The Craignair Inn and Restaurant in Spruce Head village, south of Rockland, has done something apparently no other Maine restaurant has dared to attempt: Serve a vegan lobster roll.

There wasnt anything vegan-friendly on the menu when we bought the place, so we wanted to bring a few vegan dishes, said owner Greg Soutiea, who along with his wife, Lauren Soutiea, purchased the oceanfront property with 21 guest rooms in December 2018. They have since turned the buildings into eco-friendly lodging.

Inside the inns restaurant, vegan entrees include jackfruit crab cakes and a veggie burger made in-house with Heiwa tofu and black beans. Yet the menus most notable dish is the vegan lobster roll, seasoned with a buttery sauce.

Our inn is right on the water, and you can look out and see the lobster buoys and lobster traps, Soutiea explained, when asked why its on the menu. And a vegan lobster roll is something that vegans dont get to have.

Until now.

Restaurants outside of Maine have served vegan lobster rolls for years, yet the dish has been slow to arrive in the Pine Tree State.

The Soutieas, both vegans who moved to Maine from Boston, worked with chef Carrie Croth to create the restaurants recipe and eventually settled on hearts of palm as the lobster stand-in.

We tried a couple different things, Soutiea said before they realized we liked the consistency of the hearts of palm.

Hearts of palm are what vegan meal-kit company Purple Carrot use in its vegan lobster roll dish, which the Soutieas have tried and liked.

However, hearts of palm are not what chef Meghan Lynch of Portland uses to make vegan lobster rolls. Lynch is the host of the Maine-produced Food Atheist cooking show, which launched in April and can be found at foodatheist.org. In the vegan lobster roll episode, Lynch steams pink oyster mushrooms grown at home from a North Spore kitand tells the audience: Ive never eaten a lobster roll in my entire life. But Ive made a lot when I was a prep cook at a cafe.

The cafe where Lynch worked is Arabica in Portland, which serves traditional lobster rolls (but not vegan ones) during the summer. Lynchs quest to veganize the Maine lobster roll was further influenced by the vegan lobster roll served at the Veggie Galaxy restaurant in Cambridge, Mass.

They have a tofu lobster roll, Lynch told me. It was really good, but the texture was off.

In contrast, the steamed then chilled pink oyster mushrooms kind of had that rubbery and meaty texture and it was strangely accurate, Lynch said.

Cooking videos end with the chef trying the dish, and when Lynch tries the oyster mushroom lobster roll she pauses then says, Thats weird. That tastes like lobster roll. Im a little confused.

A trademark of the colorful Food Atheist shows is that Lynch is often cooking the dish for the first time. That was the case with the vegan lobster rolls.

Laughing, Lynch told me, the texture was like way more accurate than I expected it to be. Its like when you have the Beyond Burger for the first time and youre like, OK. Is this vegan?

The flavor of Lynchs vegan lobster rolls comes from a combination of vegan butter, seaweed flakes, vegan mayonnaise, black pepper and lemon juice. At the Craignair Inn, vegan butter and mayo are also key components, along with Old Bay Seasoning and other chef secret ingredients, according to Soutiea. Both Lynchs and the inns vegan lobster rolls add chopped celery.

In Dustin Harders Epic Vegan cookbook, published last July by Fair Winds Press, the lobster roll recipe relies on both hearts of palm and artichoke hearts, dressed with mayo, lemon juice, dulse flakes, back pepper and Old Bay Seasoning. Harder also adds chopped red onions and roasted red peppers.

The star of The Vegan Roadie YouTube series, Harder writes in his latest cookbook that he ate lobster rolls on trips to Maine before he was vegan but never developed a particular liking for the sandwich. He then confesses that he hasnt been able to stop making his vegan version.

When author Ilene Godofsky Morenos latest cookbook The Colorful Family Table dropped in December from BenBella Books, it included a vegan lobster roll recipe inspired by her honeymoon in Maine.

After marrying Freeport native Ross Moreno in 2015, she traveled with her new husband along the Maine coast and was struck by the number of places selling lobster rolls (none of them vegan).

In her Maplewood, New Jersey home, which now includes two small children, Moreno also makes her Maine-style vegan lobster rolls using hearts of palm.

Ive used hearts of palm to veganize other seafood dishes, like crab cakes, and the texture ended up being a close match, Moreno told me. Hearts of palm also have a rather neutral taste so they really take on the flavor of whateverseasoning you add, which made it the perfect canvas for Old Bay and the other seasonings in the recipe.

Her dressing includes the usual ingredients, along with dried dill.

In the Food Atheist vegan lobster roll episode, Lynch makes a seaweed butter, which is spooned into the hot dog rolls first. Telling viewers lettuce is used on lobster rolls to keep the bun dry, Lynch then lines her hot dog buns with trimmed Romaine leaves.

Lynchs experience working in restaurants led me to ask why we havent seen more Maine eateries attempt a vegan lobster roll.

I think folks want to protect the integrity of what a lobster roll is, Lynch speculated. But I think that veganism is really permeating culture right now, and we need to loosen up the definition of what a Maine lobster roll is.

Clearly, the vegan food world already has.

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Vegan Lobster Rolls, Gluten-Free

Reprinted with permission from The Colorful Family Table by Ilene Godofsky Moreno, 2019, BenBella Books.

Serves 4

For lobster salad:2 14-ounce cans of hearts of palm cup diced celery cup diced red onion2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoonOld Bay Seasoning cup plus 2 tablespoons vegan mayoJuice of one lemonSalt and pepper, to taste

4 rollsvegan butterhandful of greenslemon wedges

1. Drain the hearts of palm and roughly chop them. Place in a large bowl. Add all remaining lobster salad ingredients and stir.

2. Toast rolls and spread with vegan butter. Sprinkle a few greens on each roll and top with lobster salad. Serve fresh with lemon wedges.

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The MCU has always shown Thor (Chris Hemsworth) as a god whos also got one of the hottest bods. Sorry Cap, people still cant get over those guns Hemsworth has, even if yours stopped a chopper.

