Resources

Pertaining to health

·         Dr Joel Kahn, Interpreventional Cardiology, Holistic Heart Doctor: vegan cardiologist focused on lifestyle changes to improve heart health

·         Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Smart Nutrition, Superior Health: vegan physician specializing in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods

.        Stacey Sanchez, a Doctor in Naturopathic Medicine developed Holistic Healer & Wellness.  Dr. Sanchez has practiced in the Wellness & Spa industry for over 20 years and has combined her expertise of the Aromatherapy, Herbalism, Esthetics, and Body Care modalities to create Holistic Healer's full line of products.  Holistic Healer was developed as an alternative for natural body care, skin care, personal care, and over all health.

·         Dr. McDougall’s Health and Medical Center: program for teaching better health through dietary changes

·         Jack Norris, RD: blog from a dietician’s perspective on health and nutrition

·         The Vegan RD: another blog from a dietician’s perspective, but also discusses aspects of being vegan other than health

·         Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: great resources for health and nutrition, research, and education

·         NutritionFacts.org: helpful videos on everything nutrition

Vegan/Animal Rights News

·         Our Hen House: online magazine dedicated to bringing vegan news, opinion pieces, and great reviews

·         The Dodo: news about animals, specifically marine mammals but also farmed animals and wildlife

·         VegNews: vegan and animal rights news, recipes, and articles on living vegan

·         One Green Planet: combing animal rights, health, vegan recipes, and sustainable living all into one site 

Blogs/People to follow

·         JL Goes Vegan: great resources for recipes, discussions, and vegan news brought to you by JL Fields (author of Vegan Pressure Cooking, see below in Cookbooks)

·         James McWilliams: blog that discusses ethics, food, and agriculture from a very logical viewpoint

·         No Meat Athlete: great resource for those who are runners (or want to be a runner!)

·         Rich Roll: ultra-endurance athlete Rich Roll’s blog discusses endurance, healthful recipes, and living well

·         VeganMos: recipes, discussions, and living vegan

·         Green is the New Red: focuses on stories related to freedoms of animal rights and environmental activists

·         Will Travel for Vegan Food: blog about travelling across the country to try every vegan restaurant

.          Happy Happy Vegan: Happy Happy Vegan was created because we felt that there was a need for an easy-to-understand vegan blog that wasn’t solely         about recipes. One that also incorporated more about the other aspects of veganism, too.
Shopping

Good everyday resources

·         Happy Cow: gives you all vegan friendly restaurants in an area with reviews and ratings, also available as an app on your iPhone or Android

·         VegGuide: also gives vegan friendly restaurants in the area with reviews and ratings, but it is not always as accurate or up to date as Happy Cow

·         Vegan Essentials: online store that sells everything from food to clothing to personal care items

·         Vegan Store: online store that also sells a variety of vegan items including food, clothing, cosmetics, and body care

·         Alternative Outfitters: vegan clothing including shoes, shirts, coats, and accessories

·         Herbivore Clothing: vegan shop that includes messagewear, books, and accessories

·         Food Fight: online grocery store that sells food and supplements as well as clothing and accessories

·         MooShoes: vegan shoe shop, higher quality shoes

·         Vaute Couture: high quality vegan clothing, particularly coats that are made with sustainable materials and are made to be just as warm or warmer than non-vegan materials

·         Coral 8: sustainable quality vegan shoe shop

·         Matt and Nat: vegan handbags

​.         Best Vegan Products Online: A website dedicated to vegan products

Farm Animal Sanctuaries

·         SASHA Farm (Manchester, MI): rescued and houses over 300 farmed animals ranging

·         Farm Sanctuary (Watkins Glen, NY; Orland, CA; Los Angeles, CA): rescues farm animals, brings awareness, and advocates for reform from legislators and businesses

·         Animal Place (Grass Valley, CA): rescue and provides refuge to hundreds of neglected farm animals

·         United Poultry Concerns (Machipongo, VA): rescues chickens and advocates on behalf of all poultry

·         VINE Sanctuary: provides sanctuary for those abused in the meat, dairy, and egg industries and other abusive circumstances, such as cockfights and pigeon-shoots

·         Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary: provides shelter to cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, sheep, goats, and rabbits who have been rescued from cases of abuse, neglect and abandonment

Online Videos

·         Gary Yourofsky Presentation: why vegan?

