“The venues chosen had to agree….Many of those venues went fully plant-based for Billie shows, which was amazing. So, they had to agree to have at least three plant-based mains. So that doesn’t count pretzels…or popcorn…. On that last US leg (of Billie’s tour), we went a step further. We worked with every venue and we presented these culinary trainings to the culinary staff. They focus on the why you should add more plant-based food, which of course is planetary. It’s to address the needs of your customers. It can be even to save money. And then we address the how’s, how’s to do it successfully….(And) giving back to those communities I think is super important. And artists thinking about what city you’re going to be in and what can you do for that city. So I think that is important. ” Maggie Baird on Electric Ladies Podcast
Greetings from NY Climate Week! Grammy-winning musician Billie Eilish is leveraging her clout with venues that want her to perform there to provide healthy, plant-based food in the venues for their concerts. They include these and specific recycling and other environmental practices in their venue contracts. How?
Listen to Maggie Baird, Billie Eilish’s mom and Founder and President of Support+Feed, her nonprofit “dedicated to mitigating climate change and increasing food security by driving global demand, acceptance, and accessibility of plant-based food” in this enlightening conversation with Electric Ladies Podcast host Joan Michelson.
You’ll hear about:
- How they decide on what to include in their contract riders and why.
- How venues respond – and how concert-goers respond to plant-based food and stronger restrictions on plastic, etc.
- How Billie Eilish and Finneas also reduce the environmental impact of their merchandise and tour management practices.
- How many meals they have provided and other nonprofits and music-related groups they partner with to amplify and magnify their impact and feed more people.
- Plus, career advice, such as:
“I think that there are seasons in our lives and I kind of do subscribe to the, you can’t do everything at the same time. You can maybe do everything over a course of a lifetime. You can’t do it all at once and you don’t have to do it all at once. So there are seasons of your life and maybe one season is you’re devoted more to your immediate family and one season is you’re devoted more to your community, and one is you’re devoted more to job advancement. I think the beautiful part is when you’re purpose-driven, and that goes into all of those things….. I think you can bring your purpose into everything, whatever job you have. But I think figuring out where you’re passionate.”
Maggie Baird on Electric Ladies Podcast
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