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Sisters Close Salon After a Decade to Open Booming Vegan Business
After running a successful food truck, sisters and business partners Arvelisha Woods and India Pernell continue making waves with the opening of Mattie’s Foods’ brick-and-mortar restaurant.
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Atlanta’s First Vegan Taqueria Is Woman-Owned (and Amazing)
Atlanta resident Christin “Chris” Hodge made history with the opening of Chi Chi Vegan, the city’s first brick-and-mortar vegan taqueria.
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25 Black Vegan Instagrammers You Need to Follow ASAP
These Black plant-based bloggers, CEOs, YouTubers, and incredible chefs leave us endlessly inspired with their vibrant accounts.
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Glow Up with These 15 Black Women-Owned Vegan Beauty Brands
Choose between glittery eyeshadows, nude lipsticks made for darker skin tones, and brightly-hued matte nail polishes.
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17 Vegan Black-Owned Food Brands to Support During Black History Month
From vegan Jamaican patties to superfood drink mixes, these Black-owned brands are doing what they do best: creating vegan food while empowering their communities.
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How Oakland’s Souley Vegan Became a Soul Food Empire
With just $27 in the cash register and zero savings, founder Tamearra Dyson has turned Oakland, CA’s Souley Vegan into one of the premier vegan soul food restaurants in the country.
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This Black-Owned Food Truck Makes Some of the Best Vegan Burgers in LA
After slinging vegan burgers for the likes of Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams, LA’s Black-owned Vurger Guyz has become a star of its own.
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18 Vegan Soul Food Side Dishes to Add to Your Thanksgiving Menu
From cornbread casserole to candied yams, these soulful dishes should have a place at your holiday dinner table.
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Target Commits $2 Billion to Black-Owned Businesses by 2025, Starting With This Vegan Skincare Brand
Formulated with clean ingredients, Black-owned vegan skincare brand JACQ’S is one of Target’s newest featured brands.
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He Turned the Met Gala Plant-Based. Now, Chef Marcus Samuelsson Teams Up With Pepsi to Spotlight Slutty Vegan.
In a new docuseries, Marcus Samuelsson takes viewers on a culinary journey of Black-owned restaurants in America, including vegan burger shop Slutty Vegan.
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Slutty Vegan’s Plant-Based Burgers Are Coming to Shake Shack
The SluttyShack vegan burger features a Shake Shack veggie patty paired with Slutty Vegan’s secret sauce and will be available at select locations for a limited time to support a good cause.
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Pepsi’s Giving Away $10 Million to Black-Owned Businesses. Atlanta’s Slutty Vegan Is the First.
Slutty Vegan is one of the first recipients of The Black Restaurant Accelerator Program, which aims to provide $10 million in support to Black restaurateurs who were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
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NYC Is One Step Closer to Getting Its First Vegan Mayor
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, who has been vegan since 2016, has won the NYC primary mayoral election.
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Violife and Wu-Tang’s RZA Give Black-Owned Restaurants $20,000 to Go Plant-Based
Black-owned restaurants who commit to adding plant-based options can apply for a $20,000 grant courtesy of dairy-free cheese brand Violife and legendary vegan musician RZA.
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Booker T. Washington-Inspired Vegan Ice Cream Is The Flavor of Juneteenth
Black-woman owned Whipped Urban Dessert Lab is donating a portion of sales from its Taste of Freedom flavor to help uplift youth impacted by the criminal justice system.
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The VegNews Guide to Vegan Black-Owned Businesses
As vegans, it is our duty to support the Black community.
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This Couple Is Serving Up Vegan Comfort Food in America’s Dairyland
After experiencing the positive effects of cannabis and the accompanying food cravings, Arielle and Brandon Hawthorne wanted to make it easier to find vegan fast-food fare for other enthusiasts.
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The Best Crab Cakes in Baltimore Are Vegan
For nearly a decade, co-owners Naijha Wright-Brown and Chef Gregory Brown continue drawing hungry patrons with their fan-favorite crabless cakes In a city renowned for its seafood.
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San Antonio Gets Its First Black-Owned Vegan Street Market
Vegan Family Reunion—the first Black-owned vegan outdoor market in San Antonio—featured more than 20 local Black-owned vendors, raffles, and auctions to help invest back into the local Black community.
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How Lifelong Vegan Makini Howell Launched A Vegan Food Empire in Seattle
After working at her mother’s plant-based restaurant growing up, world-renowned chef Makini Howell launched vegan fine-dining institution Plum Bistro.
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Los Angeles Community Supports Black-Owned Vegan Food Truck After Devastating Fire
With a $150,000 fundraising goal, Lettuce Feast owners Eva Cannon and Willie Perrymon hope to purchase a new vegan food truck or apply the funds toward a brick-and-mortar location.
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Their Food Was Outlawed in Mississippi. Now, They’re Serving Up Vegan Cajun-Creole in Portland.
After a state Senate bill in Jackson, MS outlawed the labeling of plant-based food as meat, Kim and Alkebulan Moroski set their sights on Portland, OR.
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San Diego’s First Vegan Breakfast Café Is Black-Owned
Waffle-wrapped corn dogs and next-level vegan breakfast sandwiches take center stage at San Diego’s first plant-based breakfast café.
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Vegan Black-Owned Cereal Brand Is Serving Up Empowerment, Too
Proud Puffs vegan cereal features chocolate-flavored empowerment fist-shaped puffs made with real cocoa, tapioca, and sweetened with monk fruit.
Restaurants
This Brooklyn Vegan Restaurant Opened 2 Weeks Before the Pandemic. Now, They’re Booming.
Despite opening two weeks before New York City’s COVID-19 closures, Black-owned Ras Plant Based is Brooklyn’s newest rising star.
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