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Vegan Food Guides

The VegNews Guide to Vegan Black-Owned Businesses

As vegans, it is our duty to support the Black community.

by VegNews Editors

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Detroit Vegan Soul Is On A Mission to Bring Healthy Vegan Fare to Motor City

On a journey to improve their health, co-founders Kirsten Ussery and Erika Boyd launched Detroit Vegan Soul and are now bringing healthy, plant-based fare to the masses.

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Features

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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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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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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Detroit’s First Vegan Bakery Is Black-Owned

New vegan bakery Estella’s Vegan Dessert Boutique will offer Southern classics, including pound cakes, sweet potato pie, and peach cobbler.

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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.

Fashion + Beauty

Glow Up with These 11 Black Women-Owned Vegan Beauty Brands

Choose between glittery eyeshadows, nude lipsticks made for darker skin tones, and brightly-hued matte nail polishes.

by Sarah McLaughlin

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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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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.