Resources

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Local organizations to get involved

Wholesome Minnesota
Compassionate Action for Animals
MN Vegan Facebook Group
Bite Sized Beet (vegan blog focused on MN)

Vegan Food in MN

All Vegan

Breakfast

Lunch/Dinner

Special Occasion

Sweet Treats

Food Trucks

Lists

Businesses without a brick & mortar

Movies:

Game Changers (athletes)
Forks Over Knives (health- has changed so many people's lives)
Cowspiracy (environment/climate)
Earthlings (animals- this is a very sad film)
Seaspiracy (seafood industry)
Here's a few compelling documentary clips

A few celebrity plant-based people:

Lizzo
Venus and Serena WIlliams
Colin Kaepernick
Tom Brady
Billie Eillish
Elliot Page
Kim Kardashian

Influencers: (highlighted sites are ones I use regularly- also most have websites so be sure to check them out)

Do a search for “Vegan” or “Whole Food, Plant Based” on Instagram and you’ll find A LOT of influencers to follow.

Recipes/websites:

Deliciously Ella (in the UK/online, featuring recipes, plant-based products, an app, and cookbooks)
Healthy Happy Life (vegan recipes)
It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken (focused on veganizing a lot of common non-vegan foods)
Love and Lemons (vegan and vegetarian)
Minimalist Baker (vegan and vegetarian, but mostly vegan)
Namely Marly (all vegan recipes)
Oh She Glows (all vegan recipes)
Plant Based On a Budget (affordable and easy-to-make recipes)
Rachel Ama (recipes, vegan skin care, etc.)
Simple Vegan Blog (all vegan recipes)
Spabettie (all vegan recipes)
Sprouted Kitchen (mostly vegan, vegetable-focused)
Sweet Potato Soul (all vegan recipes)
The Colorful Kitchen (all vegan recipes)
The Korean Vegan (all vegan recipes)
The First Mess (all vegan recipes)
The Full Helping (all vegan recipes)
The Vegan 8 (all vegan recipes)
The Viet Vegan (all vegan recipes)
Vegan Richa (all vegan recipes, mostly Indian focused)
Veggie Chick (all vegan with a focus on whole food, plant based, vegetable-focused recipes)
Vegan Yack Attack (all vegan recipes)
Veggies Don’t Bite (all vegan recipes)
Pick up LImes (all vegan)

Learn more?

Alicia Silverstone (she’s a respected vegan activist)
Alona Pulde, MD (created the medical program used in the Forks Over Knives documentary and author of cookbooks)
Brendan Brazier (one of the world’s leading authorities on plant-based performance nutrition)
Caldwell Esselstyn, MD (surgeon, researcher, and clinician at the Cleveland Clinic for more than 35 years)
Chef AJ (chef, culinary instructor, author, and professional speaker)
Chef Chloe (winner of Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, award-winning chef, cookbook author, restaurant owner)
Dean Ornish, MD (author, researcher, speaker, founder and president of the nonprofit ‘Preventive Medicine Research Institute’ in California)
Doug Lisle, PhD (clinical psychologist, scientist)
Ella Magers Sexy Fit Vegan (a good friend of mine!, vegan fitness expert, educator, coach)
Garth Davis, MD (medical director for bariatric surgery, athlete, author of ‘Proteinaholic’, passionate plant-based advocate)
Joel Fuhrman, MD (board-certified family physician, seven-time New York Times best-selling author and internationally recognized expert on nutrition and natural healing)
Joel Kahn, MD (cardiologist, prevents and reverses heart disease, author, speaker, tv personality)
John McDougall, MD (founder and director of the nationally renowned ‘McDougall Program’: a ten-day residential program that he and Mary McDougall host at a luxury resort)
Kathy Freston (animal activist, author, tv personality)
Kim Williams, MD (top cardiologist, vegan)
Lani Muelrath (health educator, professor, best-selling author, inspirational speaker, and TV host)
Mark Reinfeld (award-winning chef and authority on plant-based cuisine, and the founding chef of the Vegan Fusion Culinary Academy.)
Matt Lederman, MD (created the medical program used in the Forks Over Knives documentary and author of cookbooks)
Michael Gregor, MD (physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues)
Michael Klaper, MD (clinician, internationally-recognized teacher, and sought-after speaker on diet, health and plant based living)
Neil Barnard, MD (American author, clinical researcher, and founding president of the ‘Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine’)
Pam Popper, PhD, ND (founder and President of ‘Wellness Forum Health’)
Rip Esselstyn (a former firefighter and triathlete, is an American health activist and food writer)
Rich Roll (vegan ultra-endurance athlete and full-time wellness & plant-based nutrition advocate, popular public speaker)
T. Colin Campbell, PhD (author of ‘The China Study’, American biochemist who specializes in the effect of nutrition on long-term health, one of the lead scientists for plant-based nutrition, pioneer in the industry)
Thomas Campbell, MD (family physician, researcher)
Victoria Moran (runs Main Street Vegan, which offers a vegan podcast, certification, classes, blog and more)

Dotsie Bausch (vegan track cyclist athlete, full-time food advocate, she focuses on removing dairy products - her non-profit is Switch4Good)