Joey Carbstrong is exactly what you expect him to be. Bright, intelligent eyes with a fiery determination — he is a force to be reckoned with. It is not surprising to me that Joey has turned so many people vegan, there are very few people I’ve spoken to who are so passionate about creating a vegan world, but Joey hasn’t always been this way. In fact, it may surprise people to find out that one of the biggest names in vegan activism has done time in a maximum security prison.
Joey grew up in Australia with his two brothers and sister. Joey said: “As a youth, I was very connected. I tell this story about when I was five not wanting my brother to step on an ant on Christmas morning because it shows the innate compassion we all have for animals when we are children. I always start my talk with that story because it’s interesting to me how easily that was programmed out of me.