·         Phillip Wollen: part of the “Animal Should Be Off the Menu” debate

·         Colleen Patrick-Goudreau: opinion pieces on veganism and interviews with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

·         Bite Size Vegan: educational resource on everything about veganism

·         Debunking the Myths of Veganism: speech by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

·         From Excuse-itarian to Vegan: speech by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

·         Our Hen House TV Show: TV show on animal rights news and vegan vies, interviews with people within the movements

·         Pedigree Dogs Exposed: BBC documentary on breeding dogs

·         Turlock: documentary on the largest animal rescue

Podcasts

·         Colleen Patrick-Goudreau: resources for nutrition, questions about veganism, living vegan, and literature about animals

·         Our Hen House: news, banter, interviews, and reviews of everything vegan and animal rights

·         Vegan-Vegetarian Solutions for a Sustainable Environment: discussion of animal agriculture and fishing’s effects on the environment

·         Mainstreet Vegan Radio: discussion about health, well-being, and living a vegan life

Documentaries

·         The Ghosts in Our Machine: follows animal photographer Jo-Anne McArthur

·         Speciesism: The Movie: investigates the concept and practice of speciesism, the assignment of value to beings on the basis of species membership

·         Cowspiracy: examines the environmental impacts of animal agriculture

·         Vegucated: follows three people as they adopt and learn about a vegan diet for six weeks

·         The Cove*: analyzes and questions dolphin hunting practices in Japan

·         Blackfish: scrutinizes keeping killer whales in captivity

·         Elephant in the Living Room: examines raising of exotic animals in people’s homes around the US

·         Earthlings*: informative movie about society’s treatment of animals

·         Food Inc.: examines corporate farming in the United States

·         Forks Over Knives: examines the nutrition aspects of eating animal products versus plant-based foods

·         Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead: follows Joe Cross as he goes on a 60-day juice cleanse

·         The Paw Project*: investigates the effects of declawing domestic and large on the animals

·         Dealing Dogs*: explores animal welfare in the US, specifically related to the marketing and sale of dogs for research labs

·         Vanishing of the Bees: examines Colony Collapse Disorder, or the sudden mass disappearance of honey bees around the world

·         Peaceable Kingdom: follows a number of people who grew up in traditional farming culture and are now questioning the way of life

·         Turlock: documents the largest animal rescue of 4460 starved hens from an egg farm in California

Cookbooks

Baking

·         Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar (Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero): guide to dozens of vegan cookie recipes

·         Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World (Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero):guide to dozens of vegan cupcake recipes

·         Vegan Pie in the Sky (Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero): guides to dozens of vegan pie recipes

General

·         Isa Does It (Isa Chandra Moskowitz): creative and innovate vegan recipes that are sure to impress all audiences

·         The Vegan Stoner (Sarah Conrique, Graham I. Haynes): simple, easy, and delicious recipes that need minimal ingredients

·         Betty Goes Vegan (Annie Shannon, Dan Shannon): recipes that imitate the recipes from Betty Crocker cookbooks, only vegan!

·         The Chicago Diner Cookbook (Jo A. Kaucher, Del Nakamura): recipes inspired by the owners of the Chicago Diner- some recipes taken from dishes made at the restaurant

·         Color Me Vegan (Colleen Patrick-Goudreau): cookbook that splits recipes by color of dish and focuses on the colors of food and what nutrients are associated with those colors

·         Chloe’s Kitchen (Chloe Coscarelli): great recipes with beautiful pictures

·         The Vegan Table (Colleen Patrick-Goudreau): recipes split by the number of guests you will be having over

·         Artisan Vegan Cheese (Miyoko Schinner): a guide to making delicious vegan cheese

·         Afro-Vegan (Bryant Terry)*: recipes for classic African, Caribbean, and southern food; also discusses food justice

·         Veganomicon (Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero): cookbook guide to a wide-variety of vegan recipes that use whole foods, not processed vegan meats and cheeses

·         Salad Samurai (Terry Hope Romero): vibrant salad recipes that will leave your stomach feeling satisfied

·         Chloe’s Vegan Italian Kitchen (Chloe Coscarelli): filled with vegan-ified recipes of classic Italian dishes

