My favorite race of the year is coming up, Portland’s Tofurky Trot. This 5K, put on by Northwest VEG and sponsored by Tofurky, has become a tradition for many residents of this town known as a vegan paradise. It’s is fun a veg alternative to the country’s depressing glut of Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trots which […]
Interview Series
Holly White on the Dublin Vegan Scene and her New Menu at the Merrion Hotel
As somebody who travels a lot and frequently stays in hotels, I feel qualified to say that hotel restaurants are not usually the first place I’d go to look for vegan food. So I’m always excited when hotel restaurants remember their vegan customers. Dublin’s Merrion Hotel is making a big effort in the veg direction, […]
KIERIN NYC Makes Vegan Perfumes
While most veg folks are highly conscious of animal ingredients on food labels, the long, complicated chemical names in beauty products can be more difficult to fathom. Mona Maine de Biran wants to free vegans from struggling through labels by offering them a line of critter-free, cruelty-free perfumes. That’s why she and her husband founded […]
Interview Series: Kim-Julie Hansen
Kim-Julie Hansen is the popular blogger behind the brands Brussels Vegan, Best of Vegan, Vegan Reset, and the Vegan Challenge and the author Vegan Reset. She became an ethical vegan in 2011 and, in 2013, started sharing her passion online to show people how easy it can be to adopt a vegan lifestyle. She is […]
Interview Series: Two Trick Pony’s Laurie Johnston
Laurie Johnston is the driving force behind Two Trick Pony, a Massachusetts based company that produces eco-friendly greeting cars and tote bags. She has a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design, which led her into the stationery industry, where she has been since 1997. I recently had a chance to chat with Laurie. We talked […]