However, the fat Thor we saw in Avengers: Endgame saw an outrageous and hilarious gasp envelop theatres. And while we dont know if we see that avatar again in Thor: Love and Thunder, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) came up with a suggestion to help shed the kilos: Make Thor vegan.

In the letter, Lewis Crary, the PETA representative said: According to his personal trainer, Hemsworth went vegan while filming the original Thor and Avengers films, developing a particular taste for beans and veggie burgers. He added: If Thor is serious about protecting the Earth, going vegan makes a lot of senseaxing animal products from his diet could save more than 1,000 gallons of water, 20 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions and 30 square feet of forest each day as well as the lives of nearly 200 animals a year!

As far as fan reactions go, PETA seems to have just picked the wrong time as Twitterati shared their thoughts, none pleasant, and some indescribable. We picked out a few. Yo, were in the middle of a pandemic, and yet here comes PETA with their stupidity, saying Thor should go vegan? I dont think veganism is really on par with Asgardians, a fan wrote. PETA can eat my ass, tweeted another.

For some, it was cheap publicity. The publicity stunts of #PETA never cease to baffle me. I will admit though, co-opting the popularity of #Marvels #BroThor is one of the more agreeable tactics Ive seen them use., a fan slammed the organization.

Warning: This may have you in thigh-slapping splits@peta want thor to go vegan, piss off, you hypocritical dogooding hippies, a fan said. dont want to think about PETA at the movies. Meat is MARVELous tweeted another. This fan seems to have a concrete explanation as to why this movie is nada. PETA needs to stop pushing their Vegan is better beliefs, because many Vegans end up on Vitamin supplements and eventually go back to a mixed diet so Thor going Vegan would be a poor move on Marvels part and go against his Viking origins.

And to end with, heres a classic: Get a life.

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Hugo and Ross Turner or is that Ross and Hugo? have earned the nickname the adventure guinea pigs. In 2015, the twins scaled Europes highest peak, Mt Elbrus in the Caucasus, to compare traditional mountaineering gear with modern equipment (the latter proved to be mostly marketing). Theyve been to Greenland, where a replica of Sir Ernest Shackletons 1914 expedition kit uniformly outperformed the contemporary equivalent, from the Sunspel jumper and Crockett & Jones boots to a wooden sled.

Most recently, they embarked on a trial of a vegan diet versus a typical omnivorous one, with their body composition monitored by Virgin Active and their biomarkers tested by Kings College Londons Department of Twin Research. We caught up with them two months in to see what they'd learnt.

MH: This isnt the first time youve compared diets...

Ross: At the end of last year we did a test of high-fat vs high-carb. I was on a high-fat diet and I shredded. I lost about 3kg of fat; Hugo was on high-carb and he put on 3kg.

Hugo: Ross has always been slightly heavier, so, we met each other in the middle. At the end, we were 85kg each.

Ross: But I was much, much leaner.

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MH: How fun or not were those diets to follow?

Ross: I did miss carbs. I really did miss carbs. But as soon as I had them, I felt bloated, straight away.

MH: So, what are the main takeaways from meat versus veg?

Ross: My cholesterol has stayed the same about 6.5, quite high and Hugo [on the vegan diet] is down to 4.9.

Hugo: I was about 5.9 at the start, so its dropped drastically.

Ross: As well as your libido.

Hugo: Yeah, my libido went out the window. But my energy levels [were better]. I didnt get that sugar drop. Most snacks chocolate, biscuits, sweets I couldnt have. I was pretty much just on nuts and fruit.

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Ross: We had Mindful Chef delivering our food, so we had exactly the same calories going in give or take 50 calories across the day.

MH: How did going vegan affect your training?

Hugo: My energy levels in the gym were much, much better. We were going to the gym five, six times a week and I didnt have a session where I thought, I dont really have any energy.

Ross: I was the opposite. I was very hungry at 10 or 11 oclock. I had those big spikes of energy and then Id crash. But then the results [of our training] have been very different I put on weight, and Hugo has lost it.

Hugo: Ive shredded. I lost 4kg of fat in the first two or three weeks.

Ross: We wore continuous glucose monitors: they go on the back of your triceps and connect to your phone. I was spiking, going down, having that sugar low or meat low and Hugo was far more satiated.

MH: What kind of training were you doing?

Hugo: Its endurance-focused, so high-rep, low-weight, rather than trying to build up mass. On our expeditions, we dont want to be carrying extra weight.

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Ross: One of the ways we measure how fit were getting is with a submaximal test: what resistance youre on when you get to a certain heart rate on a Wattbike. Its simple but quite effective if you want to find out what your fitness level is.

MH: And less unpleasant than a VO2 max.

Ross: I dont mind the VO2 max. Its quite fun. An effective way weve found [to track] our endurance training is to count the total mass lifted. Weve gone from about three tonnes which sounds epic to 10 or 11 tonnes in an hour. If you add the weight up, it becomes really motivating.

MH: How much do you bench? A tonne

Ross: It is, though if you lift 100kg, 10 times, thats a tonne. If youve lost weight and youve doubled your lifting capacity, youre getting expedition fit.

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Hugo: Half of it is looking after your body. Whats the chassis like? Is it healthy? Weve got quite rusty chassis in the sense that weve always got painful backs, tight hamstrings and quads. So, its using a good proportion of a gym session on stretching, rolling and core.

Ross: And the other 10% is mindset. Ive been to the gym over the past few months and gone, I really cant be bothered. Thats the point at which you become expedition mind fit. Even if you do very little, but you do the full hour, youre training your mind not to give up. Its so easy not to flex the mental muscle.

On the vegan diet: Hugo lost 1kg of fat and gained 1.2kg of muscle massOn the omnivore diet: Ross gained 2.8kg of fat and 4kg of muscle mass

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Oyster mushroom fried chicken and jackfruit crab cakes may sound unusual, but that's the way vegan chef Nadira Jenkins-El does her version of soul food. Now, 101 of her creative recipes are availablein her new cookbook "Vegan Soul Food Cookbook: Plant-Based, No-Fuss Southern Favorites."

Jenkins-El, who is also a holistic nutritionist and the co-owner of The Cutting Board Bakery and Cafe in Mesa, wrote the cookbook to share quick vegan soul food recipes, similar to what she serves at her restaurant.

