{"id":26256,"date":"2026-02-23T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=26256"},"modified":"2026-02-10T09:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:38:15","slug":"thebehive-vegan-cheese-and-meat-deli-owner-ben-stix-talks-about-ethical-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/23\/thebehive-vegan-cheese-and-meat-deli-owner-ben-stix-talks-about-ethical-business\/","title":{"rendered":"TheBeHive. Vegan cheese and meat deli owner Ben Stix talks about ethical business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TheBeHive-VegResourceGrp-YouTube.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TheBeHive-VegResourceGrp-YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In VRG\u2019s Work with Purpose series, <em>Vegan Journal<\/em> editor Hannah Kaminsky talks to TheBeHive owner about starting an ethical business. See the video at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_dMglrK4GrM\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/_dMglrK4GrM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Work with Purpose is <em>Vegan Journal\u2019s<\/em> series on ethical entrepreneurs. This episode features The Behive from Austin, TX and Nashville, TN. Tips for starting a business with values. Vote with your dollar. Treat people well and take care of people in your business. Try stuff. Have humility to change the plan. Ways to make a difference. Order Vegan pepperoni, turkey, taco meat, and more. Vegan is just food. Peanut butter is vegan.<\/p>\n<p>For info on other careers with values, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqay1QZGVkVUVicllYNUNJdUxHZDZiQV9TX3pid3xBQ3Jtc0tuT1F1a0VzM3puUTZ4ZGFUcWtpczZMRXBucTY2LUdsWi1kZFI0T0Z6WUtrVVIzQnN2Z2VWMnB4WnlVd0pheEVIX2ZVTzRJUDhBN1FGeV9WbkF1VVlmVWRFUk9pWW85cW9Zc1hldHc0YjBfZG82MDBsRQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrg.org%2Flinks%2FJobSearch.htm&amp;v=_dMglrK4GrM\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/links\/JobSearch.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To join The Vegetarian Resource Group and receive <em>Vegan Journal<\/em>, go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/cabdacae.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In VRG\u2019s Work with Purpose series, Vegan Journal editor Hannah Kaminsky talks to TheBeHive owner about starting an ethical business. See the video at\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/_dMglrK4GrM Work with Purpose is Vegan Journal\u2019s series on ethical entrepreneurs. This episode features The Behive from Austin, TX and Nashville, TN. Tips for starting a business with values. Vote with your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26258,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26256\/revisions\/26258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}