Resources

Vegan Nutrition Information

Becoming Raw, Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina, and Ryan Berry

Becoming Vegan, Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina

Vegan for Life, Virginia Messina and Jack Norris

Vegan for Her, Virginia Messina with JL Fields

The Plant Powered Diet, Sharon Palmer, RD

Health and Wellness

Crazy Sexy Diet, Kris Carr

Gutbliss, Robynne Chutkan, MD

Superimmunity, Joel Fuhrman, MD

Ultrametabolism, Mark Hyman, MD

Anti-Cancer, David Servan-Schreiber, MD

Compassionate Living

Beg, Rory Freedman

Veganist, Kathy Freston

Main Street Vegan, Victoria Moran

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism, Melanie Joy, PhD

Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer

Vegan and Raw Food Cookbooks

Thrive Foods, Brendan Brazier

Let Them Eat Vegan! Dreena Burton

Eat, Drink & Be Vegan, Dreena Burton

Crazy Sexy Kitchen, Kris Carr

Raw Food for Everyone, Alissa Cohen

Practically Raw, Amber Shea Crawley

The Vegan Table, Colleen Patrick Goudreau

Everyday Raw, Matthew Kenney

How It All Vegan, Sarah Kramer

Raw Food, Real World, Sarma Melngailis

Veganomicon, Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Vegan with a Vengeance, Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Candle 79 Cookbook, Joy Pierson, Angel Ramos, and Jorge Pineda

Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen, Ani Phyo

Quick Fix Vegan, Robin Robertson

Going Raw, Judita Wignall

Informative Websites

The Vegetarian Resource Group (www.vrg.org)

The Vegan Society (http://www.vegansociety.com)

Vegan Health (http://www.veganhealth.org)

Vegan Outreach (http://www.veganoutreach.org)

Try Veg (http://www.tryveg.com/cfi/toc/)

Vegan Dining and Travel

Happycow (www.happycow.net)

Veg Dining (http://www.vegdining.com/Home.cfm)

Food Companies I Love

Protein Powder and Performance Products

22 Days Nutrition (http://www.22daysnutrition.com/)

Plant Fusion (http://plantfusion.net/)

Sun Warrior (http://sunwarrior.com/)

Vega (http://myvega.com)

Superfoods

Manitoba Harvest (http://manitobaharvest.com/)

Navitas Naturals (http://navitasnaturals.com/)

Nutiva (http://nutiva.com/)

Sun Foods (http://www.sunfood.com/)

Snacks and Goodies

Brad’s Raw Chips (http://www.bradsrawchips.com/)

Go Raw (http://www.goraw.com/)

Livin’ Spoonful (http://livinspoonful.com/)

Lydia’s Organic (http://www.lydiasorganics.com/welcome.html)

Pure Bar (http://thepurebar.com/)

Online Grocery Storefronts

Blue Mountain Organics (http://www.bluemountainorganics.com/store/index.htm)

One Lucky Duck (http://www.oneluckyduck.com)

Nuts.com (http://www.nuts.com)

The Raw Food World (http://www.therawfoodworld.com)

Vitacost (http://www.vitacost.com)

Personal Care

Vegan makeup, shampoo, body lotions, facial care, and nail polish are all available. The best way to figure out which brands don’t test on animals or use animal products is to do some online research. PETA (http://peta.org/living/) keeps an extensive and frequently updated list. Cruelty Free Face (http://crueltyfreeface.com) is also a great resource. When you read labels, avoid anything with lanolin, beeswax, oleic acid, allantoin, squalene, gelatin, glycerin (often animal-derived), keratin, milk protein, mink oil, or musk oil.

Clothing/Shoes

There are many hip and compassionate labels on the market these days:

Outerwear

The North Face, Land’s End, and LL Bean all make parkas with Thermaloft in place of down. Check out the websites, or call the company to get details. For high-fashion vegan coats, Vaute Couture makes beautiful, fashionable garments that are also ridiculously soft!

Clothing

The best place to start looking for vegan apparel is Etsy; not only will you find vegan options, but many of them will be budget friendly as well. Modcloth (http://modcloth.com), Lulus (Lulu’s (http://lulus.com) and Piperlime (http://piperlime.com) always have vegan options. For all vegan shopping, check out Alternative Outfitters (http://alternativeoutfitters.com).

Footwear

Vegan footwear has exploded, and there’s something for everyone. Classy shoe lines abound; some of my favorites are Olsen Haus (http://olsenhaus.com), Beyond Skin (http://beyondskin.co.uk), Neuaura (http://neuaurashoes.com), and Novacas (http://www.novacas.com). A wide selection of vegan shoes can be found at MooShoes, which has a flagship location on New York’s Lower East Side but also has an online store (http://mooshoes.com). The online retailer Zappos also offers vegan alternatives.