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Local Heroes Podcast

EP07 | Heather Mills | Street Skills, Activism and Bean Pie | Local Heroes Podcast

Broadcast on:
15 Mar 2025

Heather Mills is a world-renowned activist, model, Paralympian, and vegan entrepreneur, known for her campaigning, activism, and advocacy of plant-based living. After overcoming life-changing adversity, she became a record-breaking Paralympic skier, a successful vegan food pioneer, and a powerful voice for change. In this week’s episode of the Local Heroes Podcast, Heather shares her incredible journey, from a tough childhood in the North East to becoming a self-proclaimed "vegan schmegan." She talks about her early food memories, cooking rabbit stew, Dewhurst butchers, and 'the pop man’. Plus, she reveals her dream last meal and, of course, her ultimate Greggs order. This is the Local Heroes Podcast.