Links
Disclaimer: The Vegetarian Resource Group does not endorse any of these sites. We are only including them as a reference for people who are interested.
- Activism
- Animal Rights and Welfare
- Art, Music, Photography & Poetry
- Athletes & Vegetarianism
- Bed and Breakfasts
- Blogs
- Camps
- Catering, Personal Chef Services & Meal Delivery Services
- Companion Animals
- Cooking Classes & Schools
- Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
- Environmental Information
- Environmental Products
- Events
- Food Safety
- History of Vegetarianism
- Investing (Socially Responsible)
- Leather and Clothing Alternatives
- Local & State Groups
- Nutrition / Food Information
- Other
- Publications
- Radio/Podcasts/Video
- Raw/Living Foods
- Religion
- Restaurants
- Social
- Soyfoods
- Travel and Vacation spots
- U.S. Government
- Vegetarian Online Retailers
- Vegetarian Organizations
- Vegetarian Parenting
- Vegetarian Products
- Vegetarian Recipes
- Youth & Educator Resources
Activism
- All-Creatures.org (working for a peaceful world for humans, animals & the environment)
- Animal Aid (fighting animal abuse & promoting a cruelty-free lifestyle; UK)
- Animals & Society Institute (ASI) (an independent research & education organization dedicated to advancing the status of animals in public policy and promoting the study of human-animal relationships)
- Campaign Against Cruelty - In Italian
- The EnviroLink Network
- Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) (group focused on public policy for animals)
- GreenPeople.org (Free directory for eco-friendly and holistic health products)
- Humane USA (animal protection political action committee; US)
- The Mad Cowboy (Howard Lyman - vegan, former cattle rancher)
- Meat Free Zone (campaign using MeatFreeZone logo)
- Message Checks (VRG's 'Be Kind to Animals - Don't Eat Them' checks)
- National Institute for Animal Advocacy (NIFAA) (trains activists to win strong animal protection laws through political action)
- NOTMILK (campaign to inform about dairy)
- People Protecting Animals & Their Habitats (PATH)
- Responsible Policies for Animals (RPA)
- Vegetarian Image (vegetarian & vegan emblems)
- VegFund (provides funding for the distribution of educational materials & vegan food at local events)
- VeggiePlace.com (animal-related articles & events)
- Working Assets
Animal Rights and Welfare
- Action for Animals Network (AAN) (grassroots animal rights organization in Northern Virginia)
- Adopt-a-Pet.com (adopt from a shelter)
- Alley Cat Allies (The National Feral Cat Resource)
- American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) (working to end the use of animals in science)
- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
- Angel Animals
- Animal Acres (farmed animal sanctuary and compassionate living center near Los Angeles, CA)
- Animal Advocates
- Animal Aid (fighting animal abuse & promoting a cruelty-free lifestyle; UK)
- Animal Concerns Community
- Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
- Animal Place (a farmed animal sanctuary; Vacaville, CA)
- Animal Protection Institute
- Animal Rescue, Inc.(A Sanctuary for Life) (New Freedom, PA)
- The Animal Rescue Site (Click everyday to help animals in need)
- Animal Rights Coalition (ARC) (Minnesota)
- Animal Welfare Advocacy
- Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)
- Animals & Society Institute (ASI) (an independent research & education organization dedicated to advancing the status of animals in public policy and promoting the study of human-animal relationships)
- Best Friends Animal Society (sanctuary in Kanab, UT)
- Cats Rule! Feline Rescue (Fairfax, VA)
- Catskill Animal Sanctuary (CAS) (sanctuary for abused & abandoned horses & farm animals; Saugerties, NY)
- Citizens United for Animals (CUFA) (Southeastern Wisconsin)
- Compassion Over Killing (COK) (animal advocacy group based in Washington, DC)
- Compassionate Action for Animals (CAA) (Minnesota)
- Culture & Animals Foundation (CAF) (Raleigh, NC)
- DawnWatch - Dawn Animal World News Watch (watching animal issues in the media)
- Dogs Deserve Better (organization working to end the chaining of dogs)
- Doris Day Animal League (works to reduce the pain and suffering of animals through legislative initiatives)
- Eastern Shore Sanctuary & Education Center (chicken sanctuary; Princess Anne, MD)
- Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM)
- Farm Animal Shelters (resources for individuals & organizations working to protect farm animals)
- Farm Sanctuary
- Florida Voices for Animals (FVA)
- Friends of Animals
- The Fund for Animals (advocacy for animals)
- The Gentle Barn (California)
- Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS) (Helping Sanctuaries Help Animals)
- GreenPeople (search for sanctuaries & shelters in your area)
- Humane Farming Association
- The Humane League of Baltimore (HLB) (formerly BARC; Baltimore, MD)
- The Humane League of Philadelphia (HLP) (Philadelphia, PA)
- Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) (group focused on public policy for animals)
- The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
- The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA)
- Humane USA (animal protection political action committee)
- In Defense of Animals (IDA)
- Last Chance for Animals (LCA)
- Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary (sanctuary in Oregon)
- Maine Animal Coalition (MAC) (Portland, ME)
- Mercy For Animals (MFA) (Chicago, IL & Columbus, OH)
- The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) (advancing science without harming animals)
