November 1st is World Vegan Day, kicking off a week-long celebration in Philadelphia – and the American Vegan Center (AVC), at 17 N. 2nd Street, is the place to be! All week, the AVC will be open from noon to 6 pm with books, T-shirts, snacks, resources, and different special-occasion offerings each day!
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Going vegan is a great step in the right direction. But we must also become activists and do our part if we expect to see real change.
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Earlier this week, the American Vegan Society was asked to weigh in for a Spectrum News segment with Wisconsin reporter Taurean Small.
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The American Vegan Society (AVS) is pleased to announce a new storefront office and event space in Philadelphia. The American Vegan Center will open this summer at 17 N. 2nd Street in Old City.
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Veguary promises recipes, resources, workshops, and community to everyone who gets involved.
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When the coronavirus forced the vegan community to scramble and adapt to virtual connectivity this year, Stephanie Redcross West was already way ahead of the game. That’s because she’s been mapping the landscape of connection since 2009 with her consulting business, Vegan Mainstream.
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We’ve all heard a lot about the ‘new normal’ in terms of the coronavirus pandemic. But it’s also important to look ahead, as The Vegan Society (UK) says about its new outreach campaign, Future Normal, which sets its sights on the society that vegans and their allies are creating. The future of “normal,” VS says, is a place where nonhuman animals are “no longer used, but recognized as individuals with their own personalities, preferences and desires.”
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This week, the president of AVS contributed the vegan perspective to a special section for one of the most popular news sources in the the USA. Freya Dinshah, who has been tracking the growth of vegan interest in the US for the past 60 years, was invited to address the increasing adoption of vegan eating and living: “People are trying vegan and liking it. They are feeling the benefits,” she says, and “realizing the values.”
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“It will be truly something for everyone,” says Brenda Sanders, president of the Afro-Vegan Society, of this Saturday’s National AfroVegan *Virtual* Conference. From the 20-year vegan to the vegan-curious, everyone will be able to get something out of it.
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Virtual gatherings and education sessions can help you keep developing everything from your vegan cooking skills to your grasp of nutrition to your approach to the vegan lifestyle.
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Dr. Milton Mills has provided testimony to the USDA Dietary Guidelines Committee on multiple occasions. He also co-authored the 1999 Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) report on Racism in the Dietary Guidelines. As the 2020 guideline recommendations were being drafted, we checked in with Dr. Mills on how these may, either unwittingly or intentionally, have a racist effect on nonwhite populations.
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The “overnight” success of Tofurky was at least fifteen years in the making, with plenty of long hours, speed bumps, and heartbreaking reversals. In this 25th anniversary year, founder Seth Tibbott has released a book chronicling how it all happened, In Search of the Wild Tofurky.
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