While the cookbook, which is widely available and can be purchased online from local booksellersincluding Changing Hands Bookstore ($15.99), is meant to provide an introduction to accessible vegan cooking, shes also interested in showing people there's diversity in the vegan community.

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There's not a lot of Black representation and that was the other reason for wanting to do my cookbook," Jenkins-El said."I want my people to know that you do have alternatives and can still have the delicious foods that you grew up with. .

Nadira Jenkins-El, the co-owner of The Cutting Board Bakery and Cafe in Mesa, released a new coobook: "Vegan Soul Food Cookbook: Plant Based No-Fuss Southern Favorites."(Photo: Nadira Jenkins-El)

Jenkins-El grew up in Maryland and California, and moved to Arizona eight years ago. Her first career was in nursing, and then she moved on to running an entrepreneurship program with inner city youth in Baltimore. She taught the students how to cook, so they were able to start a business catering meals.

This inspired her to followher dreams of running a restaurantand go to school again for culinary management. When she moved to Tucson, she started Global Fusion, a vegan bakery that specialized indesserts without refined sugar.

She sold her pastries and food at farmers markets in the Tucson area and then expanded into the Phoenix area. Shortly after, the opportunity arose to buy a restaurant, and she opened The Cutting Board Bakery and Cafein 2018 with her business partner Sabrina Metherell.

Her cookbook contains soul food recipes that are typically meat based, like ribs and jambalaya, but she has found creative ways to make these dishes completely animal-product-free with tofu, seitan, jackfruit and mushrooms.

She also features dishes like beans and rice from her time in the Caribbean. Jenkins-El moved to St. Croix for two years to learn more about cooking with fresh fruits and vegetables from the large vegan community there.

She said she learned a lot about creative uses of fruits and vegetables when she worked on a food truck that was all vegan and gluten free. I learned how to work and play with jackfruit while living on the island, because the farmers would bring them right to our trucks in the morning.

Jenkins-El has more food projects in the works and plans touse them to continue being vocal about including everyone in the plant-based community. Veganism is for everybody we can all be playing our part, making the world healthier and ending animal cruelty.

When: 11a.m.-4p.m. Monday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Closed Tuesday.

Where: 2235 S.Power Road, #116, Mesa.

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Nonprofit organization Vegan-Friendly UK recently launched the Vegan-Friendly certification symbol to help vegan-friendly businesses promote their vegan options. The heart-shaped symbol identifies restaurants that qualify as vegan-friendly if their menus boost a wide variety of vegan dishes. Originally founded in Israel, the organization expanded to the United Kingdom in an effort to increase the presence of vegan options and make veganism more accessible by encouraging businesses to add vegan options.

We will improve the visibility and exposure of restaurants which serve a minimum of 25-percent vegan options by labeling them both digitally and physically, Ofek Ron, Vegan-Friendly General Manager, said. We will also provide restaurants with free hands-on training and guidance on how to switch ingredients in their dishes to improve their vegan offering. In our Israeli venture, with our assistance, the restaurants we work with have been able to sell approximately 20 percent more vegan dishes than before. This meant that these restaurants were, in turn, selling less meat dishes and more vegan dishes.

The Vegan-Friendly certification will initially launch with an online presence and once restaurants begin to open following the COVID-19 lockdown, Londoners will start noticing heart-shaped stickers at the entrance of their favorite vegan-friendly restaurants.

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ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

Theres a joke that goes, How can you tell someone is a vegan? Answer: You dont need to, theyll tell you themselves.

Its a joke vegans will tell you themselves. And its true. Poke your nose into the 2,500 NL Vegans Facebook page and youll see robust conversations about the best recipes and the hottest new restaurants. Youll also encounter a lot of passionate discussion of animal cruelty and the evils of meat.

Studies show that about one per cent of Canadians follow a strict vegan diet, which means they wont eat animals of any kind, or anything derived from them such as eggs and dairy products.

Still, thats more than 350,000people, and a 2018 Dalhousie University study found that two-thirds of them are under the age of 38. Veganism is trending upwards, and its mostly driven by Millennials and the Generation Y population.

Veganism is a philosophy. Its based on the conviction that animals are not to be harmed or exploited for human consumption even for clothes, in some circles.

It can be militant. While all vegans are adherents of the animal rights movement to some extent, some are more vocal about it than others. Theyll take undercover footage inside slaughterhouses or block trucks from entering processing plants.

Personal health and the environment also play a major role in the motivation for veganism. You can find many claims about both. While the numbers may be sketchy at times, the bottom line is that a whole-foods, plant-based (WFPB) diet can be one of the healthiest lifestyles choices you make and that meat production, especially beef, is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and a contributor to deforestation in some countries.

In a limited series starting today, well look at some of the people who make up the local vegan community. Theyll talk about their own reasons for embracing the diet, and how it has changed their lives. Well talk about health benefits and caveats, and even check out a recipe or two.

Time to chow down.

Chris Flynns voice cracks a little as he talks about the times hes joined other animal rights activists to briefly blockade trucks from the Country Ribbon chicken farm as they entered the processing plant in Pleasantville, St. John's.

While the trucks were stopped, it was a chance to poke their heads inside and snap a shot or two of all the chickens in cages.

Its pretty horrific, he said in a recent phone interview. Sometimes they cant even stand up because theyre so big and sometimes they still have yellow feathers because theyre only four weeks old when theyre killed. And sometimes their legs got ripped off because they got stuck in the cage.

He has to take a second to control his emotions.

Flynn, who works in IT, lives in Conception Bay South.

He and his fellow protesters are allied with an international lobby group called Anonymous for the Voiceless.

Not only are they vegans, but they want to convince everyone else to be vegans, too.

Vegans refuse to eat animal flesh or any byproduct of animals such as eggs or dairy. While health plays a part, the motivation is primarily ethical.

I respect the right for any conscious, sentient being to live their life free of intentional suffering, Flynn said. They certainly have a right not to be locked in a cage all their life and tortured.

Like many vegans these days, Flynn is a recent convert.

He became a vegan four years ago at the age of 24. His girlfriend was already a vegan at the time, but he didnt think much about it until he saw documentary called Food Choices.