- National Breed Club Rescue Network
- New Dawn Montana Farm Animal Sanctuary (near Missoula, MT)
- New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance (NJARA) (New Jersey)
- Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN) (Seattle, WA)
- Pasado's Safe Haven (Washington)
- Peace Advocacy Network (PAN) (focuses on veganism, animal advocacy, social justice & environmentalism; Philadelphia, PA, US)
- Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary (sanctuary for rescued farmed animals; Colorado)
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
- Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) (sanctuary for abandoned or abused performing animals and exotic trade animals; California)
- Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary (a no-kill shelter in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, NY)
- PIGS, A Sanctuary (Shepherdstown, WV)
- Pigs Peace Sanctuary (Washington)
- Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary (Poolesville, MD)
- Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) (advocates for animals through education, legislation, and direct care)
- Rikki's Refuge (Orange County, VA)
- Rocky Mountain Animal Defense (RMAD) (Colorado)
- Sanctuaries (directory of farm animal sanctuaries in the US)
- Second Chance Dog Rescue (Fredericksburg, VA)
- The Senior Dogs Project (promotes the adoption of older dogs)
- The St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START) (St. Louis, MO)
- The Tom Regan Animal Rights Archive
- United Poultry Concerns (UPC) (addresses the treatment of domestic fowl in food production, science, education, entertainment, and human companion situations)
- Voices for Animals (central Virginia)
- Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary (WFAS) (Woodstock, NY)
- World Animal Net
- World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) (Boston, MA)
- Free-Range Trichinosis New York Times Op-ed
Art, Music, Photography & Poetry
- Art For The Animals (AFTA) (dedicated to increasing awareness of the treatment of animals through artistic expression and education; please scroll all the way to the right to view webpage)
- Backstage Gourmet (favorite vegetarian recipes from the world of music)
- Bizarro (comic by vegan Dan Piraro; this takes you directly to his "Animal Stuff" page)
- Bob Pyle (vegetarian musician)
- The Lunchbox Bunch (silly characters -Paparazzi Peas, Broccoli Bunch & more- that allow children to have fun while learning about healthy fruits & veggies; creator is a lifelong vegetarian)
- Mary Gabriel Design Studios (vegan graphic designer/artist)
- Metamorphosis - Poems to Inspire Transformation (a compilation of poems about animals, ecology, & humanity)
- Pause for Animals (animal paintings by Mary Anne Nagy)
- Public Eye Philly: Artists for Animals (Philadelphia-area group that spreads message of compassion for animals through the arts)
- TofuHaiku (odes to tofu)
- Vegan Etsy Marketplace (vegans who maintain completely vegan shops focused on handmade items)
- Veganica (online gallery space for artists who are vegetarian or vegan)
- Wild Leek Photography (specializes in portraits of sanctuary, rescued, wild & companion animals)
- 100 Thoughts and Facts: Vegetarianism
Athletes & Vegetarianism
- Brendan Brazier (professional triathlete, speaker, author)
- Extreme Vegan Sporting Association
- OrganicAthlete (promoting healthy, plant-based living through education, community & athletic example)
- Sports Nutrition Guidelines for the Vegetarian (article by Enette Larson, MS, RD)
- Vegan Bodybuilding
- Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness
- Vegan Muscle Power (Kenneth Williams, vegan bodybuilder)
- Vegetarian Bodybuilding
- The Vegetarian Bodybuilder
Blogs
- Action for Our Planet
- BeanDiet (blog by a nutritionist that promotes a veg*n diet)
- BitterSweet (vegan baking & crafting)
- Crazy Sexy Life
- DC Vegan (everything vegan in & around Washington, DC)
- Delectable (vegetarian (sometimes vegan) food blog)
- Dinner with Dilip (vegan food blog)
- Down To Earth (Blog for Down To Earth, Hawaii's only all-vegetarian, organic & natural food store)
- Ecorazzi (the latest in green gossip)
- Food Fight! (events & info site of vegan grocery in Portland, OR)
- GirlieGirl Army (glam guide to cruelty-free & eco-living)
- Go Eggless (information about what is vegetarian, eggless, & vegan at restaurants)
- Go Vegan.net (vegan cookbook author Sarah Kramer's blog)
- Hungry Hungry Veganos
- Info Vegetarian (blog from Indonesia)
- It's Easy Being Vegan! (blog by the vegan girl next door)
- Menupause (blog that includes veg recipes)
- Post Punk Kitchen Blog
- QuarryGirl (vegan food in Los Angeles along with vegan news & reviews)
- Shoes With Souls (about vegan shoes & fashion)
- Staying Vegan (tips & tricks for staying vegan)
- SuperVegan (vegan blog & New York City Restaurant Guide)
- To Live and Eat in L.A. (vegan food blog for Los Angeles & beyond!)
- Urban Vegan (Because good food is good food.)
- The Veg Blog
- VegBlogger
- VegBlogs: Vegan Blog Tracker (finds the latest veg*n blogs on the Internet)
- Veganacious (vegan advocacy blog)
- VeganBean
- VeggieBoards
- VeganDad
- VeganDietAdvisor (blog to encourage meatless lifestyle by an American in Tokyo)
- Vegan Freak (Bob & Jenna Torres, authors of Vegan Freak)
- Vegan Fusion
- Vegan Guinea Pig
- Vegan Lunch Box (vegan food blog by Jennifer McCann, author of Vegan Lunch Box)
- Vegan Soapbox
- Vegan Vice
- VeganYumYum
- The Vegan and Vegetarian Secrets Blog Reveals...
