Bruce Friedrich
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Bruce Gregory Friedrich August 7, 1969 (age 47) West Lafayette, Indiana |
| Residence | Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University Law Center, Johns Hopkins University, London School of Economics and Political Science, Grinnell College |
| Occupation | Executive Director, The Good Food Institute; Managing Trustee, New Crop Capital |
| Known for | Animal activism |
| Spouse(s) | Alka Chandna (wife) (m. 2002) |
| Parent(s) | Gustav William Friedrich Erena Rae Bakeberg Friedrich |
Bruce Gregory Friedrich (born August 7, 1969) is executive director of The Good Food Institute (GFI) and founding partner of New Crop Capital (NCC), organizations focused on replacing animal products with plant and culture-based alternatives.
Friedrich serves on the advisory board of the Christian Vegetarian Association and is a founding member of the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians. He has appeared on NBC's Today Show, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and Court TV. He was inducted into the United States Animal Rights Hall of Fame in 2004.
Friedrich is vegan and lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Alka Chandna, Ph.D.
Friedrich was born in West Lafayette, Indiana on August 7, 1969. Friedrich's father is Gustav William Friedrich, Ph.D. (b. March 2, 1941) and his mother was Erena Rae Bakeberg Friedrich (February 15, 1941 - May 19, 2006). Gustav Friedrich is a Rutgers University distinguished professor and was Dean of the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers for ten years. Erena Rae Bakeberg Friedrich was an art director, graphic designer, and commercial illustrator.
Bruce Friedrich graduated from Norman High School (Norman, Oklahoma) in 1987. He served as president of the Cleveland County Young Democrats during his last two years of high school and campaigned for the late Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.) in 1990 during his first year of college. From 1990 to 1996, he worked in a shelter for homeless families and a soup kitchen in Washington, D.C. as a part of the Catholic Worker Movement. While he was working in the homeless shelter, a friend gave him Christianity and the Rights of Animals by Andrew Linzey, an Anglican Priest and professor of theology at Oxford University. "It changed my life," Friedrich later said.
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