Pivot! A Vegan Business Interview Series

Ep. 1: Interview with Sachin Shan, Vegan Med

Vegan Mainstream — Mon, 04 May 2020 14:43:16 GMT

Meet Our Guest---> Sachin A. Shah, PharmD, FAHA, is CEO of VeganMed and dedicated to creating a world where medications, supplements and cosmetics contain no animal-derived ingredients. As a pharmacist and research scientist, he has published over 50 scientific papers which have generated over 1 billion media impressions in outlets such as NPR, BBC News, and USA Today. He is a former TEDx speaker on “managing the mind” and enjoys nature hikes with friends.

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VeganMed, Inc aspires to create a world where medications, dietary supplements and cosmetics do not contain any animal-derived ingredients. For manufacturers, they offer the only proprietary “animal-free” certification program that incorporates lab testing. For consumers, they host a marketplace allowing worry-free shopping of independently verified animal-free over-the-counter products, and individualized, custom made animal-free prescription products. https://www.veganmed.org/

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Ep. 2: Interview with Shawn Stratton, International Vegan Film Festival

Vegan Mainstream — Mon, 04 May 2020 17:44:00 GMT

Meet Our Guest ---> Shawn Stratton, is the founder and director of the International Vegan Film Festival and World Tour. He started the festival in 2018 to inspire, educate and entertain audiences with vegan-themed films from around the world. Shawn is also an international leadership consultant, professional speaker, bestselling author, Ironman and Ultramarathon competitor.

International Vegan Film Festival
The International Vegan Film Festival is a, first of its kind in the world, annual film event. Now in its third year, the festival kicks off every October in Ottawa, Canada. The festival showcases vegan-themed films from around the world covering a wide variety of topics. Some of these include animal rights, health and nutrition, ethics, sustainability and climate change.

Since 2018, the International Vegan Film Festival has had a world tour. This tour allows anyone to sign up as a host: from there, the host gets to pick where and when they would like to have their own Vegan Film Festival screening. It is a great way to build the local vegan community, interact with friends, and raise money for a cause or a business all while watching great independent vegan films.

https://www.theivff.com/

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Ep. 3: Interview with Sandra Nomoto, The Content Doctor

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 07 May 2020 17:35:51 GMT

Meet Our Guest-->

“The Content Doctor” Sandra Nomoto is the Managing Editor of TruHavn, an online magazine on the science and benefits of plants and fungi. After earning her university degree, she worked in the public relations industry for 13 years. During that time, she launched Conscious Public Relations Inc. at the age of 25. Over the 10 years in business, Nomoto was awarded the 2009 Volunteer of the Year by Women In Film & Television Vancouver, earned B Corporation® certification, and contributed to eWomenNetwork Vancouver earning the Best Social Media and Community Engagement Award. She was a founding member of the Vancouver Short Film Festival, which she helped grow from 2005 to 2015. Nomoto authored The Only Public Relations Guide You’ll Ever Need in 2019, blogs on vegan lifestyle at SandraNomoto.com and for Cold Tea Collective, and serves on the board of the Vancouver Mural Festival.

Website: thecontentdoctor.co

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Ep. 4: Interview with Kirti Yadav, KuKClean

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 14 May 2020 15:34:30 GMT

Meet Our Guest--> Kirti Yadav
I am a Clean Eating Evangelist and have already inspired 3500+ people across India. I love to share one simple mantra " Eat Right, KuKClean" and you will see all the problems disappearing.

It's actually that simple.

I lost 27 kgs of Weight which inspired me to start "KUKCLEAN" so that I could help not only women but also men who are struggling with sedentary lifestyle disorders where weight loss is the most important issue.

While I was losing weight, I started my first startup "Plattershare" and learned the meaning of the word "STARTUP" for the first time. I learned one more thing that motherhood should not be treated as a career break but a search for that career which you wanted to do.

Motherhood taught me to run a business, run a family, and nurture a soul with healthy food and upbringing.

So at KuKClean, My second startup, I promote and spread health via Eating right Program to Corporates, schools, and colleges and I am on a mission to build a healthy next generation and change our generation.

https://kukclean.com/

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Ep. 5: Interview with Be, Vegannoying

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 19 May 2020 17:40:12 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:
Vegannoying chronicles the tasty, rapidly growing vegan food opportunities through sharing photos, podcasts, and articles. From nutrition to “becoming vegan” to “How can my restaurant/cafe offer more plant-based options?” Vegannoying provides content, discussion, and targeted consulting for virtually all personal and professional vegan matters.

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Ep. 6: Interview with Diana Edelman, Vegans, Baby

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 21 May 2020 17:33:04 GMT

Meet Our Guest:
Diana Edelman is the founder of Vegans, Baby, whose mission is to make vegan life easier, and vegan dining more approachable and attainable. She does this through Vegansbaby.com, which serves as the definitive guide to vegan dining in Las Vegas; a vegan guidebook to Las Vegas; organizing a vegan dining month in Las Vegas which has recently expanded to other cities; curated events and chef-driven dinners; hosting local and international tours taking people on culinary vacations (her Las Vegas tour was named as one of the top vegan tours in the world by Travel + Leisure); and a new podcast -- The Good Fork -- talking to leaders in the plant-based movement. Diana is a partner with the James Beard Foundation and Life is Beautiful, curating vegan dinners and activiations. She also provides consulting to restaurants who want to expand their plant-based offerings and audience, as well as private coaching to businesses.

https://vegansbaby.com/

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Ep. 7: Interview with Cindy Thompson, Trimazing

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 26 May 2020 17:39:42 GMT

Meet Our Guest:

Cindy wants you to be Trimazing—three times better than amazing! After improving her health and fitness through plant-based nutrition, losing 60 pounds and becoming an adult-onset athlete, she retired from her 20-year firefighting career to help people just like you. She works with people and organizations so they can reach their health and wellness goals.

Our health and wellness is closely tied to the health of our environment. Cindy incorporates zero-waste and sustainable practices throughout her programs. You’ll see it IS easy being green!

Cindy Thompson is a certified Health Coach, Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator, Fitness Nutrition Specialist, and Firefighter Peer Fitness Trainer. She is a Food for Life Instructor with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Rouxbe Plant-Based Professional, teaching people how to prepare delicious, satisfying, and health-promoting meals. You can find Cindy at Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching

Additional info about classes/COVID-19 response: https://trimazing.com/events/

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Ep. 8: Interview with Juan Bautista Piqué, Un Mundo Vegano

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 28 May 2020 17:46:34 GMT

Meet Our Guest: Juan Bautista Piqué

The company "Un Mundo Vegano" ("One Vegan World" in spanish) starts as a response to make it easy for people to experience veganism in latin america. Juan Bautista Piqué, founder, was a heavy meat eater and one day changed his diet (after feeling much better physically and emotionally without eating meat), but without knowing "how to do it". Un Mundo Vegano helps people experience veganism in three areas: #1 - Information and Education: through online courses and "one on one" assessments / #2 - Products: informing of vegan products and soon distributing also products / #3 - Places: informing people of places to eat a delicious vegan meal.

http://unmundovegano.com/

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Ep. 9: Interview with Sherimane Johnson, Night Owl Vegan & NaturallySweet Desserts

Vegan Mainstream — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 13:31:41 GMT

Meet Our Guest: Sherimane Johnson is a Vegan Chef, owner of two vegan eateries (Night Owl Vegan & NaturallySweet Desserts) and certified Vegan Nutrition Coach who specializes in helping her clients attain their goals of adopting a vegan approach to eating and life.

