A movement spanning over 192 countries to get people to go vegan for the month of January has signed up its millionth pledge. Started in the United Kingdom, Veganuary is a non-profit organization that encourages people worldwide to eat vegan… Read More ›
Vegan Diet
Vegans report eating healthier due to COVID-19
Most U.S. consumers report eating more comfort foods, snacks, and treats because of the coronavirus, reports market research firm Packaged Facts in the newly published study Vegan, Vegetarian, and Flexitarian Consumers. Some consumers are eating more healthily and more locally produced… Read More ›
Esselstyn’s Engine 2 now offering their plant-strong foods directly to consumers
Rip Esselstyn spent a decade as one of the premier triathletes in the world. He then joined the Austin Fire Department where he introduced his passion for a whole-food, plant-based diet to Austin’s Engine 2 Firehouse to rescue a firefighting… Read More ›
Tofurky challenges Louisiana’s new law keeping them from labeling products as plant-based sausage or vegan ham, etc.
The Good Food Institute and Animal Legal Defense Fund has sued on behalf of Tofurky challenging a Louisiana law that would impose fines of up to $500 per day for every plant-based meat product marketed or sold with terms like… Read More ›
Going vegan this Thanksgiving has never been easier
This Thanksgiving, many families are seeking a simple way to eat healthier, and now the vegan meal kit subscription service Purple Carrot is offering their help. If you are not familiar with meal kits, they are recyclable boxes that are… Read More ›
Commentary: The stupidity of the proposed Italian law to criminalize children eating vegan
August 14, 2016 — Italian lawmaker Elvira Savino is proposing a law to criminalize feeding children a vegan diet, ignoring the fact that it is the most healthy way for humans, especially children, to eat. Savino aims to end vegan diets… Read More ›
Canadians to get an eye full later today with near naked PETA supporter
EDMONTON, AB, CANADA — Today, July 21, 2016, bus stop patrons, library goers and those in Sir Churchill Square will get an eye full at noon today as a near naked PETA supporter will be making a statement. In downtown… Read More ›
Looking to lose weight? Go vegan! Review of vegetarian diet studies highlights benefit of plant-based eating plans
People on a vegetarian diet, and especially those following a vegan one that includes no animal products, see better results than dieters on other weight-reducing plans. In fact, they can lose around two kilograms more on the short term, says… Read More ›
A plant-based diet causes weight loss, according to new study from the Physicians Committee
Adopting a vegetarian diet causes weight loss, even in the absence of exercise or calorie counting, according to a new meta-analysis published as an online advance in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on Thursday, Jan. 22,… Read More ›
Florida vegan mother reunited with baby after being taken away by government
Sarah Markham, a Seminole County, Florida mother, was reunited with her baby son on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 after a judge ordered the Florida Department of Children and Families to do so. Markham’s ordeal began June 24, 2014, when a… Read More ›