I started to realize that meat is not required, that animal products are not required for anyone to be healthy, he said.

Flynn has thought long and hard about it ever since, and its hard to trip him up with the usual counterarguments.

Why is it not just a personal choice?

I cant say that its my personal choice to punch someone in the face, because that other person is affected by that choice, so its not a personal choice to eat an animal when that animal loses their life for it.

But dont animals eat each other?

I cant say that its my personal choice to punch someone in the face, because that other person is affected by that choice, so its not a personal choice to eat an animal when that animal loses their life for it. Chris Flynn

Certain wild animals like lions and tigers a lot of times theyll eat their own children. I dont think humans should do that. A lot of animals will just rape each other when theyre ready to mate, but I dont think we should do that either.

What about dairy, where the animal isnt harmed?

Cows will loudly pine when their calves are taken away from them, often to make veal, Flynn says. Then they have to give milk until theyre eventually slaughtered anyway.

Eggs?

Free-range chicken is just a marketing buzzword, he says. Even laying chickens, which are bred to lay eggs at an exhausting rate, are kept in cruel conditions, he says.

A 2018 Dalhousie study found that approximately one million Canadians consider themselves vegans, and that two-thirds of them are under the age of 38. The trend seems to be growing.

Chris Flynn falls well within that category, but Elizabeth Johnson is even younger.

An 18-year-old student at Memorial University who lives in Goulds, Johnson says she decided last year to research everything she could about the environment, climate change and politics.

I quickly started changing my habits started walking more, reusing and up-cycling old things from around my house, started sharing my viewpoints with my family and friends, and just overall my entire life changed, she wrote in an email.

With more research I realized just how damaging the agriculture industry is to the environment, and how becoming vegan is the single smallest thing you can do with the greatest impact on the environment, she said.

In Newfoundland, being a vegan is tough, Johnson continues. Not money-wise or finding vegan alternatives, but mainly because of the culture.

Even if youre not out protesting in the streets, some people get very defensive about the fact they eat meat.

Every time somebody would ask me why I was vegan, they would feel so defensive of their actions, she says. I have had people tell me to eat a steak and get over it.

But Johnson makes no apologies.

I did my research and understood the horrible effects that the meat, egg and dairy industry had on the animals, humans and the Earth, I knew what I was doing was wrong and I stopped valuing my tastebuds over the world. I may not be perfect, but its better for thousands of people to be vegan imperfectly than a handful of people doing it perfectly.

Peter Jackson is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter covering health care for The Telegram. Findhim on Twitter@pjackson_nl.

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The Princess Royal has shared her views on topics such as genetically modified (GM) crops, climate change and veganism, which are in stark contrast to those of her brother, the Prince of Wales.

In a new interview with Australian Women's Weekly, Princess Anne discussed her thoughts on veganism, saying that "you cant have a world without livestock".

"They are a necessary and very constructive part of our expectation to feed ourselves," she said.

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Perhaps my biggest irritation is single-issue groups...We need livestock as part of the genuine mix that keeps land healthy.

While Prince Charles has never explicitly spoken about following a vegan diet, he has expressed concerns over the environmental impacts of animal agriculture.

In 2011, he attended a conference in Washington where he pleaded with people to eat less meat: "For every pound of beef produced in the industrial system, it takes two thousand gallons of water," he said.

"That is a lot of water and there is plenty of evidence that the Earth cannot keep up with the demand."

Anne also opened up about her thoughts on the use of genetically modified crops, stating that they have been enormous advantage in specific environments.

She also revealed that she and Charles had occasional but rather short conversations about farming, despite the pair owning land near to each other in Gloucestershire.

It has been an enormous advantage in many parts of the world to use GM wisely for very specific environments, Anne said.

It makes it much more likely to be able to grow what you need.

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I have to remind people that rapeseed oil was only made non-toxic to humans by the Canadians after the Second World War by genetically modifying the plant. It's (ironically) quite popular with all those people who don't like GM.

Charles, who is a passionate organic farmer, has previously spoken out against GM and is also royal patron of the Soil Association, which has campaigned against GM crops and ingredients in human and animal food.

The royal recently urged people to think about more sustainable ways of consuming and producing food and praised the UKs dig for victory spirit, referring to those who have started growing their own produce.

Anne's views on climate change also contrast to those of her older brother, with the royal saying she would not go down the climate change route when looking for causes of Australia's bushfires.

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A two-year-old Princess Beatrice sits underneath a presentation table at the Royal Berkshire Polo Club, holding a fluffy toy. (1991)

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Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne, attends the Royal Windsor Horse Show aged two. Zara went on to become an equestrian and Olympian. (1983)

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The Queen and other senior royals sent messages of condolence to those affected by the fires after at least 20 people died and more than 1,400 homes were destroyed over the Australian summer.

I don't even go down the climate change route, Anne told the magazine.

I think the way people manage ground is part of the discussion...climate changes all the time. It has done so throughout the globe's history, so there's nothing new under the sun.

She continued: Somehow, we've got to learn that our kind of life is changing. We've got to remember to respect what's out there and how to live with it.

In contrast, Charles recently said there was a golden opportunity to create something good for the environment from the Covid-19 crisis during an appearance at the launch of the Great Reset project.

Its unprecedented shockwaves may well make people more receptive to big visions of change, and global crises like pandemics and climate change know no borders and highlight just how interdependent we are as one people sharing one planet, he said.

Charles is the Queens eldest child and was born on 14 November 1948 followed by his sister, Anne, on 15 August 1950.

After her first two children, Queen Elizabeth waited more than a decade before welcoming her third child, Prince Andrew in 1960 and youngest, Prince Edward, in 1964.

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Rising track star Elijah Hall recently went vegan as part of his training for the Tokyo Olympic Games. He was on track to participate in the 2020 Games, which were originally set to start next week but have been rescheduled for 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions on mass gatherings. In the meantime, Hall decided to step up his nutrition game by going vegan. The young athlete is the 2018 NCAA National Champion with the Houston Cougars and is also the United States record holder for the Indoor 200 Meters.