Having overcome the life-altering impacts of Type 2 diabetes with a plant-based diet and vegan approach to life, her results encouraged the creation of products and services to help others do the same.

Today Sherimane offers individual coaching and virtual cooking classes while her vegan eateries provide weekly meal delivery service.

https://nightowlvegan.com/

https://naturallysweetdesserts.com/

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Ep. 10: Bubbie Staron, The Plant-Based Heart

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 19:48:31 GMT

Meet Our Guest:
Bubbie Staron is a long-time vegan who decided to intertwine her passion for helping people with her passion for helping animals. After confronting her own health issues, she learned all she could about plant-based eating and nutrition and is now a licensed Food for Life instructor. She works full time at her county’s department of social services and also just launched her new business, The Plant Based Heart, after her plans to offer classes at her full-time job was interrupted by the pandemic.

https://www.theplantbasedheart.com/

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Ep. 11: Interview with Courtney Garza, Sprinkles Creative & VegWorld Magazine

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:20:39 GMT

Meet Our Guest:
Courtney Garza is a passionate vegan that brings her love for journalism, creativity, helping local businesses, and animals altogether with her compassionate social media agency that she co-founded with her business partner Christina Bluford, Sprinkles Creative to aid businesses with their branding strategy. Courtney also owns and operates VEGWORLD Magazine, an international vegan lifestyle publication, as the Editor-in-Chief to curate and promote plant-based stories from vegan products, services, and individuals from all walks of life.

http://vegworldmag.com/

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Ep. 12: Interview with Nora Kramer, Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:23:26 GMT

Meet Our Guest: Nora Kramer

Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp is a summer camp for social change that has been training aspiring activists to make a bigger difference since 2009. YEA Camp runs weeklong overnight leadership camps for progressive teens and tweens to build their knowledge, skills, confidence, and community to make a bigger impact on the social justice issues of their choice. In alignmnent with the camp's values of respecting people, animals, and the planet, all the food at YEA Camp is vegan. YEA Campers have gone on to do amazing things, like getting Meatless Mondays in their schools, doing voter registration drives and even getting a new polling place added at their college campus, raising thousands of dollars for great causes, organizing protests and climate strikes, and lots more.

http://www.yeacamp.org/

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Ep. 13: Interview with Taylor Wolfram RD

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:51:45 GMT

Meet Our Guest:

Taylor Wolfram, MS, RDN, LDN, is a private practice dietitian, health writer and consultant based in Chicago, Illinois.

She has expertise in vegan nutrition, uses a Health At Every Size® approach and believes everyone has a right to body autonomy and respect.

https://www.taylorwolfram.com/

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Ep. 14: Interview with Gabrielle Darvassy and Christine DeRose

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:15:00 GMT

Meet Our Guests:

Gabrielle Darvassy is the Executive Chef and curator of B’Gabs Vegan Kitchen. B’Gabs was established as a wellness space that not only provided plant-based nutrition but provided educational classes ranging from deep meditation, holistic nutrition and herbalism. Gabrielle’s unique model of inclusion has gained recognition for superior food ingenuity to most recently community service initiatives by the Obama Foundation. Gabrielle’s passion to ensure that all people regardless of economic demographic should have access to health and nutritional options leads her service charge of giving. It is these passions that continue Gabrielle’s pursuits in obtaining continued education and forming alliances with those whom which to eradicate food insecurity.

http://bgabsgoodies.com

Christine is the owner of Smackdab Chicago, a Chicago-based cafe with vegan options. “This lovely little company of ours was born in 2015 from our shared vision to offer the Chicago community real, handmade food and amazing service from the heart.”

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Ep. 15: Interview with Nancy Poznak, BotaniCuisine

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:42:48 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: BotaniCuisine is a plant-sourced dining outreach business promoting plant-based/vegan food as abundant, delicious and fulfilling. Sales of plant-sourced foods, especially meat and dairy options, continue to skyrocket in popularity. Plant-sourced foods provide outstanding benefits for health, environment, resource and wildlife conservation, food security, and respect for all those with whom we share the Earth.

https://www.botanicuisine.com/

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Ep. 16: Interview with Geoff Palmer, Green Machine

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:55:00 GMT

Meet Our Guest: Geoff Palmer, a 57year old, 35yr Vegan is a Natural Bodybuilding and Natural Physique Masters Champion, the Owner of Clean Machine Plant-Based Fitness Nutrition, author, national lecturer, vegan patent holder and 2 Time NEXTY Winner for “Best Supplement of the Year” in 2016 & 2018.

Geoff was selected #40 of the “Top 100 Most Influential Vegans” by Plant Based News.

Geoff created the First 100% Vegan Bodybuilding Competition in the World.

Geoff will also be featured in 3 Vegan Documentary Films. Clean Machine donates 10% of sales every quarter to organizations that promote a plant-based lifestyle.

https://cleanmachineonline.com/

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Ep. 17: Interview with Ellen Jaffe Jones & Troy Funk

Vegan Mainstream — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 09:55:00 GMT

Meet Our Guests:

Ellen is the author of 6 vegan health and fitness books including, Eat Vegan on $4 a Day, Vegan Fitness for Mortals, Vegan Sex and Vegan for One. When Ellen's entire speaking career for the next year was cancelled, she pivoted and turned her real estate experience into her next career, partnering with her vegan boyfriend and 35 year-veteran of the Sarasota real estate market, Troy Funk. As a real estate agent, Troy had weathered many market crashes and took on the grueling job as a broker for the fastest growing real estate company, Realty One Group.

https://vegcoach.com/

Troy is a self-taught vegan who came to the movement trying to solve a family member's health problem. He coincidentally discovered Ellen at the Portland Vegfest where she spoke in 2016, and invited her to speak at local vegan potlucks he organized not far from where they both lived in Sarasota.

https://www.realtyonegroup.com/

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Ep. 18: Interview with Jason Schramm

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 09:55:00 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: Jason Schramm is a vegan web developer and Founder of Veg Groups, where he builds websites to help people go vegan or stay vegan. Since going vegan five years ago he finally found a meaningful passion to utilize his technical talents: helping people to make compassionate lifestyle choices. He has built VegEvents.com to connect people with other vegans by finding events near them, and VegMealDelivery.com to make it easier for people to get plant-based meals delivered to their door. He launched VegMovies.com to help people find a plant-based and animal-friendly movie to watch.

Websites:

Veg Groups: https://www.veggroups.org/

VegEvents: https://www.vegevents.com/

VegMealDelivery: https://lnkd.in/dzNpm8c

VegMovies: https://www.vegmovies.com/

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Ep. 19: Interview with Ebony McCormick, Cha’Rose

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 09:55:00 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: Ebony McCormick, a native of Florida moved to Atlanta to attend Clark Atlanta University. She studied accounting and proceeded to work in a fast, upscale environment as a financial assistant. She coached and mentored several clients, assisting them with their short and long term financial goals.

