According to a recent study, people of color and low-income Americans are more likely than white people to be concerned about climate change. The study, published last month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, surveyed a sample of 1,200 U.S. adults from different ethnic, socioeconomic, and economic backgrounds. […]

Vegan Rapper Styles P Says As a Person of Color He Relates to Mistreated Animals

Vegan rapper, author, and entrepreneur David Styles, better known by his stage name Styles P, has teamed up with animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to encourage others to go vegan. In a new video, the Queens, New York native discusses everything from health and animal welfare to poverty and being a […]

Dallas-Based Radix Foods Makes Vegan Cheese With Cashews and Social Justice

Dallas-based Radix Foods is a female-owned, plant-based food operation making vegan cheese with cashews and a concern for social justice. The company, which celebrated its one-year anniversary this month, is co-owned by Julianna Bradley and Whitney Amber Kendall. “It’s not just about food — it’s about social justice,” Bradley told the Dallas Observer. “‘Radix’ is the Latin word for […]

This ‘Bad Ass Vegan’ Is Using the Power of Film to Bring Healthy Food to Working-Class Communities

Miami’s vegan event of the year, the Seed Food & Wine Week is fast approaching. For five days in November, over 200 vegan vendors, 40 celebrity chefs, and 30 plant-based experts, athletes, and influencers will mix and mingle over incredible vegan food with over 10,000 attendees along the vibrant Miami coast. This celebration is more than just […]

Whole Foods Launches Rubicon Bakers’ Vegan Chocolate Blackout Cake

Rubicon Bakers, a California-based social justice-driven bakery, is bringing its vegan Chocolate Blackout Cake products to market. The new range is now available at select locations of Whole Foods Market, Safeway, Sprouts, and Natural Grocers. After more than a year in research and development, the new line boasts the double-layer Vegan Vanilla Cake and Vegan […]

Nutritionist Tracye McQuirter Promotes Health and Social Justice in New Book ‘Ageless Vegan’

Over 30 years ago, vegan nutritionist and author Tracye McQuirter attended a speech that would change her life, The Huffington Post reports. As a sophomore of Massachusetts’ Amherst College, she attended a speech delivered by Black civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory, who delivered a speech about the link between nutrition and race. “He talked about […]

Ben & Jerry’s Urged to Create Vegan Ice Cream Flavor for NFL’s Colin Kaepernick

Fans of outspoken NFL quarterback and vegan Colin Kaepernick are requesting a new flavor of Ben & Jerry’s dairy-free ice cream be launched in his honor. Kaepernick famously refused to stand during the National Anthem in 2016 to raise awareness of racial injustice, taking a knee as a form of protest. The brave move prompted […]

Blackstreet Vegan Bakery Brings Social Justice and Cupcakes to Portland

A new vegan pop-up bakery Blackstreet Bakery has launched at the Mississippi Street Fair in Portland. The bakery describes itself as a “Black-led vegan pop-up bakery” and has a social justice mission: “to honor the history of Mississippi Avenue as a major part of Portland’s Black community and to expand economic opportunity for Black people in baking.” Organized by the […]