Hall says his new dietwhich includes favorite dishes such as pollo salsa tacos and Beyond Burgershas provided him with more energy, better sleep, and an overall feeling of being lighter on his feet, both on and off the track. I wanted to approach my season differently than I ever have before, Hall told VegNews. I have read about great athletes who have turned plant-based and have longer careers.

A number of pro athletes in various sportsincluding tennis champ Venus Williams, NFL pro Colin Kaepernick, ultramarathon runner Scott Jurek, and boxer David Hayehave credited veganism for their optimal health and performance. Earlier this year, world race car champion Lewis Hamilton said: I think my health has just got better and better over the last couple of years as Ive gone to the plant-based diet. And tennis champion Novak Djokovic said: Its more than a performance reason for me, its a lifestyle, its something Im really proud of.

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Vegan ice cream brand JUSTice Cream recently launched in Chicago with plans to donate 100 percent of its profits to grassroots organizations that are fighting for social justice. The woman-led company was founded by Hialy Gutierrez to address social issues such as the misconceptions about veganism, human and environmental exploitation, and food industry practices. JUSTice offers a variety of flavors, each of which supports a particular cause, such as:

JUSTice Cream has so far raised nearly $9,000 through a GoFundMe campaign to help with startup costs, equipment, and supplies. The company is also accepting in-kind donations, such as ice cream equipment or accounting help, to help reduce expenses.

The ice cream brand plans to operate through pop-ups in Chicago this summer and distribute pints through local co-ops and neighborhood markets this fall before offering out-of-state delivery.

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The month of January feels like a distant memory, but whether you decided to commit to Veganuary or not, the plant-based lifestyle is increasing in popularity in 2018, the Vegan Society established that there are around 600,000 vegans in the United Kingdom and this figure is only set to grow. As a result, consumers are spending more and more on vegan food products and its not just appealing to a strict vegan market. Many people are striking a balance somewhere in between veganism and vegetarianism, opting for a flexitarian lifestyle. Products are flying from supermarket shelves, with Applewoods vegan cheese selling out in 40% of its stockists in October 2019.

So, with a predicted veganism influx of 327% by the end of 2020 in the UK, could it be time to change up your lifestyle? Before you return back to your carnivorous habits, take a look at this comprehensive guide to all things flower-powered!

If you lead a vegan lifestyle, your diet excludes all animal products from meat, to dairy and anything derived from animals, such as gelatin. This also includes any foods that are processed using animal products (meaning that some wines will be off the menu!). People commit to vegan diets for a range of reasons, from animal welfare, to raising awareness of the carbon footprint of a carnivorous diet, or even as a health-related measure. As a result, the benefits of veganism will largely depend on the reason behind making the change; from a health perspective, its a nutrient rich diet, aiding weight loss, and there are studies which have suggested that it can lessen the risk of certain health conditions. However, as the climate change narrative continues to grow, theres a growing emphasis on the role that veganism could play in lessening individual carbon output, which collectively, has the potential to help restore the worlds atmospheric levels. Many activist groups are turning their focus onto the environmental damage of human activity and the step towards making our everyday lives more sustainable.

The new decade started with something along the lines of a plant-based revolution, with many popular food retailers finally recognising the supply demand for vegan alternatives. Back in 2019, the popular bakery chain Greggs unleased hysteria with their vegan sausage roll, sitting alongside the traditional meat alternative. They followed this up in January 2020 with a remarkable marketing campaign leading up to the unveil of their vegan steak bake, which involved blacking out store windows, creating an air of exclusivity for the new product. The product has been a sold-out phenomenon, with many left empty-handed on their quest to sample the new product.

The vegan alternative has taken off, sending reverberations across the market as other retailers revealed their own plant-based treats. KFC, Frankie & Bennys, Costa and Subway have all branched out to revel in the meat-free craze. Theres even a growing range of plant based sweet treats available, from fair trade vegan chocolate to doughnuts and more!

The growth in popularity and the strengthening of links between the meat and dairy industry has triggered a huge financial soar in the vegan food market, and it is now a multibillion-pound industry which only looks set to grow. In fact, the influx of plant-based products into the market was recorded at an impressive 9,590 new vegan options, as established by the Vegan Society.

On the topic of money, leading a vegan diet has often been considered as a costly pursuit So, is it actually expensive to be a vegan, or could it be realistic even for those on a budget? The answer to this varies, but for the most part, being vegan can certainly be purse friendly. Many of the core ingredients of a vegan diet are some of the cheapest components of the standard meal vegetables, beans, pasta, rice and fruit. While theres undoubtedly been a far wider variety of processed vegan options available in supermarket fridges, these are not necessarily healthy and can often be more costly additions on your weekly shop.

One vegan shopping trolley will differ from the next depending upon preference, but by filling your meals with affordable, staple ingredients such as lentils, pulses and tofu, you can be realistic when it comes to eating a purse friendly plant-based diet.

In a recent study by Nisbets, the top UK vegan cities were revealed, with some interesting entries on the rundown. The cities which made the list have the most either vegan or vegetarian eateries, and Norwich came top of the bunch, closely followed by Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Newcastle.

In Glasgow, there are 3,000 listed veggie or vegan eateries, from the vibrant The 78 kitchen, The Flying Duck late night plant-based junk food, and the appropriately named Glasvegan brunch spot. Back over the border, the North East has seen a lot of plant powered innovation in the past few years, from glazed vegan doughnut retailers, to the quirky Little Greens Cafe which prides itself on serving high protein, vegan options for brunch, lunch, and dinner. In fact, the annual vegan food fest flower power is held at Tyne Bank Brewery, a bustling spot to sample a lot of vegan goodness. Many people are following the buzz of the vegan scene that a city has, but surprisingly the UKs capital city doesnt even feature on the list suggesting that its got a bit of catching up to do!

The dietary demographic of our population is certainly changing, and the plant-based revolution only looks set to continue Could it be time for you to make the switch?

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A new documentary by John Lewis (aka Badass Vegan) unveils the racism that lies within the food industry.

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Have you ever wondered why healthy food is less available in communities of color? And not only that but why BIPOC are more susceptible to disease? These directly-related hard truths are built on an unjust food system that is exposed in the new documentary Theyre Trying to Kill Us.