Ms. McCormick, who’s also the CEO/Founder of Cha’Rose Vegan Cosmetics, the Healthy Dining App, and the Vegan Girls Night Out Tour 2020; is known to capitalize as an entrepreneur. She has a deep passion for the kitchen, embarking upon her culinary skills. Without a doubt her son, the athletic Leo, and PeTA Kids Cutest Vegan Kid Runner Up 2019 enjoys his mother’s love for cooking the most. Ms. McCormick is zealous in her movement to raise awareness and consciousness of mankind. What better way to take advantage of life than to be excited about educating, motivating, and touching all walks of life.

https://charose.life/

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Ep. 20: Interview with Malka Kafka, Tel Aviv Urban Food

Vegan Mainstream — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 09:55:00 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: Malka Kafka has been involved in creating food tech startups. She takes care of taking actions for equal access of people to resources such as work, health, food and pays great attention to the aspect of responsibility for the world - what I eat, where the products come from, how to produce food according to the principles of sustainable economy. She was the hostess of the culinary program in Kitchen + (Canal+). She is a co-author of a culinary book and a columnist, repeatedly invited as a culinary expert to TV programs.

https://telaviv.pl/en/

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Ep. 21: Interview with Katy Turner, The Fake Vegan

Vegan Mainstream — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 09:55:00 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: After battling years of severe allergies and a life threatening chronic illness, Katy, The Fake Vegan, was determined to find healing and opted for holistic healing practices. Her wellness site was created to explore alternative lifestyle techniques that can be easily incorporated in everyday life. Her passion for personal healing motivates her to share her 10+ years of health and wellness knowledge with others to promote community healing leaving behind her 8+ year corporate career.

As a certified plant based nutrition coach, wellness guide and chronic illness advocate, The Fake Vegan is dedicated to creating holistic sustainable healing within the black community and for people of color. To The Fake Vegan, health is about endless mental possibilities, spiritual depth and the physical exploration of no limits. Together, we can heal.

website: www.thefakevegan.com

IG: @_thefakevegan

Twitter: @_thefakevegan

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Ep. 22: Interview with Debbie Zimmerman, Phyto-Fit

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 09:55:00 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: Debbie Zimmerman, DBA PhytoFit, LLC, is a Lifestyle, Wellness and Health Coaching business. I empower and inspire individuals to embrace a whole food, plant-based diet to prevent, reverse or halt chronic diseases caused by the Standard American Diet. I'm a Food for Life Instructor, and a wellness expert having spent the last 30 years as Wellness Manager for Polk County Schools, creating a healthy culture for its 14,000 employees.

Website: https://phyto-fit.life/

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Ep. 23: Interview with Shiva Bavamala, tamu tamu

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:35:01 GMT

Meet our guest:

We are based in Chennai, India and specialise in freshly made, plant based, minimally processed, protein rich, reasonably priced food that we deliver to offices and homes. Our food is drawn from various international cuisines.

We have turned into a takeaway only business until further notice.

Social:

FB: https://lnkd.in/d9M5FE8

IG: tamutamuchennai

Website: www.tamutamu.org

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Ep: 24: Interview with JL Fields

Vegan Mainstream — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 03:55:00 GMT

Meet Our Guest:

JL FIELDS is a vegan chef, health coach, and a consulting chef consultant to food, health, and wellness brands. She is the founder and culinary director of the Colorado Springs Vegan Cooking Academy and a Master Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator.

JL is the author of several cookbooks: Vegan Baking for Beginners, Fast & Easy Vegan Cookbook, Vegan Meal Prep, The Vegan Air Fryer, and Vegan Pressure Cooking. She is the co-author of The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook with Victoria Moran and Vegan for Her with Virginia Messina.

Social: LinkedIN: https://lnkd.in/dRtDkNA

Facebook: https://lnkd.in/dCB884Z

Instagram: https://lnkd.in/dNa874a

YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dTENQ2N

Twitter: https://lnkd.in/dsyjbVS

Website: https://jlgoesvegan.com

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Ep. 25: Interview with Kathy Hester, Plant Based Instant Pot

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 03:55:00 GMT

Meet our guest: Kathy Hester is passionate about making healthy eating accessible and delicious. She runs the food blogs Plant Based Instant Pot, Healthy Slow Cooking, and talks about online PR and video at https://kathyhester.com. She’s sold over 150,000 books to date, does cookbook PR and teaches people how to love live video!

Kathy started doing live Facebook videos a few years ago and noticed it forged a strong connection with her audience. She took those skills and started doing live online cooking classes and live social media video work with brands.

Web:

https://plantbasedinstantpot.com/

https://healthyslowcooking.com/

https://kathyhester.com

Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyahester/

https://www.instagram.com/geekypoet/

https://twitter.com/geekypoet

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSlimQ0-WTAnSOYw70JnLDw/

https://lnkd.in/dGeejv7 https://lnkd.in/djBHRdn

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Ep. 26: Interview with Nicole Sopko, Upton's Naturals

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:45:00 GMT

Meet our guest:
Upton's Naturals is an ethically vegan food brand best known for meat alternatives such as Seitan and Jackfruit. Our mission is to make delicious vegan foods that are simple and accessible.

Fortunately for us, food production is an essential business, so we were able to continue operating. Of course we had to implement social distancing requirements which meant some changes to the way we operate, but outside of some new safety precautions the core business wasn't impacted.

Shortly after shelter-at-home orders were implemented, we started using our social media platforms to uplift other vegan businesses by hosting regular live interviews with business owners on our Instagram account.

Social: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook: @uptonsnaturals;

https://www.linkedin.com/company/uptonsnaturals/

Website: www.uptonsnaturals.com

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Ep. 27: Interview with Andy Tabar, CompassionCo

Vegan Mainstream — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 03:55:00 GMT

Meet our guest:
Since 2011 we have been creating organic, USA made, sweat shop free apparel for the ethical vegan. We believe in becoming a billboard for veganism whoever you go, and we help activists do that by providing fun and slightly snarky original hand-drawn designs on more ethically made clothing.

Social: CompassionCo on IG, FB, and Twitter

Website: http://www.compassionco.com

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Ep. 28: Interview with Michelle Schwegmann, Herbivore Clothing

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 03:55:00 GMT

Meet our guest:
Herbivore Clothing is the original vegan lifestyle brand. Since 2002 we've been working to make veganism look good! From our store in the Vegan Mini Mall in Portland, OR, we promote compassion for all - regardless of species. The oppression of one is the oppression of all. Vegans are Radical.

Social: @herbivoreclothing,

https://www.facebook.com/herbivoreclothingcompany/

Website: herbivoreclothing.com

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Ep. 29: Interview with Elisabeth Gary, Vegan Culinary Memoirs

Vegan Mainstream — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 19:19:46 GMT

Meet our guest:
Vegan Culinary Memoirs provides plant-based foods education programming and ePublishing services for education, the food industry, and community groups.

https://www.facebook.com/Vegan-Culinary-Memoirs-106296144469028/

https://twitter.com/veganculinarym1

https://www.instagram.com/veganculinarymemoirs/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizgarysandiegoca/

Website: www.veganculinarymemoirs.com

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Ep. 30: Interview with Clayton Freeman, Cant' Believe It's Vegan

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 06:52:48 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:

We are the only 100% vegan food delivery/catering service in central Ohio. We provide freshly made vegan meals that are delivered to you by the chef who made them; no delivery service or middleman. Our goal is to educate our community on the benefits of a plant based lifestyle, showing that vegan dining is not only healthy for you but also extremely delicious.

As an African American man my hope is to reach as many POC as I can and share with them the many benefits of converting to a plant based lifestyle. It's better for their health, better for the planet and better for their children's future.

Social: Facebook - @CBIVegan

Instagram - @cbivegan

Twitter - @t_vegan

Website: https://www.cantbelieveitsvegan.biz/

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Ep. 31: Interview with Jasmin Singer, Our Hen House

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:26:30 GMT

Meet our guest:
Jasmin Singer is a writer and activist living in Los Angeles. She is the author of the memoir, Always Too Much and Never Enough (2016), which tells her story of finding herself through juicing, veganism, and love, as she went from fat to thin and from feeding her emotions to feeding her soul. In 2016, Jasmin was named by The Advocate Magazine as one of “40 Under 40 People to Teach Us About Each Other.” From 2010-2016, Jasmin was the Executive Director for Our Hen House. In September, 2016, Jasmin joined VegNews Magazine as the Senior Editor.