- Veganize It...Don't Criticize It! (vegan food blog)
- Vegans of Color
- Vegetarian Star (celebrity vegetarian news & gossip)
- The Veggie Blog (blog from Happy Cow)
- The Veggie Space: Veg Out!
- Veggin' (food blog)
- The VRG Blog (our own blog)
- Wayne Pacelle: Humane Nation (HSUS President & CEO)
- What Do Vegans Eat?
- What The Hell Does A Vegan Eat Anyway? (blog about what vegans eat everyday)
Catering, Personal Chef Services & Meal Delivery Services
- Bearfoot Catering (vegetarian & vegan catering; Asheville, NC, US)
- BuyKind (meal delivery of gourmet meals from vegetarian/vegan restaurants; US)
- Catering by Dinner is Served (Boston, MA)
- Devil Spice (vegan personal chef service & catering; Glendale, AZ, US)
- Gail's Vegetarian Catering (catering in the Washington, DC metro area)
- Ifayomi (vegan & vegetarian personal chef, consultant & event planner; Las Vegas, NV, US)
- Lagusta's Luscious Vegetarian Home Meal Delivery Service (delivers to NYC & Upstate NY)
- My Green Bistro (ships vegetarian meals anywhere in the continental U.S.)
- My Vegan Cuisine (vegan meal delivery service & catering; Miami, FL, US)
- Natural Kitchen Chef (personal chef services & cooking classes; NJ, Manhattan, Philadelphia)
- Organica Catering Co. (vegetarian, vegan & gluten-free catering; Central Florida, US)
- Spork Foods (Los Angeles, CA)
- Vegan Rent-A-Chef (chef services for individuals or businesses; catering; workshops; Napa Valley, CA, US)
- VeganMania! (vegan baked goods, cakes & catering; Vancouver, Canada)
- Veggie Brothers (ships vegan meals in the continental U.S.)
- Vegin' Out (vegan meal delivery & catering in Southern California)
- Veg-In-Out Organic Bulk Meals (vegan meal delivery in the Asheville, NC area)
- Vitalita Personal Chef Service (available in certain areas of the San Francisco Bay area, CA, US)
Companion Animals
- Boston Baked Bonz (organic vegan dog treats)
- VeganCats.com (vegan food for cats & dogs)
- VeganVet.net (Armaiti May, DVM, vegan house call veterinarian in the West Los Angeles, CA area)
- VegePet (recipes to make vegan food for companion animals & vegan supplements to fill in the gaps)
- VegePets (information about meat-based and vegetarian cat & dog diets)
Cooking Classes & Schools
- Angel's Health Food Institute LLC (teaches about raw vegan cuisine; located in southern Oregon, US)
- Compassionate Cooks (Oakland, CA)
- Curtis Aikens Website (Food TV's Celebrity Chef)
- David's Pure Vegetarian Kitchen (vegetarian cooking classes in the areas of Portland, OR & Seattle, WA)
- Devil Spice (offers group & private cooking classes; Glendale, AZ)
- Eco-Cuisine (food service by vegan chef, Ron Pickarski)
- Heaven on Earth Vegetarian Institute (Quebec, Canada)
- Institute for Culinary Awakening (teaches about organic, plant-based cuisine; Portland, OR)
- Life Savers Health Food Store (natural foods store that holds cooking classes; Wheeling, WV)
- Living Light (raw vegan school; Fort Bragg, CA)
- The Natural Epicurean (macrobiotic cooking school - most classes are vegetarian or vegan; Austin, TX, US)
- Natural Gourmet Institute (cooking school; New York, NY, US)
- Natural Kitchen Cooking School (Princeton, NJ, Manhattan, NY)
- Organic Tuscany (cooking classes in Italy; four of the cooking courses are entirely vegetarian)
- Spork Foods (offers vegan cooking classes, food consultation & catering; Los Angeles, CA)
- Tasty Tuscany (vegetarian cooking school; Italy)
- Vegan Culinary Academy (vegan culinary training for chefs, dietitians, food service directors, & home cooks; Napa Valley, CA, US)
- Veggie Gourmet (vegan cooking classes; Northern Virginia, US)
- Vitalita Vegan Cookbooks
Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
(Note: These companies offer vegetarian and vegan cosmetics, but you may need to check with the company to verify certain ingredients)- Arbonne
- Aubrey
- B & B Soap Shoppe (all-natural, vegan soap)
- Beauty Without Cruelty
- Big Moon Mountain (vegan perfume)
- Branded J collections (synthetic make-up brushes)
- Brendita's Body Works
- Clear Conscience (contact lens solution)
- Coastal Classic Creations (organic & eco-friendly soaps)
- Ecco Bella
- EcoTools (Earth-friendly beauty)
- e.l.f. cosmetics (vegan makeup & cosmetics)
- Furless (make up brushes)
- Gaia Soaps
- agoodnightkiss (vegan bath & body products)
- Grateful Body (vegan & organic skincare products)
- Hard Candy Cosmetics
- Harvest Soaps
- Holistic Skin Care, Inc. (Guilt-Free Healing Balm - vegan moisturizer)
- Howard's Vegan Soap (vegan bar soap)
- Jason Natural
- Kindhearted Women (handcrafted & vegan bath, body & baby care products)
- Kiss My Face
- Lotions & Potions (vegan bath & body products)
- Malcolm's Miracle (vegan anti-aging hand & body lotion)
- Meadowsweet (natural bodycare and essential oils)
- Merry Hempsters (vegan lip balms, salves & lotions)
- Method (vegan cleaning products)
- MuLondon (vegan, natural, organic skincare products)
- My Makeup Mirror: Makeup Without Cruelty (site that lists cosmetics that are not tested on animals along with vegan cosmetics)
- Organic Botanics (organic skincare products; UK)
- PureOlogy (haircare products)
- Rare2B (vegan, organic skincare line from Rare Natural Care, Inc.)
