Did you know one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s favorite foods were greens? Did you know his wife, Coretta, and son were both vegan? So he was most likely no stranger to yummy vegan food! In honor of African American History Month, we’re partnering with Angela Marie Homestead with Me to give you this FREE offer of our favorite greens recipe and our e-Newsletter. Just email the word “GREENS” to VEGANavigate@gmail.com for the VEGANavigate e-Newsletter and access code to a free cooking video tutorial that will help you make the best vegan greens ever!
As we celebrate Native American Heritage Month and continue with the holiday season getting gifts for friends and family – lets shop at stores owned by the people from the First Nations of this land!
Heart Berry
New Day Socks
These cute socks are a must-have! Woven by artists of the Ojibwe nation. We also love the “thank you” noted at the bottom of their product page – reminding us of the importance of purchasing from indigenous communities – not products by large corporate companies designed to look as though they are designed by people from First Nations.
(Note: This item is advertised with a non-plant-based blanket on their website.)
Not to be confused with the vegan “Beyond” brand. Beyond Buckskin does accept non-vegan products from indigenous designers. However, there are still plenty of beautiful vegan products made by First Nations artists on their site.
The founder of this company is Jenn Harper from the Anishinaabe Nation. “Keeping in line with her Anishinaabe roots” she is proud her products are sustainable, vegan, and cruelty free!
Happy Halloween! Are you ready for a great list of vegan candy?! We even found candy with compostable packaging. These – and candy with plastic-free packaging – are located at the top of our list.
After you take a look and pick your favorite vegan candies, don’t forget to sign the petition below asking Ferrara Candy Company to package their mini box candy (i.e. nerds, lemon heads, etc.) in a box instead of a plastic bag. One of their vegan candy competitors is already doing this (see Junior Mint mini boxes packaged in a box instead of a plastic bag here). It appears Ferrara themselves even has Nerds candy mini boxes in a box (instead of a plastic bag) when purchased online (see boxed Nerds candies here).
We are asking Ferrara Candy Company to go plastic-free and provide this eco-friendly box option in the grocery store as well.
The items featured in the above photo – and many others at their website – currently (as of October 2023) have compostable packaging and are printed with vegetable ink. Not all items at Loving Earth Chocolates have compostable packaging. However, they make it simple to check, by providing a “packaging” link under each item on their website for info on how it’s packaged.
Vegan candies with less plastic packaging than most:
Charm’s Blow Pops Cry Baby (in a box) Dots Dum Dums Hubba Bubba Mamba Mary Jane Now & Later Pixie Sticks Smarties Super Bubble Bubble Gum
Other vegan candies:
Airheads Brach’s Cinnamon Imperials Brach’s Lemon Drops Brach’s Star Brites Peppermint Candy Chick-O-Sticks Fire Ball Go-Max-Go Candy Bars Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape Laffy Taffy (mini version – NOT the regular size. The regular size has egg albumen) Jolly Rancher No Whey Pez Red Vines Ring Pops Skittles Smarties Sour Patch Kids Surf Sweets Organic Cinnamon Bears Swedish Fish Sweet Tarts Twizzlers YumEarth (Lolli Pops) Zackary Cinnamon Bears Zotz
As you can see, there are a lot of vegan candy options to choose from. It’s super exciting that some are plastic-free and some even use compostable packaging! Let us know in the comments section which vegan candy you decided to get and which ones are your favorites!
We have had a blast celebrating Latinx Heritage Month! Admittedly, it consisted a lot of eating great Latinx food. Maybe next year we’ll learn Latinx dances to burn these extra calories off – but that’s next year! Right now we want to share some videos on how you can make great Latinx meals right at home. We found instructions on dishes from Mexico, Columbia, Peru and more! Enjoy!
This LGBTQ+ team is helping save the planet! They collect good quality ugly tomatoes that are normally thrown away by large food factories to make delicious vegan sauces and spreads!
This is a pop-up eatery that provides a safe space for trans-identifying people of color. Formerly located solely in Oakland, CA, they have closed their store to travel the nation with their unique combination of Asian and Latinx comfort foods. Let’s hope you get a chance to try ’em out!
Happy Halloween! Here’s a list of some great vegan candy…
Save the planet, save the animals, save us all! Here are some vegan candies that usually have no plastic packaging:
Bottle Caps
SOURCE: Sweet Candy Cafe
Fun Dip
SOURCE: sweet-juleps.com
Gobstoppers
SOURCE: europeangrocerystore
Hubba Bubba
Jujubes
SOURCE: candywarehouse
Jujyfruits
SOURCE: ferraracandyshopusa
Nerds
Sweet Tarts
SOURCE: sweetcitycandy
The candy above usually has no plastic packaging and the following vegan candies have less plastic packaging than most: Charm’s Blow Pops Cry Baby (in a box) Dots Dum Dums Mamba Mary Jane Now & Later Pixie Sticks Smarties Super Bubble Bubble Gum
Other vegan candies: Airheads Brach’s Lemon Drops Brach’s Star Brites Peppermint Candy Chick-O-Sticks Fire Ball Go-Max-Go Candy Bars Laffy Taffy (mini version – NOT the regular size. The regular size has egg albumen) Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape Jolly Rancher No Whey Pez Red Vines Ring Pops Smarties Skittles Swedish Fish Sour Patch Kids Twizzlers YumEarth (Lolli Pops) Zotz
There are vegetables, as well as combinations of beans/legumes and grains, that have the full protein needed for the human body. Here are some charts with a collection of foods that are rich in protein: http://veganavigate.com/vegan-food-for-protein.html
Vegans eat almost all of the same meals and snacks you would find in anyone’s daily eating habits – just with vegan ingredients. Vegan ingredients do not contain animal products such as flesh, eggs or milk of other beings. Vegans enjoy tacos, burgers, lasagna, ice cream, pie, cake, cheese cake, cookies, salads, fruit smoothies, stir fries, stews, nachos, and much more.