Social: Facebook: Jasmin Singer
Twitter: jasmin_singer
IG: jasminsingerauthor
https://www.periscope.tv/jasmin_singer/1kvJplknYrgJE

Website: ourhenhouse.org

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Ep. 32: Interview with Ana Mexia, Copy That Co.

Vegan Mainstream — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:47:33 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: I'm a professional copywriter and content creator. My niche is sustainability—I work with sustainable businesses to help them reach wider audiences and spread the word about their products and mission.

I strive to grow awareness about the climate crisis by working with businesses who are aligned with my values. And using my writing skills to help them grow.

On my site, I have a blog where I write about sustainable living, climate change, environmental injustice, plant-based eating, etc. hoping to create an impact and be a source of quality information on these issues.

Social: @anamexial

Website: www.copythatco.com

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Ep. 33: Interview with Cody Stubbe, Wholistic Dish

Vegan Mainstream — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:53:50 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:
Cody Stubbe is from Omaha, Nebraska and just last Spring founded her company Wholistic Dish, which provides educational services on whole food plant-based lifestyle. Cody is a Food for Life instructor and a registered nurse and uses this combination of skills and knowledge to help others learn how powerful nutrition is in the prevention, management, and possible reversal of chronic disease.

She started her nursing career as an open-heart surgery nurse and has seen the devastation that the standard American diet has done. She now enjoys helping people prevent heart attacks through eating delicious healthy food! As a nursing instructor, Cody has a passion to teach others in healthcare the powerful researched benefits of a whole food plant-based lifestyle.

Social: https://www.facebook.com/wholisticdish

https://www.instagram.com/wholisticdish/

Website: https://wholisticdish.com/

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Ep. 34: Interview with Besa Martini, Be So Alive

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 03:55:00 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:
Besa moved to the USA 17 years ago and has been working in the medical field as a Sonographer in hospital and clinical settings in NYC for 15 years. During this time, she has seen the devastating health conditions that we have in our country.

She is a passionate Health and Life Coach, and a licensed Food For Life Instructor by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

She is the founder of “Be So Alive,” where she helps clients to enhance their health, and she speaks on the power of plant-based diet and lifestyle as a way to reduce the risk of disease and improve overall health.

Social:

FB: https://www.facebook.com/besoalive

IG: https://www.instagram.com/besoalive/

Pin: https://www.pinterest.com/besamartini/

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/besa-martini-1b0237191/

Website: www.besoalive.com

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Ep. 35: Interview with Misty Young and Sherry Kari Baum, My Nutrition Nurse

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 19:26:11 GMT

MEET OUR GUESTS:
My Nutrition Nurse is a brand new Whole Food, Plant Based online multi-media academy with live coaching helping people adopt the only known nutritional approach to reverse disease. Co-Founders Sherry Kari Baum, RN, MSN and Misty Young, both Certified WFPB Nutritional Therapists.

Misty Young, LinkedIn

My Nutrition Nurse, Facebook

youngmisty, Facebook

@mynutritionurse Instagram

My Nutrition Nurse Twitter

www.mynutritionnurse.com

#linkedinlive #youtubelive #facebooklive #marketing #veganbusiness #veganmainstream #veganlifestyle #periscopelive

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Ep. 36: Interview with Rebecca Johnson, The Plant Rich Life

Vegan Mainstream — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 10:31:29 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:
After years of struggling with fibroids and ovarian cysts and multiple surgeries, Rebecca had a pre-cancer diagnosis. She was at her wits end and started researching the connection between growths and diet. Person after person shared how cutting out meat had changed the state of their health. She chose to start eating a live plant-based diet and everything changed. She averted a fourth surgery and any other treatment, left a career in consumer marketing and was certified in plant-based nutrition. Her former professional journey included modeling, acting, sales, marketing, and health education. Twenty plus years later after a fatal diagnosis, Rebecca has dedicated herself to offering wellness solutions to help women transition from a low-nutrient Standard American Diet (SAD) to a nutrient-dense dynamic lifestyle through plant-based living. She is a health supportive chef teaching plant-based culinary classes and providing personal chef services. Rebecca teaches a culinary camp for kids, is a public speaker programming consultant. experience as a health supportive chef includes nutrition coaching, public speaking and program consulting. She is committed to impacting health outcomes through her service to women and moms as they reach their personal and family health goals. Rebecca is a program director at Wellness in the Schools which teaches kids healthy habits to live and learn better in schools.

IG: @plantrichlife

FB: The Plant Rich Life

www.plantrichlife.com

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Ep. 37: Interview with Brenda Morris, Human Investing

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:40:52 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:
As more and more vegans look for better ways to invest for the future, the momentum to invest humanely continues to grow. We have a tremendous opportunity to make a difference by demanding accountability from the companies in which we invest. Since most of us need to invest to make sure our own finances are sound, we encourage you to do so while making a difference---for animals, people, and the planet---at the same time.

I have been doing animal activism and advocacy for two decades. I encourage everyone to consider going vegan and have been doing outreach with the Vegetarian Society of Richmond since the 1990s. I founded my financial planning practice to encourage fellow vegans to use their investments to influence companies in a positive manner with respect to animals and have been determined to raise the bar for funds that are purportedly “sustainable” and “ethical” .

https://humaneinvesting.com/

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Ep. 38: Interview with Donna Zeigfinger, Green Earth Travel, LLC

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:17:29 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:

Founded in 1997 as the nation’s premier vegetarian/vegan/eco travel agency, Green Earth Travel, LLC, remains on the cutting edge of destinations with conscience offering a wide-range of travel options for those who care about the planet. Today Green Earth Travel, LLC and travel expert, Donna Zeigfinger, company President/owner, focus on Volunteer Vacation packages and Adventure Travel – specializing in arranging individualized excursions Donna's years of travel experience, outstanding customer service and behind-the-scenes savvy bring to life your fantasy dream vacation. Whether for a weekend or several weeks - just let your imagination be your guide!

We are pivoting to more domestic travel in 2021 and hope to go back to international in 2022.

Linkedin: Donna Zeigfinger

Facebook: Green Earth Travel

Twitter: VeganTravel

Instagram: greenearthtravel

www.vegtravel.com

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Ep. 39: Interview with Darren Cavanagh, The Very Creati Vegan

Vegan Mainstream — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:11:11 GMT

Meet Our Guest: Darren Cavanagh, a Vegan Film Director and Video and Digital Marketing Consultant.

He helps vegans, plant-based businesses rapidly grow their brand online to boost profits with video & digital meat-free marketing content and strategy minus the meltdown.

He has 27 years of experience producing video and digital content and helped some of the top entertainment clients, including Disney generate over $3 billion in box office revenue. 5 years a vegan he now dedicates his life and business to help the vegan business movement grow and thrive.

Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-cavanagh/

https://www.facebook.com/TheVeryCreatiVegan/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Howtogrowyourveganbusinessonline

https://www.instagram.com/theverycreativegan/

https://twitter.com/verycreatiVegan

https://www.youtube.com/c/DarrenCavanaghTheVeryCreatiVegan

Website: https://theverycreativegan.com

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Ep. 40: Interview with Ducan Burns, VeggiDome

Vegan Mainstream — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 17:58:17 GMT

Meet Our Guest:

The VeggiDome keeps vegetables fresh out on your table throughout the week. This new category of food display introduces a unique way to keep healthy plant-based food available. A unique change for the modern kitchen.