- Samina Pure Makeup (vegan & halal cosmetics)
- Sevi (vegan cosmetics & bodycare products)
- Soap for Goodness Sake (handmade natural soaps & bath products)
- Toms of Maine
- Urban Decay Cosmetics
- Vegan Health and Beauty (UK)
Environmental Information
- To Cut Global Warming, Swedes Study Their Plates The New York Times
- Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells The New York Times
- Down on the Farm, an Endless Cycle of Waste The New York Times
- The Low Carbon Diet Audubon Magazine
- Administration Seeks to Restrict Antibodies in Livestock The New York Times
- Belching cows are a hot topic in climate debate MSNBC
- Australia Seeks to Cut Animal Gas Emissions AFP
- Nutritional Quality and Safety of Organic Food: A Review (Agron. Sustain. Dev.)
- The Environmental Food Crisis UNEP
- 9 Nutrition Realities Precision Nutrition (how one's daily food intake influences the planet)
- Green Revolution with a Capital G to Feed the World UNEP
- New Jungles Prompt a Debate on Rain Forests The New York Times
- CAFOs Uncovered: The Untold Costs of Confined Animal Feeding Operations Union of Concerned Scientists
- Diet, Energy, and Global Warming Eshel, G., and Martin, P., Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
("[Compares] the energy consumption of animal- and plant-based diets, and, more broadly, the range of energetic planetary footprints spanned by reasonable dietary choices") - Virtual Water Flows Between Nations in Relation to Trade in Livestock and Livestock Products UNESCO
- Drastic reduction in meat and dairy consumption improves impact on the environment Cornell Chronicle
- Fighting Global Warming with Food (Low-Carbon Choices for Dinner) Environmental Defense Fund
- Hospitals Will Take Meat Off Menus in Bid to Cut Carbon The Guardian (UK)
- How Green Is My Orange? (environmental cost of orange juice) International Herald Tribune
- Livestock's Long Shadow - Environmental Issues and Options LEAD: Livestock, Environment and Development
- Overt, Real, & Specific Conservation Behavior Predicted with General Environmental Attitude Kaiser, Florian G. and Byrka, Katarzyna; Environmental Psychology Conference 2007; University of Bayreuth
- The Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production
- Poultry Pollution Baltimore Sun
- Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler The New York Times
- Shortages Threaten Farmers' Key Tool: Fertilizer International Herald Tribune
- Water Footprint (website about the impact of consumption by nations and individuals on water usage)
- Want to Help the Planet? Eat a Salad (The University of Chicago Chronicle)
- What's Really in Your Fast Food? Rebecca Ruiz, Forbes.com (article about living conditions and diets of animals raised for meat for fast food chains, based on study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; A. Hope Jahren and Rebecca Kraft)
- Livestock Production: Energy Inputs and the Environment Cornell Science News
- Animal Farming & The Environment Excerpts from Taking Stock: Animal Farming and the Environment
- Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Cattle, not soy, drives Amazon deforestation: report
- A Life Connected (Video)
- Lesson: Converting Water into Food Environmental Health Perspectives
- Free-Range Trichinosis New York Times Op-ed
- Intensive Meat Production A Danger to Food Supply, Warns FAO
- A U.S. Hog Giant Transforms Eastern Europe The New York Times
- VeggiePlace.com (environmental articles & events)
- AAAS: Climate-Friendly Dining...Meats ScienceNews
- The Health Benefits of Tackling Climate Change The Lancet
- Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts on Food Choices in the United States ACS Publications
- WorldWatch's Livestock and Climate Change - Comments Stephen Walsh
- Make meat-eaters pay: Ethicist proposes radical tax Peter Singer, NY Daily News
- Paper aims to debunk livestock production 'myths'
- Big changes needed to make diets sustainable
- Organic data: production, support programs, nutrients, safety, and corporate ownership (Marion Nestle's blog, Feb 15, 2010)
- Sustainable Agriculture Information Links & Resources
Environmental Products and Retailers
- Eco-Eating
- EcoMall
- The Environmental Shopper
- Ethical Shopper
- Goods For Change (donates percentage of profits to groups)
- greenKarat (ecologically responsible jewelry)
- GreenLine Paper (recycled & environmentally-friendly office supplies)
- Green Earth Office Supply (also Sierra Club Vegetarian Initiative)
- Green Marketplace
- TheGreenOffice (green office supplies & products)
- Green People (directory of products and services)
- Little Sprouts (cloth diapers & natural baby products)
- Planet Save
- Red Jellyfish (environmental portal)
- Seventh Generation (household cleaning products)
- Sun & Earth (household cleaning products)
- Under the Nile (organic cotton infant & children's apparel; Farmers Market theme is veggie-related)
- VeggieGlobal (Vegetarian Portal)
Events
- Animals & Society Institute Events
- Animal Acres Events
- Animal Rights Conference
- Boston Vegetarian Food Festival
- Central Florida Veg Fest (Orlando, FL)
- Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival (Charlottesville, VA)
- Compassionate Action for Animals (CAA) Events (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)
