Marti Kheel (August 25, 1948 – November 19, 2011) was a vegan ecofeminist activist scholar credited with founding Feminists for Animal Rights (FAR) in California in 1982.
She was a long-time vegan in diet, lifestyle, and philosophical commitments, working out her understanding of its implications in every area of our human relationships with nature and its constituents, and she found a wide audience for those deep reflections.
Over the years, FAR grew into a national organization with regional offices throughout and beyond the United States with a message of 'shared oppression' that continues to inspire, although FAR is not currently active.
[5] Much of Kheel's research and print materials have been archived in Schlesinger Library at Harvard University, including an unpublished commentary on Alan Drengson's work with Canadian environmental philosophy journal The Trumpeter.
Marti Kheel died of acute myeloid leukemia at 63 years of age on November 19, 2011, in Greenwich, CT.[8] She was widely memorialized on the Internet, including numerous professional, topical, scholarly, and general e-mail discussion lists.