VeggiDome is no longer able to sell the VeggiDome at festivals, Home and Garden shows, and VegFests because they were all canceled. Now they show and sell them online exclusively and through word-of-mouth

Social:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/veggidome

FB: https://www.facebook.com/veggidomel

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Veggidome

@veggiDome

Website: https://veggidome.com/

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Ep. 41: Interview with Aline Duerr, Vegan Interior Design

Vegan Mainstream — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 21:05:34 GMT

Meet Our Guest:

Aline Duerr of Vegan Interior Design, an educational platform teaching interior design students and established interior design businesses how to include a fast-growing conscious market into their customer base.

Her interior design business used to be very much face to face and one on one before COVID-19. From March onwards, not only did the commercial interior design work that she used to do for over 8 years drop, she also had a 2-year-old toddler at home again every day who wanted to be entertained. Rather than seeing it as a problem, she took this situation as an opportunity to finally turn my face to face client focused business to an extended educational platform teaching international interior design students and established interior design businesses about how to include a fast growing conscious and vegan market into their customer base and widen their skill set. To complement the courses, she wrote and published a book called 'Vegan Interior Design' which has been highly successful all over the world since its launch in October 2020. This 'forced' pivot from a small face to face service based company to an educational platform actually enabled her to reach a much larger audience and create an incredible network and community within a very short time; to help designers all over the world progressing the vegan interior design movement; to reach non-vegan designers, students and 'every day people' by educating them with her book, her courses and resources; to be filmed and featured in a new vegan documentary explaining that veganism is not only about food and fashion and to organise the world's first Vegan Interior Design Week ever in 2021. This pivot gave her a push to become the leader of a vegan movement and she is very grateful for it.

Social: IG: LinkedIn: Vegan Interior Design

Facebook: Vegan Interior Design

instagram: vegan.interior.design

Website: www.veganinteriordesign.com

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Ep. 42 Interview with Eugenia Soliterman

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:15:45 GMT

Meet Our Guest:

I'm a Family Nurse Practitioner that is an expert in plant-based nutrition. In my primary care organization I started a Plant-Based Outpatient Nutrition Program that in the past year has successfully transitioned to virtual in 2020, reaching over 200 families. I also run Nurse Eugenia Nutrition at which I do 1:1 health coaching and carefully organized group programs to help folks with the last 10% of their health journey. My specialties are in weight loss, PCOS management, diabetes reversal, and cancer prevention. I love hearing from my patients and clients DAILY how the information they've learned about plant based nutrition has improved their health and lives.

Social: @nurseeugenia (IG)

Website: https://www.nurseeugenianutrition.com/

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Ep. 43: Alice and Lucy Johnson

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 10:18:35 GMT

Meet Our Guests:

We’re on a mission to empower those who want to promote a sustainable and plant-friendly future. We believe that by providing people who want to positively shape the world with the right skills and knowledge, we can create a community of change-makers, influencers, and innovators.

Therefore, if you’re someone with a passion for supporting your community, giving a voice to the voiceless, or benefitting the environment, then our v-learning platform is for you.

Website: https://www.vegansisters.org/

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Ep. 44: Interview with Liz Gary, Vegan Culinary Memoirs

Vegan Mainstream — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:32:48 GMT

Meet Our Guest:

Liz Gary is a plant-based foods educator, food writer, digital media designer, and emerging ePublisher with her first book for print, Black Belt in Tofu.

With over 25 years experience working as a foods educator and ten years mastering the plant-based diet, Liz has uncovered a timely and valuable recipe for success. It’s an expansive and impressive menu of new food options that promote a healthier, cleaner, greener future while providing incredible culinary joy and satisfaction. Nothing left to be desired, she proves you can just about have it all again plant-based.

A two-time PETA Activist award winner, Liz Gary has pioneered foods education programs at every grade level and mastered the art of bringing community groups together to share and discover the joy of plant-based foods.

Website: https://veganculinarymemoirs.com/

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Ep. 45: Interview with Victoria Moran, Main Street Vegan

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:04:13 GMT

Meet Our Guest:
Main Street Vegan Academy trains and certifies Vegan Lifestyle Coaches & Educators in exciting real-time courses that cover every aspect of the vegan lifestyle. Our respected faculty prepares committed vegans with the skills to succeed as a vegan coach, influencer, or entrepreneur, and we provide post-course support and networking. Our graduates hail from 30 countries and their businesses include vegan retailing, manufacturing, food service, fashion, education, and more.

Since its inception in 2012, I took great pride in Main Street Vegan Academy's being in person in NYC, complete with field trips. We've shifted to Zoom and it's been wonderful, so post-COVID we'll offer the course both ways.

The big pivot for me was having a business at all. I've been a writer since my teens and my first book, Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, came out in 1985. I never expected to be in business, but the 2012 publication of my book, Main Street Vegan, sparked a podcast, a production company, and Main Street Vegan Academy. That's when I learned that the key to a successful pivot is acceptance, to lean into the new way, the new phase, and not stay stuck.

Website www.mainstreetvegan.net

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Ep. 46: Interview with Molly Patrick, Clean Food Dirty Girl

Vegan Mainstream — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:26:00 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:

Our mission is to help people eat more plants and less of everything else. We believe that no one should feel judged for how they eat, so part of our mission is to maintain a supportive, kind, inclusive, non-judgmental, and helpful community. We celebrate human imperfection and we like diving into the messy bits of life.

TW: https://twitter.com/cfdgirl

FB: https://www.facebook.com/cfdgirl/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/cleanfooddirtygirl/

WEBSITE: https://cleanfooddirtygirl.com/

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Ep. 47: Interview with Patricia Campana, Bariatric Vegan Lifestyle Coach

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:36:18 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: I am a vegan lifestyle coach educator certified as master in Mainstreet Vegan Academy. I am also a licensed psychotherapist in CA and AZ. I am part of a group Private Practice in LA and a national program providing tele therapy. I offer individual and group sessions I am also a certified dance movement/therapist and expressive arts therapist.

I have had bariatric surgery in 2012 when I was not vegan. I lost 150 lbs. When I wanted to transition to vegan after visiting a Farm Sanctuary I could not find support. I had to do a lot of research and figure it out myself. This inspired me to delve deeper and I attended Vegan Mainstreet Academy in Dec 2019.

My business specializes in people who have either had bariatric surgery or are interested in transitioning to a vegan lifestyle. I work with eating issues, eating disorders in my psychotherapy practice as well. And of course I am thriving as a bariatric vegan myself.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/bariatricvegan

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Ep. 48: Interview with Fran Costigan, Vegan Backing and Pastry

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:00:21 GMT

Pioneering pastry chef Fran Costigan, chef, author, and Director of Vegan Baking and Pastry at the Rouxbe cooking school, is internationally renowned as the authority on vegan desserts. Dubbed the Queen of Vegan Desserts for her groundbreaking work.

Professionally trained, Fran was a chef in both traditional and vegan pastry kitchens before moving into teaching 25 years ago.

Fran is a professional member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, ACF: American Culinary Federation, Les Dames Escoffier, and the Association of Food Journalists, Fran is a proud to serve on the advisory boards of the New York Coalition for Healthy School Food, Main Street Vegan Academy and the Vegan Trade Council.

Her cookbook Vegan Chocolate: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy-Free Desserts is available in German, French and Italian editions, and follows the classic, More Great Good Dairy Free Desserts Naturally.

Website: https://francostigan.com/

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Ep. 49: Interview with Navi Jaswal, The Virsa Fondation

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:52:10 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: Former corporate executive, Nivi Jaswal, has had quite a journey from marketing mayonnaise to becoming a Mayo Clinic certified coach. The milestone of that journey was her Ketogenic diet and the various structural biases she faced in the corporate world being a young, ambitious & high-achieving woman of color.