- Farm Sanctuary Events
- Florida VegOut 2010 (Jacksonville, FL)
- Gentle Thanksgiving
- Institute for Humane Education (IHE)
- International Compassionate Living Festival
- Meatout
- Mercy For Animals (MFA) Events (Chicago, IL)
- Mercy For Animals (MFA) Events (Ohio)
- Mercy For Animals (MFA) Events (main events page)
- Portland VegFest (Portland, OR)
- South Florida Vegetarian Events (lists veg events & events where veg food is offered in the tri-county area of Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade)
- Taking Action for Animals
- Their Lives, Our Voices (Midwest Animal Advocacy Conference) (Minneapolis, MN)
- Triangle Vegetarian Society (TVS) (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina)
- Vegetarian Guides (calendar of international vegetarian & vegan festivals)
- Vegetarian Summerfest
- Veggie Pride Parade (New York City, NY)
- World Animal Day (October 4th)
- World Veg Festival Weekend (San Francisco, CA)
- World Farm Animals Day (October 2nd)
- WorldFest (all-vegan Earth Day Festival)
- Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale
Food Safety
- E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspection The New York Times
- Judge to weigh Tyson deal over 'antibiotic-free' chicken Baltimore Sun
History of Vegetarianism
- Animals and Their Jewish Guardians
- Vegetarian Museum (virtual museum dedicated to vegetarianism)
- 13 Great Vegetarians From History (slide show)
Investing (Socially Responsible)
- GreenMoney Journal (offers many more web resources)
- Calvert Group
- Citizens Index Funds
- Domini Social Equity Fund
- Rocky Mountain Humane Investing (RMHI)
- Social Funds
Leather & Clothing Alternatives
- Alternative Outfitters (vegan shoes, handbags, & accessories)
- Alternative Soles (shoes, handbags, etc.; UK)
- Bello Iris: Where Fashion Meets Compassion (vegan designer-inspired purses & shoes; US)
- Bourgeois Boheme (vegan shoes & accessories; UK)
- Built NY (US) (neoprene bottle totes, placemats, laptop sleeves, etc.)
- Clean Clothes Inc. & Maggie's Organics (US)
- Cooler Couture (US) (designer cooler handbags - non-leather)
- The Cruelty Free Shop (UK)
- Cynthia King Dance Studio (vegan ballet slippers)
- Dance Paws (non-leather ballet slippers)
- Earth Vegan (vegan shoes; US & other countries)
- Ethical Wares (UK)
- Fabulous Furs (US)
- Fast and Furless (US)
- Free Rangers (UK)
- Georgette (non-leather shoe boutique; Belgium)
- Grishko (non-leather ballet slippers; pink color slipper may contain an animal product)
- Herbivore Clothing (US)
- Humanitaire (vegan purses, shoes, belts, & much more; US)
- IsaBooties (vegan soft-soled baby shoes; US)
- Jaan J. (vegan non-silk ties; US)
- Kepur Guitar and Bass Straps (US)
- Mama Shaman (vegan shoes, handbags & accessories; handcrafted by Colombian artisans)
- matt & nat (fashion-forward vegan handbags & wallets; US, UK, Canada)
- Micio Mambo (non-leather shoes, purses, bags, & more; US)
- MINK Shoes (genuine non-leather shoes handmade in Italy)
- Moo Shoes (US)
- Neon Collective Vegan Boutique (online boutique offering designer shoes & bags; UK)
- Neuaura (contemporary fashion footwear; US)
- NOAH (Italian vegan shoes; Germany)
- Pangea (Washington, D.C. (US) store and online catalog)
- Posh Pelts (Artificial fur throws and pillows)
- Queen Bee Creations & Chickpea Baby (vinyl bags, totes, wallets, diaper bags, & more; US)
- Ragazzi Vegan (vegan shoes for men & women)
- Shoes With Souls (vegan shoes & accessories)
- SLAPPA (synthetic laptop bags, CD cases, & more; US)
- Spire (non-leather laptop bags)
- Stella McCartney (high-end fashion with no leather or fur)
- Vaute Couture (vegan coats & more; US)
- Veganline FAQ (more links to leather alternatives)
- Vegan Chic (vegan shoes, bags & accessories; formerly Vegetarian Shoes and Bags; US)
- The Vegan Motorcyclist (links to places to find non-leather motorcycle gear)
- Vegan Store (UK)
- Vegan Wares (UK)
- Vegetarian Belts (Canada) (free shipping to anywhere in the world)
- Vegetarian Shoes (UK mail order)
- The Vegetarian Site
- Veggies (US) (vegan clogs)
- VRG's Guide to Leather Alternatives
- Wicked Hemp (vegan & eco-friendly footwear; US)
Nutrition / Food Information
- AllOrganicLinks.com (Global resource for Organic information)
- American Dietetic Association (ADA)
- American Dietetic Association Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group at Andrews Univ. (includes articles)
- Barnard, Dr. Neal (founder & president of PCRM)
- The Cancer Project (nutrition & cancer non-profit organization)
- Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
- ChooseVeg.com (A Guide to Vegetarian & Vegan Living)
- COOL VEGAN.com (Vegan Portal)
- Davis, Brenda (Registered Dietitian)
- Dole Nutrition Information
- Fitness Partner Connection (Food & Nutrition - Vegetarian)
- Food for Life: Resources for Diabetes (PCRM site)
- FoodNavigator.com
- GoVeg.com
- InHerbs.com (online resource for herbs)
- The Institute for Plant Based Nutrition (IPBN)
- Leafy Greens
- Meatless Monday (a national health campaign to help Americans make healthy choices)
- McDougall, Dr. John
- National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP) (formerly the Society of Certified Nutritionists)
- National Restaurant Association
- New York Coalition for Healthy School Food (NYCHSF)
