Lifestyle & Culture

If you ever doubted that plant-based eating is here to stay, all you need to do to be convinced is walk the vast rows of booths at the Javits Center during the Plant Based World Conference and Expo and see how alternative foods are thriving. Bet...

What do you get the chef who has everything? A cookbook. Delight non-plat-based eaters and vegans alike with one of these amazing, inspiring vegan cookbooks that shows how easy and delicious it can be to eat plant-based meals. Vegan eating is on the rise, as is a "flexitarian" approach...

The fashion industry has turned its back on fur as environmental and ethical pressure continues to escalate. Consumers no longer demand fur and the growth of faux fur has taken the place of the real thing for most major designers and retailers...

Netflix's popular series Maid stars Andi McDowell's daughter, Margaret Qualley as Alex, a young woman trying to escape an abusive relationship. She ventures out in the night with nothing but her young daughter and a half tank of gas to start an independent life and find work, which is how she becomes a maid. The younger charac...

At the age of eight years old I became a vegetarian, having always loved animals and cared about animal ethics, prompting me to give up meat. I remained a vegetarian until my sophomore year of college as I began to learn a lot about nutrition and the environment. I r ...

This year, more Americans than ever are sliding the turkey over to make room for a new main: Vegan turkey. What these non-bird roasts are made of is a variety of plant-based ingredients from store-bought roasts with wheat and other meat-like textures to homemade Wellingtons or Turkey-shaped towers of potatoes and other delicious traditional foods, all made without the usual butter, eggs, milk or s

When a brand as venerated and established as CoverGirl launches a vegan skincare line, it's time to declare that the new normal for beauty companies is vegan and cruelty-free. No longer should consumers expect animal testing to be used in the formulation of beauty products at market and the future appears to be heading this way, as six states including Hawaii and California have enacted laws that

The climate crisis and pandemic have propelled plant-based eating into the spotlight, presenting a starting point to tackle a number of worldwide problems. Recently, plant-based diets have entered into the conversation regarding food insecurity, especially within the United States. Wit...

Bold steps: You invited people over, deciding that it's your turn to host the ultimate meal: Thanksgiving. One catch: Some of your guests are vegan, plant-based, or vegetarian. Before you tear at your hair or hit the vino, actually, with these tips, it's going to be no problem. Wha...

Beloved pop icon Harry Styles just released his first beauty brand that features everything from nail polish to skincare products. Everything in the vegetarian star’s new beauty line will be certified vegan and cruelty-free. The new brand, called Pleasing, will enter a rapidly growing vegan and cruelty-free beauty market that already includes Rihanna, Ariana Grande, and others. Pleasing will initi