After healing on a whole foods plant based diet, Nivi started her non profit The Virsa Foundation. A Bachelor’s in Psychology and an MBA in Consumer Behavior Marketing has enabled Nivi to develop a unique nonprofit that is committed to ethical responsible behavior-change research, coalition building and campaigning with a focus on Intersectional Veganism. From underserved rural women artisans in India to low income underserved women of color in the U.S, Nivi’s work celebrates the Divine Feminine.

Nivi is passionate about Intersectionality in Veganism. She believes that systemic racism, gender biases and systemic speciesism are very, very closely connected. She wants Jiviniti content to stand for that and for the vegan movement and other social justice groups to understand the need to unite and align the objectives.

WEBSITE: https://www.thevirsafoundation.org/

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Ep. 50: Interview with Sarah Eastin, Professionally Trained Vegan Hospitality Consultant

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 22:57:34 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: Sarah Eastin is a Professionally Trained Vegan Hospitality Consultant and Plant Based Chef who helps Restaurants and Hotels in Colorado and beyond fulfill the demand for creative plant-based cuisine. Her services include detailed menu consultation, recipe development, vegan-oriented press and assistance with plant based alternative food sourcing.

Since 2018, Sarah has supported restaurants by organizing pop up dinners, conducting training workshops on plant-based culinary arts, providing kitchen-standards consulting and vegan product launches. She is a leader in the Colorado vegan community and manages regional operations for an annual international hospitality event that promotes mainstream restaurants to vegan customers.

As a long-time vegetarian, now vegan she struggled for many years to find plant-based options in her community and when traveling. Now that many people are going vegan for their health, the environment and for the animals she recognizes that hospitality services may need some assistance having the best cuisine available in this changing food landscape. She can help your establishment do just that!

WEBSITE: https://saraheastinhealth.com/

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Ep. 51: Interview with Gloria Clay, My Kuntry Vegan Kitchen

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 21:20:31 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: Gloria is a vegan blogger who decided to cook vegan meals for the community. When Covid hit she had to switch up the strategy so she decided to do cooking demos via zoom. She did a small catering with masks and social distances enforced. Since Covid started she has been doing a mix of online vegan cooking demos and small catering for customers.

Gloria turned to zoom for the cooking demos. She has also created online cooking class on Eventbrite.

She is a blogger and she works full time as a Nurse’s Aid in a local hospital and do her vegan cooking as a side job to generate extra income.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/soulfulvegan72

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Ep. 52: Interview with Heidi Roy, La Casa Amarilla

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:55:43 GMT

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Heidi has been vegan for almost 7 years. In 2016 she accidentally started her plant based meal prep business which has evolved into educational workshops, writing an e-book (vegan bible), vegan lifestyle coaching and now business coaching. Her love of sharing vegan food with others inspired her to mentor other vegan women to start their own small businesses. She also moved down to Mexico during covid and became the first vegan business in town as well as started an all-inclusive vegan bed and breakfast where she could serve her food piping hot with like minded friends!

Website: La Casa Amarilla

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Ep. 53: Interview with Kayleigh Nicolaou, Kakadu Creative

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 15:59:50 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:

We’re Kakadu Creative – a full-service, ethical, sustainable, cruelty-free design agency with a track record of 5-star customer service. We specialise in helping you to engage with your customers and stand out from your competition so your business can grow.

We’re a small team of creatives with a mission to make a positive impact on the world through creating the best work for businesses like yours.

We know that no two businesses are alike, which is why we don’t believe in copy and paste templates. And which is also why every project is a team effort, with you at the heart of it.

We put planet before profit and support other businesses with the same ethos. Everyone has a part to play in creating a sustainable and ethical world. But nobody ever said it had to be with boring, generic design.

http://kakaducreative.com/

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Ep. 54: Kirsten Ussery, Detroit Vegan Soul

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 18:22:26 GMT

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An entrepreneur residing in Charlotte, NC. Ussery started her career in Charlotte interning with the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and Duke Energy. She then lived and worked for 20 years in Detroit, MI directing internal and external communication activities for C-Suite executives in statewide government and private global companies. She partnered with Erika Boyd to co-create the Detroit Vegan Soul restaurant brand in 2012. The pair own and operate two restaurants and have provided employment opportunities for many people who otherwise would not have the opportunity to work and advance in the food industry.

Website: https://www.DetroitVeganSoul.com

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Ep. 55: Interview with Mitali Deypurkaystha, a best selling author

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 14 May 2021 23:40:34 GMT

Ghostwriter turned international bestselling author Mitali Deypurkaystha, aka 'The Authority Creator,' transforms coaches, consultants, speakers, and entrepreneurs into thought leaders by becoming published authors within 90 days. Featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox, she's helped her clients generate over $5 million in revenue.

In 2009, she adopted a rescue cat, and she witnessed sentience beyond what she believed animals were capable of showing. She realized that we're duped into believing animals are dumb as this suits certain industries. She became vegan in 2013. In 2021, inspired by the growing number of vegan business leaders and entrepreneurs, she decided to focus on serving these inspirational people by helping them to raise their authority. She envisages a day soon when eating and using animal products will become archaic, but that can only happen if the world's vegan voices become louder. She's made it her life's mission to make this happen.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/MitaliBookPro/

TW: https://twitter.com/MitaliBookCoach

IG: https://instagram.com/mitalibookpro

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitalibookpro/

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Ep. 56: Interview with Jess McKay, Change a mindset, change an industry

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 21 May 2021 19:31:33 GMT

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Jess McKay Puppets makes professional hand puppets for film/tv/web and stage projects. All puppets are made using 100% vegan materials. Jess McKay is also a SAG-AFTRA puppeteer, and the creator of Probably Witch, the internet’s most musical witch.

In his industry, there is a huge blind spot: feathers in puppets. Ostrich feathers are a very common building material. It takes at least 40 turkeys to make one big bird costume.

Jess sees a direct parallel between the use of fur in fashion and the use of feathers in puppets. He has been speaking up for animal rights in the puppet industry and working to make using feathers taboo.

He has been developing feather alternatives and sharing his finding with the industry. He has already made some waves, and lots of people agree with him. He has received so many messages of “I just didn’t know” and “I never thought about the birds”.

Another big issue for Jess as a puppeteer is that he will not participate in any shows that promote animal abuse. This means pretty much no cooking shows or commercials that promote non-vegan goods or services. This sets him apart from most other puppeteers in the industry. He also speaks out against this abuse, which angers other puppeteers in the industry. He has been told multiple times that his vocal activism costs him work, and he considers that a form of anti-vegan bias and discrimination.

WB: www.jessmckaycompany.com

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Ep. 57: Interview with Mark Winstein, How Vegans Can Vote With Their Investment Dollars

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 28 May 2021 22:28:20 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:

Vegan Launch combines investment crowdfunding and eLearning so vegan-friendly retail investors can “vote with their investment dollars” to grow ethical vegan, environmental, and health businesses.

Millions of investors are searching for companies that match their vegan ethics, yet only 1 in 200 vegan founders succeeds in raising capital. Investors and founders lack education in early stage finance. 99% of investors are left out, and 99% of vegan founders will fail.

Vegan Launch provides free mentoring for vegan founders and online public access to vegan deal flow for investors to create turbocharged growth for the vegan sector. Marketing of public investments helps expand cultural adoption of vegan values while growing market demand for vegan enterprises.

Since 2001, founder Mark Winstein has focused on public investing for environmental and social progress. Previously, he co-founded a national environmental group and built a for-profit conservation business. Mark went vegan 2016 and never looked back!