- Nutrispeak (Vesanto Melina, MS, RD)
- Nutrition Information from about.com
- NutritionMD (a PCRM website that provides information for health care providers & consumers about nutrition)
- The Nutrition MD (Jay Lavine, MD)
- Organic.org
- Precision Nutrition (Following a Vegetarian Lifestyle Forum)
- Preventive Nutrition Services (Mark Rifkin, MS, RD, LDN)
- Produce Marketing Association (PMA)
- Robbins, John (author of Diet for a New America)
- Seventh-Day Adventist Dietetic Association
- Veg Advantage (free program for foodservice professionals)
- Veg For Life
- VeganMD.com (Michael Greger, MD)
- Vegetarian Diets: A Dietitian's Guide (Ginny Messina, MPH, RD)
- Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group (VN DPG) (A Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association)
- Vegetarian Nutrition & Health Nutrition Department of Andrews University
- Veggie123.com (veggie information & free ebook)
- VegNews.org (vegan news portal)
- Veg World (resource for all things vegetarian & vegan)
Articles on Soy
Articles on Dairy
- From Science, Plenty of Cows but Little Profit (New York Times)
- Milk glut has dairy farmers killing hundreds of thousands of cows in hope prices will rise (Chicago Tribune)
- President Signs Emergency Aid for Dairy Farmers ABC News
Other
- AnimalFreeZone (reference on animal-free living; UK)
- Body Mass Index Calculator
- Coffey Break for Healthy Alternatives (a different kind of coffee break)
- Engine 2 (vegetarian firefighters)
- Mother's for Natural Law (Genetic engineering)
- Simple Living Network
- Sistah Vegan Project (project centered around the lives of black female vegans)
- VegetarianWomen.com (online community & resource for vegetarian women)
- You Silly Dog (puppy & dog training in Baltimore, Maryland)
Publications
- American Vegan (American Vegan Society's quarterly magazine)
- The Animals Voice Magazine
- Christina Cooks (author Christina Pirello)
- E Magazine
- Gentle World
- GreenMoney Journal (Socially Responsible Investing)
- In a Vegetarian Kitchen by author Nava Atlas
- KIND News (classroom newspaper for kids in grades K - 6)
- Lantern Books (Vegetarianism and Animal Rights)
- Marie Oser (Cookbook Author) She also writes a column for the Philadelphia Inquirer
- Micah Books (Jewish Vegetarian)
- Mollie Katzen (Cookbook Author and TV personality)
- NewPages
- Off The Hoof (UK veggie lifestyle magazine)
- Purely Delicious (quarterly magazine celebrating raw & plant-based foods)
- Simple Living Journal
- Strawberry Patch
- That's Why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book about Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things (written & illustrated by Ruby Roth)
- Tofu Hound Press (small independent publisher of books on veganism/vegetarianism, animal rights & related issues)
- The Vegan (quarterly magazine of The Vegan Society)
- Vegan Culinary Experience (online vegan culinary magazine)
- The Vegan Monologues: Collected Essays (by Ben Shaberman)
- Vegan Voice (Australian)
- VegAnswerMan (70 reports to answer questions about plant-based diets)
- Vegetarian Journal (VRG's quarterly magazine)
- Vegetarian Times
- Vegetarian Voice (publication of NAVS, the North American Vegetarian Society)
- Vegetarian World Guides (Guide book for Disney World and Orlando)
- Vegetarians in Paradise (VIP) (Los Angeles vegetarian online magazine)
- Veggie Life
- VegNews
- Vibrance eZine (formerly Livingnutrition Magazine)
Radio/Podcasts/Video
- ACT Radio (Animal Concerns of Texas)
- Backstage Gourmet Radio (vegetarian/vegan cuisine meets global music; PJ Grimes hosts)
- Compassionate Cooks podcasts
- Delicious TV (vegetarian cooking show)
- EarthSave Radio
- Erik's Diner (Erik Marcus's podcast)
- Generation Vegan: Podcast
- Go Vegan with Bob Linden (radio show)
- HealthyLife.Net (all positive talk radio)
- The Jazzy Vegetarian on Blog Talk Radio
- Post Punk Kitchen TV Show
- Progressive Radio Network (PRN) (Internet radio for alternate views)
- Raw Vegan Radio
- Sistah Vegan Project Podcast Show
- VeganFreak Radio
- Vegan World Radio
- VeggieVision (veggie Internet TV station)
- VegTV (instructional streaming videos that demonstrate recipes and techniques)
Raw/Living Foods
- Celestial Raw Goddess (100% raw, vegan & nut-free company of Angela Elliott, author of Alive in Five)
- Kristen's Raw
- Living and Raw Foods (living & raw foods information)
- My Raw Food Recipes
- Purely Delicious (quarterly magazine celebrating raw & plant-based foods)
- Raw Food Ideas (articles, videos & recipes about raw foods)
- Raw Foods News Magazine (celebrating the raw foods lifestyle with news, information & fun features)
- Raw In Ten Minutes (website of Raw Foods Chef Bryan Au)
- Raw People (raw foods community that helps those transitioning to raw foods lifestyle)
- Raw Spirit Festival (Raw-Vegan-Eco-Peace Celebrations)
- The Raw Table (raw food recipes & more)
- Raw Vegan Radio
- RawVeg (resource on raw vegan diets)
- UK Juicers (equipment for raw food preparation)
- Vibrance eZine (formerly Livingnutrition Magazine)
Religion
- Biospirituality
- Buddhism & Vegetarianism
- The Christian Vegetarian Association (CVA)
- The Prayer Circle for Animals (PCA) (non-denominational circle of people who pray the daily prayer, "Compassion encircles the Earth for all beings.")
