posted April 20, 2021 Guest Post by Christin Bummer If I had a penny for every time I heard a frazzled mama say, “I’ve been wanting to be vegan (or plant-based, or to eat healthier) but my family would never go for it,” I’d spend it all on a PSA to let you all know that you are not ... Read More
Why Black Men Should Go Vegan, by Kevin Jenkins, D.Min., VLCE
The following is an excerpt from what I believe is the most important book of Spring 2021: Brotha Vegan: Black Men Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society, edited by Omowale Adewale and published by Lantern Books. The target audience for Brotha Vegan is, as the title indicates, Black men, and ... Read More
Flourishing Emotionally with Plant-Powered Nutrition
posted March 30, 2021 by Angela Crawford, Ph.D., MVLCE Many who choose a vegan diet are aware of the benefits for improving physical health and reversing disease. We’ve read The China Study and How Not to Die, watched Forks over Knives, and may have personally met people who reversed ... Read More
The Grief of Vegans
posted March 23, 2021 by Rev. Russell Elleven, DMin, VLCE There are many benefits to becoming vegan in this day and time. We vegans talk about those benefits often. When we stop using animals there is often a benefit to the individual’s health, as well as the health of the planet. But for ... Read More
Vegan Diet and Mental Health
by Patricia Campana, LMFT, R-DMT, MVLCE posted March 16, 2021 What if we could improve our mood, reduce anxiety, irritability, or depression by the foods we eat? We can, by incorporating a whole food plant-based diet and eliminating animal products. There is a relationship between mental ... Read More
How the Global Food System Failed the World’s Farmers: Why Vegans Should Care
by Nivi Jaswal, MVLCE, with Julie Wayne and Madhavi Kolte posted March 9, 2021 China, India, the United States, and Brazil are the world’s largest food producers. While the United States is noted for high productivity and efficiency (factory farms), India ranks lowest in productivity, ... Read More