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/veganlaunch/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/veganlaunch

YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6KooJak9hw4KeYdKaaHteQ

TT: https://twitter.com/veganlaunch

WB: https://veganlaunch.com/podcast/

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Ep. 58: Andrew Alexander, Helping People Care About Heart Health with Plant-Based Foods

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 21:35:01 GMT

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The purpose of VeganHealthPack.com is to help people pay more attention to their health. Our subscription boxes contain nutrient-rich foods with new themes every month, helping people consume foods that provide them more essential vitamins and minerals and shift away from junk food diets.

The business actually started off as an all-natural hangover solution. Shortly after departing my marketing role with another company, I had my first 625 units of artichoke leaf extract powder shipped to my house in North Carolina. While traveling through South America, legend has it that this cured hangovers. I tried it and it worked so I decided to start a business out of it!

The day it got approved to sell on Amazon, the FDA ruled that hangover cures are illegal unless they are registered as drugs. My business idea stopped in it's tracks.

Shortly after, I founded Vegan Health Pack as a monthly subscription box that help people get all-natural sources of B12, Calcium, Vitamin D, Iron, Zinc, Protein, and Omega-3 Fatty Acids. I brought together many companies products and sold it as a subscription box. Through covid, many of them couldn't supply the product anymore.

So I came across and article where artichoke leaf extract was clinically proven to lower cholesterol vs. a placebo. After speaking with marketing and branding experts, I've pivoted the company to turn the business into natural plant-based foods that help with cholesterol, heart health, and I have ambitious plans to build out a line of natural WFPB products that people can eat and enjoy.

I'm sure there are many pivots ahead, but it's a lesson that the original plan you have in business is always changing and, in my opinion, for the better. To help people give up junk foods and pay attention to their health through plant-based foods is a great direction to now be headed in.

WB: VeganHealthPack.com

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Ep. 59: Interview with Kobi Regev, Vegan Pizza Pleese!

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 22:03:47 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:

Pleese is a plant based cheese developed by New Yorkers specifically to melt on pizza. Pleese is all natural, made from bean and potato proteins and crafted using traditional methods. Pleese is so good that people can't tell the difference and is approved by the world's harshest food critics - kids from NYC.

They were supposed to run a test launch with their products in cafeterias last April, and needless to say the pandemic / lockdown completely changed those plans. They had just produced the first commercial batch and when these venues closed they didn't know what to do. So, they turned to Facebook and asked people if they knew any restaurants that wanted to try vegan cheese for pizza. The response was overwhelming and they went from zero prospects to 45 in two weeks. They finally launched in September to an overwhelming response. So much so, that they have been having trouble keeping up with the demand ever since.

WB: https://www.pleesecheese.com

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Ep. 60: Pivot Panel - Vegans in Copywriting

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:10:35 GMT

Guests: Sandra Nomoto and Ana Mexia

Focus of panel: Sandra and Ana have both niched down their services and prioritize working with vegan and sustainable companies, it might be interesting to focus on that—the pros and cons to this approach and how other vegan professionals can transition to a vegan client roster while still paying the bills.

Description: Join us for our upcoming panel discussion, Vegans in Copywriting with panelists Sandra Nomoto, The Content Doctor, and Ana Mexia of Copy That Co, both professional copywriters and content creators who focus on working with clients who align with their ethics. The discussion will cover topics such as marketing, how niching down your services can work to your advantage, and being a part of a community.

Sandra Bio: “The Content Doctor” Sandra Nomoto is a content writer and editor for cruelty-free businesses, and copyeditor, ghostwriter, and book formatter for authors. After earning her university degree, she worked in the public relations industry for 13 years. During that time, she launched Conscious Public Relations Inc. at the age of 25. Over the 10 years in business, Nomoto was awarded the 2009 Volunteer of the Year by Women In Film & Television Vancouver, earned B Corporation® certification, and contributed to eWomenNetwork Vancouver earning the Best Social Media and Community Engagement Award. She has served on the boards of the Vancouver Short Film Festival and Vancouver Mural Festival. Nomoto authored The Only Public Relations Guide You’ll Ever Need in 2019, and writes on vegan lifestyle at SandraNomoto.com and for Cold Tea Collective.

Ana Bio: She is a professional copywriter and content creator. Her niche is sustainability—she works with sustainable businesses to help them reach wider audiences and spread the word about their products and mission. She strives to grow awareness about the climate crisis by working with businesses who are aligned with her values. And using her writing skills to help them grow. On her site, she has a blog where she writes about sustainable living, climate change, environmental injustice, plant-based eating, etc. hoping to create an impact and be a source of quality information on these issues.

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Ep. 61: Panel - Vegan Investing

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 04:58:10 GMT

Guests: Brenda Morris, Stephan Kerby, and Justin Manning

Description: Join panellists Brenda Morris of Humane Investing, LLC, Stephan Kerby of KMF Advisors and WildHeart Nutrition, and Justin Manning, Vegan Financial Advisor for a discussion all about vegan investing. Whether you’re brand new to investing or looking to make changes to your portfolio that will be good for your future, the animals, and the planet, you won’t want to miss this session. Each panelist will bring their unique perspective and discuss the challenges, potential strategies, and timeline for the vegan investor.

Brenda Morris

https://humaneinvesting.com/

https://veganfinancialprofessionals.godaddysites.com/

Social:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-a-morris

https://www.facebook.com/HumaneInvesting

Bio:

As more and more vegans look for better ways to invest for the future, the momentum to invest humanely continues to grow. We have a tremendous opportunity to make a difference by demanding accountability from the companies in which we invest. Since most of us need to invest to make sure our own finances are sound, we encourage you to do so while making a difference---for animals, people, and the planet---at the same time.

Stephan Kerby

KMF Advisors and WildHeart Nutrition

www.youarethechange.net

Social:

www.facebook.com/WildHeartPlants/

www.facebook.com/youarethechangenow/

www.instagram.com/wildheart_nutrition/

www.wildheartplants.com

Bio:

Stephan Kerby entered the profession of financial advising in 2000 after a wide range of life experiences created a desire to learn more about personal finance. As he worked and traveled, Stephan contemplated how to manage his family’s finances and ensure that his investments were aligned with his ethical principles and love of animals. This process uncovered a passion for educating himself and others on the topics of standard investments, socially responsible investing (SRI), and financial planning. Because of this passion he authored a book titled : “You are the Change. A beginners guide to social responsible investing.” He has spoken in many parts of the country, including Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Ohio. Stephan became the first advisor in the United States to earn the new Chartered SRI Counselor (CSRIC) designation through the College for Financial Planning.

Stephan is also the Co-Owner of Wildheart Nutrition that is a vegan supplement company with the goal to end single use plastics. All the packaging and material is made with 100% compostable plant material. This cutting edge technology will reshape the supplement industry while substantially reducing the use of plastics.

He and his wife Amber enjoy hiking with their children and dogs, foraging, and plant-based cooking.

Justin Manning

Vegan Financial Advisor

www.justinmanning.com

Social:

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Bio:

Justin has been an entrepreneur his entire life, specializing in helping clients live healthy lifestyles. As a virtual financial advisor, Justin’s home office is located in Langley, British Columbia Canada. Through video conferencing, Justin helps businesses, families, and individuals with their financial planning insurance needs throughout Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario. He helps Canadians all across Canada with their financial planning investments, through his investment partner JustWealth. Justin represents many of Canada’s largest insurance companies, providing his clients with access to multiple options in the marketplace. He helps his clients save time and money, giving them peace of mind in the process.