John Lewis is a Black vegan filmmaker and Ferguson native who has witnessed and experienced this issue first-hand. Lewis shared, Even though Ive been involved in athletics and sports since I was a little kid, I did reach a state of childhood obesity where I was 315 pounds as a freshman in high school. Many years later, I found out that it was not only the lack of activity that led to my obesity, but it was the foods I was eating at the time. I started my vegan journey once my mother was diagnosed with colon cancer. After I did some research, I saw that animal protein wasnt just a cause of cancers but it was also the cause of many diseases within the human body and thats what led me down my journey to becoming a filmmaker in pointing out what Ive learned along the way to help out more people.

For this documentary, Lewis teamed up with Keegan Kuhn, the co-director of Cowspiracy and What the Health. Lewis told us they met a few years back at a festival. I had a booth for my protein shake, Vegan Smart, and he had a booth for his documentary at the time, Cowspiracy. When I walked over to the booth, he actually knew who I was and it just became a good friendship from there. Years later, Kuhn reached out to Lewis about working together on a documentary. Kuhn expressed a desire to reach more people with this documentary but didnt know how to do so.

Thats when Lewis suggested the idea of using hip-hop. Hip-hop really runs the world and if we can appeal to the people who love it, he shared, then they would be more willing to listen to the message. Theyre Trying to Kill Us will feature interviews with numerous hip-hop artists, public figures, and doctors as they discuss veganism, health, poverty, systemic racism, and more. Ne-Yo, Raury, TxTHEWAY, Lola Monroe, King Los, Dame Dash, Grey, Angela Yee, Dr. Neal Barnard, and John Salley are some of the guests who make an appearance.

When we asked Lewis what message he hopes to get across with Theyre Trying to Kill Us, he told us, This documentary is solution-based. The main purpose of this is to actually show people that they have a way out if they use a plan of action. I want people to see that there is a way out from the dark and dismal portrayal of health that has been shown to us in the past.

Theyre Trying to Kill Us is set to be released by the end of the year. They have not yet announced what platforms it will be available on. For the most recent updates, follow @theyretryingtokillusfilm on Instagram.

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Thinking about starting a new diet? While the amount of information available can be overwhelming, its possible to find a diet that is safe, suitable and effective for your lifestyle.

Dr. Yana Finkelshteyn, assistant professor with Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, discusses what you need to know about the MIND diet.

A: The vegan diet is a diet that excludes food that comes from animal sources including meat, dairy, seafood and eggs. Veganism is often a lifestyle choice based on ethical and political principles of animal rights and environmental preservation. Others come toveganism due to the health benefits of the diet.

A: Strictvegans will avoid all foods containing meat, dairy or egg derivatives. There are raw vegans that eatprimarily raw unprocessed vegetables, fruits, seeds and nuts. Many vegans prefer organic to conventionally raised vegetables and fruits, and some vegans do not consume honey.

A: Whole grains, starchy vegetables, legumes, greens, fruits, berries, seeds, nuts, plant oils, nut butters,tofu, tempeh and many other plant-derived foods are included in the vegan diet.

A: There is a benefit for weight management for those following a whole-foods plant-based vegan diet. There are many processed foods that are vegan, but these are calorie-dense and high in added sugar or fat. If these are kept to a minimum, the vegan diet isbeneficial for weight loss. A vegan diet reduces the risk of heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and some cancers as compared to an omnivore diet.

A: One is that foods must becombined in a very specific way to get a complete protein. The truth is that most people eating a variety of natural plant foods will get more than the adequate amount of protein. A second misconception is that it is automatically a healthy diet. As mentioned, processed vegan, while possibly less harmful than processed meats, are not necessarily healthy. There are also vegan foods high in added salt and sugar. When it comes to any diet, natural may be best.

A: Anyone can follow a vegan diet with some caveats. Most strict vegans do need to supplement vitamin B12 which isfoundprimarily in animal derived foods and soil bacteria.

The vegan diet does contain iron-rich foods such as whole grains,beans, greens andavocados. Pairing these with foods naturally high in vitamin C aids iron absorption, and cast-iron cookware can add elemental iron. A junk food vegan diet may result in deficiencies in iron and even protein.

The vegan diet is also relatively low in Omega 3 essential fatty acids. To increase these levels, vegans can includeseaweed and algae, flax seeds, chia seeds, walnuts, edamame and other plant-derived foods containing Omega 3 fatty acids in their diet.

A: There are many vegan athletes and even vegan bodybuilders. Because the vegan diet is naturally high in low-calorie density foods, it may be harder to gain weight on a vegan diet for those that need to gain weight, such as those with a severe illness or who recently had surgery. Pregnant women can continue a vegan diet throughout pregnancy while supplementing with prenatal vitamins and possibly iron as long asthey include a wide variety of natural foods in their diet.

A: Many that are switching to a vegan diet report weight loss and increased energy. Blood pressure and cholesterol can decrease considerably. High fiber intake can ease gastrointestinal issues such as constipation. However, some report increased gas and bloating, particularly if increasing intake of legumes and certain vegetables.

To be done in a healthy way, the vegan diet must include a variety of plant-derived foods. For many, there is a learning curve in terms of food preparation and even shopping. It can take extra time and research to prepare vegan recipes and this can be a barrier to some in adhering to the diet.

The vegan diet can be economical. Rice, beans, lentils and greens are inexpensive staples in a vegan diet. Because there is little vegan fast food, it does often require more cooking at home.

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You can be a healthy vegan or an unhealthy vegan, depending on what you consume.

Dr Derbyshire said: Vegans should follow healthy eating guidelines which include at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day and keep fully hydrated.

Meals should be based on potatoes, bread, rice, pasta or other starchy carbohydrates, opting for wholegrain if possible and include some dairy alternatives, such as soya drinks and yoghurts.

A variety of plant-based protein sources should be eaten and plenty of fluid consumed throughout the day ideally drinking 6-8 cups or glasses which does not need to be just water.

Drinking herbal, plant-based teas, like Rooibos, can contribute to fluid intakes and research has found they are just as hydrating.