- Food for Life Global (FFL) (Hare Krishna vegan/vegetarian food relief)
- Humane Religion
- Islamic Concern
- Jainworld (Jainism Global Resource Center)
- Jewish Vegetarians of North America
- Jewish Vegetarian and Ecological Society
- Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV)
- The Theosophical Society (on vegetarianism)
- Vegetarian Friends (publishes The Peaceable Table & provides support for Quakers in the practice of love for animals & a vegetarian diet)
- The Vegetarian Mitzvah
- VeggieJews
- Why Should Christians be Vegetarians? (PETA site that addresses Christianity and vegetarianism)
Social
- EcoRoommates.com
- EthicalSingles (UK)
- GreenFriends
- GreenPeople (search for veggie groups in your area)
- GreenSingles
- LovesOrganic.com
- NetVeggie.com (online veg directory)
- Post Punk Kitchen Forum
- Vegan Meetup (find vegan groups in your area)
- Vegan Passions
- Vegan Represent (online forum)
- Vegan Singles Club
- Vegetarian Matchmakers
- Vegetarian Meetup (find vegetarian groups in your area)
- VeggieBoards
- VeggieConnection.com
- VeggieDate.org
- VeggieLove.com
- Veggie Kisses
- Veggie Romance (UK)
- Veggie Roommate (US & Canada)
- Veg Classifieds
- VegOut NYC (social group for lesbian, gay, bi & transgender vegetarians & friends; New York, NY)
- VegSpace.com (Vegetarian Community Site)
- VegTaste (veggie community for vegetarians to share stories, news, and thoughts on anything relating to vegetarianism)
- VegVine (vegan & vegetarian resources)
Soyfoods
- All Soy Products
- Crum Creek Mills (soy protein pasta and breadsticks)
- Dixie Diner's Club (soy-based meat substitutes)
- Illinois Center for Soy Foods at the University of Illinois
- Lumen Foods
- Mail Order Catalog
- ND Labs, Inc. dba Nutritional Designs (sells soy foods & meatless entrées)
- So Soya+ (soy-based meat substitute)
- Soy Connection (from the United Soybean Board)
- Soy Happy (consumer advocacy service that promotes and facilitates vegetarian options on mainstream menus)
- Soyfoods Association of North America (SANA) (health benefits info & advocacy for soy products)
- The Soyfoods Council
- Soyinfo Center (comprehensive information about soy)
- SoyNutrition.com (site by makers of Silk Soymilk on soy nutrition news & information)
- U.S. Soyfoods Directory
- WholeSoy & Co. (soy products such as soy yogurt, smoothies, & frozen yogurt)
U.S. Government
- USDA 1995 Dietary Guidelines
- USDA Center for Nutrition Policy Promotion
- USDA Food and Nutrition
- USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (homepage)
- USDA Nutrient Data (database that allows you to look up the nutrient content of foods)
- USDA "What's In The Foods You Eat" Search Tool
- USDA 10 Tips for Following a Vegetarian Diet
Vegetarian Organizations
- Action for Animals
- American Vegan Society
- American Vegetarian Association (AVA)
- Animal Aid (fighting animal abuse & promoting a cruelty-free lifestyle; UK)
- Association Vegetarienne de France (France)
- The Australian Vegetarian Society
- Center For Informed Food Choices (Oakland, CA, US)
- ClubVeg
- The CIA Club (Compassion In Action Club) (student-oriented, animal-advocacy organization)
- Compassion Over Killing (COK) (animal advocacy group based in Washington, DC)
- EarthSave Canada EarthSave International
- EatVeg.com (vegetarian, vegan & animal rights information)
- Erik's Diner (website of Erik Marcus)
- European Vegetarian Union (EVU)
- EVOLVE! Campaigns (a campaigning organization promoting a plant-based lifestyle to benefit human health, the environment & exploited animals worldwide; UK)
- Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM)
- Farm Sanctuary
- Food Not Bombs (group that gives vegetarian food to hungry people)
- GreenPeople (search for veggie groups in your area)
- International Vegetarian Union (IVU) (VRG is a member)
- Local or State Groups
- McSpotlight (covers McDonald's with a less-positive view)
- Mercy For Animals (MFA) (Chicago, IL & Columbus, OH, US)
- Models with Conscience
- Natural Health Group (NHG)
- North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS)
- Other Vegetarian Sites (more links)
- Peace Resource Project
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
- Prison Vegetarian Project (group that helps prisoners advocate for vegetarian diets)
- Soystache (project to promote awareness of the benefits of a vegan diet)
- Spanish Vegan Society (AVE)
- Support Vegans In the Prison System (Support VIP'S) (group that supports incarcerated vegans & helps them obtain vegan food)
- Taste Better (vegan news & information)