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Ep. 62: Interview with Heather Landex

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 17:33:39 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST: Heather is a food safety expert with a twist. She teaches restaurants and hotels how to be more inclusive. Serve more people, earn 10-15% more, and risk less. The trouble is plant-based or even vegan food is often not safe for people with allergies (even milk, egg, fish and shellfish) - I show them how to manage safety, communicate well and provide excellent customer service and free marketing opportunities.

In 2019 she had a severe allergy attack, she thought she was dying, terrified. The doctor at the hospital told her to avoid milk, or she could have a worse reaction next time. She was already vegan, a food safety auditor and travelled a lot for work. She was terrified to eat. It showed her how it must be for those with severe allergies, excluded or anxious about eating out.

She started noticing good and bad businesses, and how they can do better, be more successful and how much good will is available from these unique individuals.

She wrote a book on the subject in lockdown and interviewed 50 experts, including financial and marketing experts, all saying the same thing. It's really important in todays trends (vegan, plant-based revolution, allergy, environmental and health crises, and of course Covid), food service businesses need to move with the times. Especially in the UK the law is tightening later this year and allergies are in the press.

A big win or sign was going to #1 bestseller in the restaurant category on Amazon Kindle. The launch party was also brilliant with guest speakers and the lovely Jim Moore MCing (Bloody Vegans Podcast).

Heather is now at the pivotal point, does she just do this from now on or stick with a bit of standard auditing to keep her foot in the standard way of doing things.

https://heatherlandex.com/

Vegans can get my book at cost book.heatherlandex.com coupon code at check out VEGANSPECIAL It reduces it to 12USD or less.

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Ep. 63: Interview with Sally Malanga

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 21:22:42 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:

Ecco Bella was originally founded as one of the first cruelty-free companies. Now, the company has created the ultimate vegan science base skin care products with a vegan collagen booster dietary supplement to challenge the animal collagen market.

WB: aveganbeauty.com

Support Business Growth:

wefunder.com/new.earth.beauty.inc

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Ep. 64: Interview with Hartej Kahai, Chief Searcher

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:18:22 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:

As a vegan SEO Specialist, Hartej understands what your website and business need in order to rank on the higher pages of search engines. His success with vegan businesses is just one example of how our strategies can grow your traffic month after month. His network of over 200 vegan websites, will ensure that your dominance in the market niche will be respected by Google.

Alongside SEO, he offers Google Ads management using an algorithm which is set to learn your industry and the actions of competitors and customers. This will work to drive down your costs and increase the presence you have on the web.

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hartej-kahai/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/yourveganmarketer/

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Ep. 65: Interview with Robert Schwartz

Vegan Mainstream — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 22:13:26 GMT

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After over twenty years as a ballroom dancer Robert Schwartz took his experience of making difficult things easy and created a clean and easy to use home sprouting system, Organic Sprout Box. Sprouting is taking seeds and introducing the process of germination by adding moisture. Rehydration then takes over and the metabolic processes resume making the seed a powerhouse of nutrition.

He personally used sprouts to lower his triglycerides from 295 to 130, the LDL from 176 to 119 and the A1C from 6.2 to 5.1 in a three month period. The environmental benefits are just as stunning. No top soil, fertilizer, or pesticides used. Greatly reduced pollution from packaging, refrigeration and transportation. Almost no food waste as the entire plant is eaten. His biggest hope is that organic sprout box kits will be in urban nutritional wastelands so the populations there can have fresh healthy organic food every day.

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Ep. 66: Interview With Aaron Abolition, Give My Vegan To Broadway

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 19:40:09 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:

Vox Vegana was founded by Aaron Abolition in January of 2020 and was initially an effort to form an all-vegan choir for live performances to raise money for animal rights.

As a result of the lock down, Vox Vegana took the opportunity to branch out and connect with vegan musicians everywhere for the purpose of collaborating on vegan-message-specific projects.

Over the course of the first year, collaborations have taken place between vegan musicians in Canada, India, Belgium, and the US. You can sample some of that work on their Soundcloud page.

Website: https://linktr.ee/AaronAbolition

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Ep. 67: Interview with Natasha and Ed Tatton

Vegan Mainstream — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 15:05:16 GMT

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An award winning business and aspiring BCorp, BReD is a 100% plant-based bakery situated in the world-class ski and bike resort of Whistler, BC, Canada. The concept is farm-to-table and seasonal, sourcing the finest ingredients as locally as possible. The only bakery you can ski to, located in the original village – Creekside.

They specialize in organic naturally-leavened sourdough loaves with an emphasis on ancient grains, and sourdough cinnamon buns, as well as a range of other sweet and savory baked treats.

They also serve locally roasted direct trade espresso coffees and specialty beverages. They plant a tree for every coffee we sell through our partner charity, Trees for the Future.

The customers include local families buying their weekly bread but also visitors who want a grab-‘n’-go snack and coffee to fuel them on their mountain adventure.

https://edsbred.com/

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Ep. 68: Interview with Gabriel Zhanay - How to 100x Your Vegan Fitness Mindset

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 22:07:10 GMT

MEET OUR GUEST:

Gabriel Zhanay is a vegan leadership and fitness coach. An expert on mindset and leadership, his story of transformation from depressed, self-loathing man to inspired and compassionate vegan leader has touched 1000’s of lives with his daily posts. He runs his online coaching company, Vegan Fitness Redefined, with his wife Anna Zhanay - and they mold vegans into fit vegan heroes who empower and inspire others as positive examples of health, fitness, and leadership.

They both are DEEPLY committed to helping the planet and making the biggest positive impact with their lives.

Gabriel truly believes that Veganmainstream's listeners WILL be inspired by his authentic and laid-back approach to fitness and leadership. Especially in a year when most people disconnected to their positive energy and HOPE, Gabriel's gift is being able to EMPOWER others and help them reconnect with their true potential, not only in their fitness... but in their lives! :)

Gabriel and Anna love helping their audience REALIZE that by becoming stronger, healthier, and more powerful in their mind and bodies, they’ll create the biggest IMPACT possible with their vegan businesses as leaders and positive examples as well!

FB - https://www.facebook.com/gabriel.zhanay

IG - https://www.instagram.com/gabrielzhanay_/

FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/veganfitnessredefinedcommunity/

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Ep. 69: Interview with Jordi Casamitjana, The Trailblazing Ethical Vegan Who Made History

Vegan Mainstream — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 22:44:38 GMT

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Originally from Catalonia, but resident in the UK for several decades, Jordi is a vegan Zoologist specialising in animal behaviour, who has been involved in different aspects of animal protection for many years. In addition to scientific research he has worked mostly as an undercover investigator, animal welfare consultant, and animal protection campaigner.

His most notable work achievements have been his involvement with the first successful prosecutions under the Hunting Act 2004, the exposé of trail hunting as a false alibi for illegal hunters and his participation in the campaign that led to the ban of bullfighting in Catalonia.

Under the pen name J.C. Costa, he has published a novel titled “The Demon’s Trial”, in which he explores many of the dilemmas animal protectionists face.

He has been an ethical vegan for over 18 years and in 2020 he achieved notoriety for securing the legal protection of all ethical vegans in Great Britain from discrimination, in a landmark employment tribunal case that was discussed all over the world.

He is also the author of the book "Ethical Vegan: a personal and political journey to change the world" to be published at the end of 2020.

Learn more about Jordi's book (or Buy The Book): https://septemberpublishing.org/product/ethical-vegan/

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordi-casamitjana-36586a15

FB: https://www.facebook.com/veganjordi

TW: https://twitter.com/Jayseecosta

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jayseecosta/?hl=en

YB: https://www.youtube.com/user/Jordiwasp

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