A new study on Rooibos also found evidence for cholesterol reduction, blood glucose control, bone health, memory function, sperm viability, immune balance, anti-inflammatory effects plus anti-allergy effects.

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Whether you perceive it is as informative or just noisy, there is absolutely no avoiding the seismic food debate online.

This is because the level of engagement with issues to do with veganism, the environment and agriculture, particularly on social media, is explosive, according to Pdraig Wims, associate professor in the School of Agriculture and Food Science at University College Dublin (UCD).

Social media is where young people are increasingly getting their information and, often, where their views of lifestyle and diet are influenced.

A big concern of Prof. Wims for young people is that he feels they are not accessing quality information and are also not doing in-depth research into topics. Adding to this, he said the extent that people are influenced online is truly difficult to say.

He described the trends in how young people consume information about food, agriculture and the environment as rather worrying.

Im reluctant to refer to any of it online as debating thats because there often isnt any debate on these very complex topics. A debate is fine on any topic, where there is balance and more than one view.

However, it is clear online that veganism gets very positive coverage; coverage that goes unquestioned the majority of the time.

He feels that with the discourse online surrounding food and animals, there just needs to be a balance of views and a co-existence of different beliefs, which often is not the case.

There can definitely seem like there is a shaming of agriculture online. Its easy to shame something when you only have to say it online and dont have to talk to an actual person.

For young people who are seeing influencers every day pushing a certain view, it doesnt help that there is a generational aspect in that many of these young people havent been exposed to a rural or farming background and, therefore, they dont really understand it.

He feels that the conversations to do with veganism and agriculture are difficult and even more so when they are carried out on sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

A lot of information is being pushed on young people on social media and that is difficult for them to navigate.

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It's time to get Amped Up, and we're talking healthy ways of eating. We're exploring veganism with Letoiya Jones.

MACON, Ga. I want people to know that vegan food is not just rabbit food or just salads, says self-proclaimed vegan Letoiya Jones.

Jones has been a practicing vegan for the past four years. She decided to try the lifestyle after having issues digesting food including meat and fish, and she says the changes shes made in the kitchen have paid off and the transition was pretty easy.

Jones says, I had mentally been preparing myself for months, so once I decided to do it, I was OK, and when I did it four years ago, there werent as many substitutions like they have now. I still eat vegan junk, but mainly, I eat fruits and vegetables.

Processed vegan foods like Oreo cookies are Jones' favorite, but as a true vegan, that means she doesnt eat any animal flesh or byproducts like milk, cheese, or eggs, so shes decided to take things into her own hands -- literally, creating delicious and nutritious meals via her business, Southern Garden Kitchen.

Im excited about continuing to cook and continuing to change the stigma of veganism that everything is so restricted, explains Jones. I like to think of it as, 'Think of what you can eat and not what you cant eat,' and its a lifestyle and not a diet. It's truly a lifestyle, so I look forward to changing peoples minds.

Jones says her new way of eating gives her more energy and has helped her lose more than 100 pounds along her journey. If youre interested in giving veganism a try,hop on over to Facebook and check out Southern Garden Kitchen with Letoiya Jones to get you started.

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How about rose, lavender and juniper?

With the band's iconic thunderbolt on the packaging, the deodorant comes in five different scents: Skull & Roses (lavender, rose), Sunshine (blood orange, bergamot), Workingman's (cedarwood, juniper), Timber (Douglas fir, sage) and Unscented.

All are handmade in small batches, using 100% natural, vegan, edible ingredients, according to a news release.

"I have been a Dead Head since 1999," North Coast Organics CEO Nathan Morin said in a statement. "The music and spirit of the Grateful Dead have influenced my company's core principles of service, veganism, and organic agriculture."

"The Grateful Dead have inspired us to stay true to our main mission of social responsibility. We took care in creating special oil blends that reference the Grateful Dead's music," Morin said.

The band's legacy manager and archivist David Lemiuex said the line of deodorant aligns with the Deadheads' "love of the world around us."

"North Coast Organics lives and functions as we do, with an awareness that the future's here, we are it, and we need to take care of the planet and ourselves," Lemiuex said.

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Amazon Prime has a new vegan Jamaican-inspired cooking show.

Kirly-Sues Global Kitchen debuted earlier this month in the US and the UK. It is hosted by vegan YouTuber and cookbook author Sussane Kirlew, who goes by the name Kirly-Sue.

The three-part series aims to show viewers how easy it is to cook vegan meals. It follows Kirlew, who also serves as the shows executive producer, on her travels to Jamaica to see how food is grown and cooked locally. She then makes her own vegan version of the dish in her UK kitchen and allows non-vegans to try it.

Kirlew told LIVEKINDLY incorporating Jamaica into the show was important to her.

My country of origin is Jamaica, my parents are from Jamaica. So I thought to actually film therebecause I have family there and I have contacts thereis not going to be too difficult, she said.I also obviously wanted to film here in the UK where I live. We often think if you want to learn something you have to go to somebody in a Western country. And we have everything here. And to some extent, that is true. But what Im showing in the show is we can learn something from non-western countries, she added.

Kirlew says she went vegetarian at the age of 18 and then vegan in 2012. She now spends her time trying to encourage others to incorporate plant-based foods into their diets, especially younger generations.

In addition to her newly-released vegan cookbook for kids, called Cooking With Kids, Kirlew hosts a weekly Instagram Live in which she does a cook-along with kids. So I have kids who join me for half an hour to do a really good plant-based meal every week. And its been going really well, she said.

A lot of the time people are not aware of all the information surrounding veganism. And I think its important for us to teach the next generation what options there are for them, she explained.

She added: Because this generation of adults didnt have that opportunity in terms of information and choice with regards to a plant-based diet. But I think the children of this generation today, there is an opportunity to show them look, you can actually cook plant-based.

Kirlew says that with good reviews and ratings, she hopes the show may potentially move to Netflix.

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So, what makes it a plant-based potato chip? Pinky Coleman revealed that many potato chips contain dairy and milk derivatives.

ATLANTA Pinky Coleman, the owner of Atlantas popular vegan eatery Slutty Vegan ATL, is taking her career to new heights by creating the first plant-based potato chip with Rap Snacks, a food brand inspired by hip hop culture.

