Howard Lyman

Howard F. Lyman (born September 17, 1938, in Great Falls, Montana) is an American farmer and animal rights activist known for promoting vegan nutrition and organic farming. In 1997 he was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award for his leadership in the animal rights movement. While the CDC and USDA maintained that Mad Cow Disease could not occur in the US, the government of Japan did not agree.

Publications He has co-authored the book Mad Cowboy (1998) and co-authored No More Bull (2005) and became president of EarthSave. Leaving that post, he became president of "Voice for a Viable Future".

Lyman wrote the foreword to Erik Marcus's book Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating (1998), and the 1st vegan pizza cookbook: Mark Sutton's Heart Healthy Pizza.

Lyman also features in Franny Armstrong's 2005 documentary McLibel, in Marianne Thieme's 2007 documentary Meat The Truth, and in Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn's 2014 documentary Cowspiracy.

He has produced four DVDs (A Mad Cowboy Lecture, Earth Talk: 2001, Mad Cowboy: The Documentary, and A Mad Cowboy Lecture: 2007).

Recognition Lyman was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award in Sherborn, Massachusetts in 1997 for his leadership in the animal rights movement. His story was featured in Tribe of Heart's 2009 documentary Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home. He was also featured on the 2011 documentary Vegucated.

Honors and awards 1996: Elected President of the International Vegetarian Union (served through 1999) 1997: Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award in Sherborn, MA on April 12, 1997 2002: Vegetarian Hall of Fame, August 3, 2002, at the North American Vegetarian Society's annual Vegetarian Summerfest in Johnstown, Pennsylvania