·         Vegan Pressure Cooking (JL Fields): vegan recipes to make in a pressure cooker

·         Choosing Raw (Gena Hemshaw): offers a variety of delicious raw recipes

·         Vegan with a Vengeance (Isa Chandra Moskowitz): edgy and cost-effective recipes

·         Viva Vegan! (Terry Hope Romero): authentic Latin inspired vegan recipes

·         Vedge (Rich Landau, Kate Jacoby): recipes that uses focuses on vegetables to make delicious and flavorful meals

·         Crazy Sexy Kitchen* (Kris Carr): gives all the information needed to adopt a joyful and plant-powered lifestyle

Books

General

·         The 30-Day Vegan Challenge (Colleen Patrick-Goudreau): guides you through all aspects of being vegan from grocery shopping to getting nutrients

·         Crazy Sexy Diet* (Kris Carr): lays out the basics of Kris Carr’s diet, a low-glycemic, vegetarian program

·         Becoming Vegan* (Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina): great reference to plant-based nutrition

·         Main Street Vegan* (Victoria Moran): shows how to live vegan in the real world on a real world budget

·         Mind If I Order the Cheeseburger?* (Sherry F Colb): discusses the answers to questions people ask vegans

Ethics

·         Diet for a New America (John Robbins): discusses ethical, health, and environmental consequences of eating animals

·         Beg (Rory Freedman): a discussion of what it means to be an animal lover and different aspects of respecting and loving animals

·         We Animals (Jo-Anne McArthur): beautiful photography of animal exploited and neglected as well as the lucky few who were saved

·         Eating Animals (Jonathan Safran Foer): discussion of the moral implications of the animals we eat

·         Skinny Bitch (Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin): a call out to women to take control of their lives to eat healthfully and minfully

·         Animal Liberation* (Peter Singer): a philosophical look at speciesism- our systematic disregard of nonhuman animals

·         Every Twelve Seconds* (Timothy Pachirat): an account of what happens in our slaughterhouses

·         Bleating Hearts* (Mark Hawthorne): examines the world’s exploitation of animals

·         The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals* (Jenny Brown): a passionate, approachable story that shows the connections between us and animals

·         Eat Like You Care* (Gary L Francione): talks frankly about the issue of eating animals

·         The World Peace Diet* (Will Tuttle): a holistic view of our connections with non-human animals and the world we live in

·         Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (Melanie Joy): looks into animal exploitation from a psychological perspecitive and explores the concept of carnism, the belief that condition people to eat certain animals

Health

·         Killer Fish* (Brian Clement): a look into the effects of eating fish on our health and environment

·         The Engine 2 Diet (Rip Esselstyn): guide to losing weight, lowering cholesterol, and becoming physically fit

·         The China Study* (T. Colin Campbell): a detailed look into the connection between nutrition and heart disease, cancer, and diabetes

·         Vegan for Her (Ginny Messina, JL Fields): a guide for women to living optimally and well at any age on a vegan diet

·         Eat to Live* (Joel Fuhrman): discusses healthful eating and focusing on foods with high micronutrient quality

·         Never Too Late to Go Vegan (Carol Adams, Patti Breitman, Ginny Messina): a guide to a vegan lifestyle for those over 50

Miscellaneous (Politics, Advocacy, History)

·         Striking at the Roots* (Mark Hawthorne): gives people a guide to being effective and purposeful activists

·         Slaughterhouse (Gail Eisnitz): an undercover investigation into the meat industry

·         Green is the New Red (Will Potter): an outline of the how civil liberties are being threatened for those speaking out against environmental and animal injustices

·         Meatonomics* (David Robinson Simon): an economic analysis of the meat analysis

·         The Jungle* (Upton Sinclair): an expose of the meat industry published in 1906

·         The Modern Savage* (James McWilliams): explores the small farm movement and the paradox of our relationship with animals

·         An Unnatural Order: Uncovering the Roots of Our Domination of Nature and Each Other* (Jim Mason): an exploration of the western world’s dominion over animals and other humans

·         The Sexual Politics of Meat* (Carol Adams): a look into animal rights from a feminists perspecitve

·         The Animal Activists Handbook* (Matt Ball, Bruce Friedrich): a motivational and how-to guide to activism

*I have not read/seen, but have heard good things about it