Since December 2019, the chips have made its way into 100,000 locations across the U.S, according to rep for Rap Snacks.

Both brand names, founded by African-American entrepreneurs, are enthusiastic about the success of this vegan potato chip line as it aims to spread awareness around healthier lifestyle choices to a community who may experience less access to vegan options otherwise.

It's unheard of to put two Black-owned businesses together in this way so that we could grow and be successful together, Coleman said. It just feels good to be able to represent that through my restaurant to my brand voice. I'm just happy about the sales and the support.

In an interview with 11Alive, Coleman said the collaboration is a dream come true as she was already a fan of the Rap Snacks brand and creating her own spin on barbecue-flavored chips was the perfect pairing for Slutty Vegans popular burgers.

It's a total blessing to be able to see my face, on chips in different stores. I always said when I was a little girl, that I'm gonna be a household name, and I didn't know that it would take on this meaning, Coleman said. But I'm excited and I'm humbled about it. And I'm just grateful for the people who support me every single day, especially in the city of Atlanta.

Rap Snacks CEO and founder James Lindsey is equally as excited to join forces with Coleman.

Slutty Vegan has been immensely influential in introducing veganism to the culturally rich community of Atlanta and beyond. Its always exciting to join forces with a brand that shares the same underlying mission as we do here at Rap Snacks - to push culture forward through food. This partnership will create limitless possibilities across both the Rap Snacks and Slutty Vegan brands; more importantly, providing communities across the country who have limited access to vegan options, a health-conscious, alternative snack, Lindsay tells 11Alive in a statement.

So, what makes it a plant-based potato chip? Coleman revealed that many potato chips contain dairy and milk derivatives.

This doesn't have any animal or animal byproducts in the chip, and I wanted to spread that narrative, especially in our communities that you can be vegan. You can be plant-based, and you don't have to compromise animals, even if it starts at potato chips. even if this starts and vegan comfort food, Coleman said.

Slutty Vegan ATL has become a celeb-magnet, as many actors, musicians, and athletes have praised the restaurants healthy spin on fast food.

I think Slutty Vegan does a great job introducing that lifestyle to communities around the world. Because its just not Atlanta. We got people coming from Kenya, London, and we do that. And now we get to really do that with the Rap Snacks vegan chips, Coleman said.

At the start of the stay-at-home orders during the pandemic, Coleman closed her business for two weeks to create a safe operating environment for employees and customers.

it's unfortunate how many people we have lost toCOVID-19. What I will say is, it showed me that Slutty Vegan can be a weatherproof business, as an entrepreneur, it's never easy to make like quick, vast decisions, especially when you have a business, Coleman said. Thinking about what the new normal is going to be is never easy for any entrepreneur. But we're doing it with style and grace.

Coleman, has come a long way since starting her business in a ghost kitchen. The business owner anticipates her rapidly moving company will have a total of 13 locations within the next two years.

We are expanding our operational executives and just really bringing in people who have expertise to help us grow and scale this company. It's not about the money for me, It's about creating something so that we could tell a story on how we have helped people to re-imagine food. And we do that every single day, Coleman said.

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In light of the national conversation that is currently being heldabout racism and police brutality in the US, businesses, entrepreneurs and citizens alike arefinding different ways to uplift theBlack community. Whether that be bypatronizing Black-owned businesses (we did a round-up of vegan products and restaurants here) or donating to social justice charities that help support protestors and related causes, people are looking for ways to amplify the message of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Vegan Celebrity Chef Ahki Taylor is doing this by offering to shareher expertise in plant-based cooking. Ahki will beteaching a free workshop exclusively forBlack women this Sunday, June 7th at 1 pm EST, called Veganism for Black Women.

The workshop is hosted by Women of Color Healing Retreats, and their website explains what will be highlighted in the session, including, "The importance of Black Women transitioning into a vegan lifestyle, the history of food for black women and people, implementing more vegan food into your daily lives, the ways food can be used as medicine for menstrual cramps, fibroids, and the reproduction system, and an overall way to learn about how to take care of our health and wellness."

Women of Color Healing Retreats typically hosts paid workshops for their members, but Ahki noted that she didn't want anyone left out of this conversation due to potential financial constraints. Ina statement to VegNews, Ahki explained why she felt it was so important to share her knowledge without charging, saying, "[It]is going to be completely free of charge to the public because veganism isnt accessible in the Black community and we find it imperative to spread this information, Satya told VegNews.

Even if you aren't able to attend the workshop, a scroll through and follow of Chef Ahki's Instagram is well worth it if you're looking for more vegan inspiration and knowledge. Ahki regularly shares beautiful, refreshing meals,and explains the health benefits behind each ingredient.

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The Vegan Women Summit (VWS) educates, empowers, and inspires women leaders to spread compassion. The organization is hosting a Virtual Gathering special on June 23rd featuring vegan leaders across three generations. The interactive live event will feature speakers Jasmine Leyva (filmmaker and actress), Haile Thomas (compassion activist and content creator), and Tabitha Brown (vegan influencer and actress) to lead a discussion addressing the interconnectedness of supporting the Black community and supporting the vegan community.

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Jennifer Stojkovic, Founder of VWS told VegOut, This event, which is the ninth in our Virtual Gathering Series, will bring together three of our returning speakers for a crucial conversation on the intersection of race and veganism. We hope this event provides a learning opportunity for our attendees to better understand how supporting the Black community intersects with supporting the vegan community, why this work is important, and how they can become a better ally.

The first ever Vegan Women Summit took place on February 1st 2020 in San Francisco, California. The event highlighted vegan women speakers in the plant-based industry including Miyoko Schinner, Jasmine Leyva, Aisha Pinky Cole, and more. The company launched an online Virtual Gathering Series in March 2020 designed to facilitate discussions, provide support, and educate the viewers.

Tune in on Tuesday June 23rd from 7pm to 8pm CDT. The event is free to attend, however spots are limited. Attendees also have the option to support the VWS with a donation. Jennifer stated, VWS events are open to attendees from all backgrounds. We encourage any and all who are interested in learning from these incredible speakers to attend.

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