- Vegan Action
- Vegan Chamber of Commerce (vegan business directory)
- Vegan Connection
- Vegan Family House
- Vegan Freak (Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World)
- Vegan Grub (help for new vegans)
- Vegan Outreach
- Vegan Peace (striving towards peacefully sharing our Earth)
- Vegan Society of the UK
- Vegan Street
- Vegan Village (UK)
- Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation (VVF) (UK)
- The Vegetarian Alliance
- Vegetarian Country
- Vegetarian Economy and Green Agriculture (VEGA)
- Vegetarian for Life (VfL) (educational & advocacy charity for older veg*ns in the UK)
- The Vegetarian Pages
- The Vegetarian Society of the UK (VegSocUK)
- The Vegetarian Union of North America (VUNA)
- Vegetarians in Paradise (VIP)
- Veggie Files
- VegSource
- Viva! UK
- Viva! USA
- The Viva Vegie Society (New York, New York)
Vegetarian Parenting
- The Lunchbox Bunch (silly characters -Paparazzi Peas, Broccoli Bunch & more- that allow children to have fun while learning about healthy fruits & veggies; creator is a lifelong vegetarian)
- New York Coalition for Healthy School Food (NYCHSF)
- Parents List (VRG's network for parents of veg*n children)
- Raising a Vegetarian Family (VRG's family page)
- Veg For Life (resources for parents)
- VegFamily (online resource for vegan families)
- Veggie Kids (resource for parents & kids; UK)
- Vitalchild (natural health information for children & pregnancy)
Vegetarian Recipes
- Abbey's Vegetarian Recipes
- All-Creatures.org (extensive list of vegetarian & vegan recipes)
- Backstage Gourmet (favorite vegetarian recipes from the world of music)
- Betsy's Tempeh Foundation (how to make tempeh)
- Chew the Cud (vegetarian & vegan recipes)
- ChooseVeg.com (vegan recipes)
- Clear Creek Kitchen (vegetarian & vegan recipes)
- Compassion Over Killing (COK) (easy vegan recipes)
- Compassionate Cooks
- Daily Vegetarian Recipes (features a new vegetarian recipe each day)
- Eggless Cooking (egg-free/vegan baking recipes)
- FatFree.com (lowfat vegetarian recipes)
- FatFreeKitchen.com
- Indian Vegetarian Recipes
- International Vegetarian Union Recipes
- The Jazzy Vegetarian
- Low Budget Vegetarian
- Low Fat Veggie Food
- Meatless Monday
- Modern Veggie (blog featuring vegetarian recipes)
- Naturally Vegetarian Recipes
- Post Punk Kitchen Recipes
- Recipes, Recipes, Recipes! (VegSocUK)
- The Savvy Chef (vegetarian recipes)
- Tiny Vegan Kitchen
- Vegan Cooking
- Vegan Recipes
- The Vegetarian Channel
- Vegetarian Country Recipes
- Vegetarian Foodie
- Vegetarian Resource Group Recipes
- VeggiePlace.com (recipes listed by meal, as well as articles & events)
- VegCooking
- VegCorner.com
- Veg-it.com (site for would-be vegetarians; includes recipes)
- VegRecipes4u.com (Indian and international vegetarian recipes)
- VegWeb.com
- Yummly (search recipes by diet, allergy or ingredients)
Youth & Educator Resources
- Animalearn (humane dissection alternatives; an American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) site)
- The CIA Club (Compassion In Action Club) (student-oriented, animal-advocacy organization)
- Compassionate Kids (an organization dedicated to helping teach children compassion towards the Earth, people, and animals)
- The Compassionate Living Project (CLP) (non-profit humane education organization whose mission is to advocate ethical consumerism)
- Farm Sanctuary Kids
- The Gentle Barn (CA, US)
- HSUS Education Programs (Dissection Alternatives)
- Humane Educators Reaching Out (HERO)
- Humane Society: Youth
- HumaneTeen
- Institute for Humane Education (IHE)
- International Vegetarian Union Youth Pages
- KIND News (fun stuff for kids from KIND News, classroom newspaper)
- The Lunchbox Bunch (silly characters -Paparazzi Peas, Broccoli Bunch & more- that allow children to have fun while learning about healthy fruits & veggies; creator is a lifelong vegetarian)
- New York Coalition for Healthy School Food (NYCHSF)
- PAWS Kids
- PETAKids.com
- PETA2.com (PETA's teen site)
- SAGA (Student's Animal Guardian Alliance) (for high school students and animal rights clubs)
- TEACHkind (offers free humane education materials for K-12 & college educators)
- That's Why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book about Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things (written & illustrated by Ruby Roth)
- Vegetarian Society of the UK Youth Pages
- Veggie Kids (resource for parents & kids; UK)
If you know of other organizations/links that should be included, please email vrg@vrg.org. Thanks.
