Pattrice jones

pattrice jones
pattrice jones speaking at the Intersectional Justice Conference at the Whidbey Institute
Born	1961 (age 56–57) Baltimore, Maryland
Residence	Springfield, Vermont
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Towson University University of Michigan
Organization	VINE Sanctuary
Known for	Ecofeminism Animal rights Veganism
Website	pattricejones.info

pattrice jones is an ecofeminist writer, educator, and activist. She is the co-founder of VINE Sanctuary in Springfield, Vermont, an LGBTQ-run farmed animal sanctuary.

jones has been an activist for social change since the 1970s. She stopped eating meat when she was 15, the same year that she came out as a lesbian. She later became vegan, as she felt cows and hens were being sexually exploited for their milk and eggs.

In the year 2000, jones and her partner Miriam Jones founded Eastern Shore Sanctuary in rural Maryland. The sanctuary was relocated to Vermont in 2009, and later renamed to VINE ("Veganism Is the Next Evolution") Sanctuary.

Around 2002–2003, jones was attributed to be the main organiser of the Global Hunger Alliance (GHA), an international network of several activist organisations that was coordinated in preparation for the 2002 World Food Summit. The GHA networked with 90 other "supportive" organisations from around the world, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Uncaged Campaigns.

In 2012, jones became involved in a battle over the lives of Bill and Lou, two oxen at Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont. After one of the oxen, Lou, became injured, the school decided to slaughter both and serve them as food in the dining hall. Students and animal rights advocates protested, and jones offered the oxen a home at VINE Sanctuary. The college ultimately euthanized Lou. The controversy made national headlines. jones wrote about the events in her book, The Oxen at the Intersection.