Ed Winters
Navigate ethical business practices with Ed Winters, speaker and animal rights advocate. Ed works with organisations to implement sustainable food systems and ethical consumption strategies, delivering award-winning insights including two Webby Awards and Harvard fellowship.


Ed Winters is a best-selling author and animal rights advocate who transforms complex ethical questions about food systems and animal welfare into accessible, compelling narratives that challenge conventional thinking.
As founder of Surge, Ed has produced award-winning documentaries, including "Land of Hope and Glory," which earned two Webby People's Voice Awards. His books "This Is Vegan Propaganda" and "How to Argue With a Meat Eater" have established him as a leading voice in ethical consumption debates, complemented by his fellowship at Harvard University.
Ed helps organisations navigate the increasingly important intersection of business practices and ethical responsibility by providing evidence-based insights on sustainable food systems. His presentations offer practical frameworks for understanding consumer shifts toward ethical consumption, enabling companies to anticipate market trends while addressing growing stakeholder concerns about environmental and animal welfare impacts.
Audiences leave Ed's talks with clear strategies for communicating complex ethical issues to diverse stakeholders, practical approaches to implementing more sustainable business practices, and enhanced understanding of how ethical considerations influence consumer behavior in today's market.
Book Ed when you need a speaker who combines intellectual rigour with storytelling skill to make ethical choices relevant to your organisation's future success.
Ed Winters transforms complex ethical questions about food systems and animal welfare into accessible narratives that help organisations navigate the intersection of business practices and ethical responsibility. Book this Harvard fellow and best-selling author to gain evidence-based insights on sustainable practices and consumer trends that will position your organisation for future success.
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Ed Winters uses a narrative-led framework that translates evidence-based research on food systems and animal welfare into structured arguments, drawing on documentary filmmaking techniques and the rhetorical methods developed across his published works.
Ed Winters speaks on animal rights advocacy, ethical consumption, sustainable food systems, and the intersection of business practice with environmental and welfare responsibility. He holds a fellowship at Harvard University and is the author of This Is Vegan Propaganda and How to Argue With a Meat Eater, and founded Surge, the animal rights organisation behind the documentary Land of Hope and Glory, which received two Webby People's Voice Awards.
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