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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.

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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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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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This Woman Helped 15,000 Black Women Go Vegan in 2020

Nutritionist Tracye McQuirter surpassed her goal of helping 10,000 Black women go vegan through her free 21-day online program.

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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.

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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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.

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San Antonio Gets Its First Black-Owned Vegan Street Market

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Los Angeles Community Supports Black-Owned Vegan Food Truck After Devastating Fire

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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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There’s Now a Vegan Community Fridge in New York City

Spearheaded by Eloísa Trinidad and longtime activist and community organizer Power Malu, the Overthrow Community Fridge was inspired by an urgent need to provide healthy, animal-free foods to the local community.