Further Reading, Resources, and Inspiration 

There are many more excellent books and other media out there, but this list will get you started.

Compelling Short Reads

Aph Ko, “5 Reasons Why Animal Rights are a Feminist Issue,” Everyday Feminism (everydayfeminism.com), December 30, 2014.

Jennifer Armstrong, “Eating Reading Animals,” The Horn Book (hbook.com), May 1, 2010.

Christopher Sebastian McJetters, “Slavery: It’s Still a Thing,” Vegan Publishers, (veganpublishers.com), June 11, 2014.

Nutrition and Wellness 101

Virginia Messina’s Vegan Nutrition Primers theveganrd.com

Becoming Vegan, Comprehensive Edition by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina

Vegan for Her by Virginia Messina and J.L. Fields

The China Study, Revised and Expanded Edition by T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine www.pcrm.org

Nutrition Facts www.nutritionfacts.org

Animal-Rights Philosophy

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism and other books by Dr. Melanie Joy

The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan

Intersectional Veganism

Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters by Aph Ko and Syl Ko

Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society, edited by Dr. Amie Breeze Harper

Veganism in an Oppressive World, edited by Julia Feliz Brueck

Veganism of Color: Decentering Whiteness in Human and Nonhuman Liberation, edited by Julia Feliz Brueck

Food Justice: A Primer, edited by Saryta Rodríguez

Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation by Sunaura Taylor

 

My Favorite Food Blogs

Lunchbox Bunch kblog.lunchboxbunch.com

Vegan Richa www.veganricha.com

Minimalist Baker www.minimalistbaker.com

Dianne’s Vegan Kitchen www.diannesvegankitchen.com

Podcasts & Films

Animalogy and Food for Thought with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Brown Vegan with Monique Koch

Mikeypod with Michael Harren

The Chickpeeps with Evanna Lynch, Robbie Jarvis, Momoko Hill, and Tylor Starr

Easy Vegan with J.L. Fields

Main Street Vegan with Victoria Moran

The VGN Podcast with Christopher Sebastian McJetters, Tyler Tolson, and Tom Lane

The Bearded Vegans with Paul and Andy

Sagittarian Matters with Nicole Georges

A Prayer for Compassion, directed by Thomas Wade Jackson

The Ghosts in Our Machine, directed by Liz Marshall

Cookbooks (in addition to those mentioned in the text)

Artisan Vegan Cheese and The Homemade Vegan Pantry by Miyoko Schinner

Eat Vegan on $4 a Day and other books by Ellen Jaffe Jones

Vegan on the Cheap and other books by Robin Robertson

The Joy of Vegan Baking and anything else by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook by Victoria Moran and J.L. Fields (I have two recipes in this one!)

Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, Vegan Pie in the Sky, and anything else by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero

Spirituality and History

Main Street Vegan, The Good Karma Diet, and anything else by Victoria Moran

Yoga and Vegetarianism by Sharon Gannon

The World Peace Diet by Dr. Will Tuttle

Food for the Gods, Famous Vegetarians, and other books by Rynn Berry

 

Nonprofit Organizations

Food Empowerment Project www.foodispower.org

Our Hen House www.ourhenhouse.org

Farm Sanctuary www.farmsanctuary.org

The Humane League www.thehumaneleague.org

Chilis on Wheels www.chilisonwheels.org

Black VegFest www.blackvegfest.org

Mercy for Animals www.mercyforanimals.org

Vegan Arts Collectives

Art of Compassion www.artofcompassionproject.com

Compassion Arts www.compassionarts.org

Arts and Literature

The Sexual Politics of Meat and anything else by Carol Adams

Dead Meat, The Animals’ Vegan Manifesto, and anything else by Sue Coe

Always Too Much and Never Enough by Jasmin Singer (memoir)

Fetch and anything else by Nicole Georges (graphic memoir)

Fearless Drawing by Kerry Lemon

The Literary Ladies’ Guide to the Writing Life by Nava Atlas

Mistaking the Sea for Green Fields by Ashley Capps (poetry)

Vegan Xicana and other zines by Suzy González

Modern Tarot by Michelle Tea

Fiction by Vegans (though not necessarily vegan themed)

Popco, The End of Mr. Y, and anything else by Scarlett Thomas

The Peasprout Chen novels by Henry Lien

Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee

Heartbreaker, Northwood, and anything else by Maryse Meijer

The Curious Tale of Otto and Trinity Small by Philip McCulloch-Downs

The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini by Cynthia von Buhler