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Plant Powered: How To Live More Plant-Based For World Vegan Day
World Vegan Day is November 1st and the plant-based lifestyle is more popular than ever. According to surveys, veganism is up in the U.S. and shows growing interest in the U.K., Australia, and Canada. Why is it gaining so much momentum globally and what are some ways to incorporate living free of animal cruelty in our diets, wardrobes, and everyday routines?
Dominique Side is an artist, serial entrepreneur, and vegan fashion/lifestyle influencer. She has built a boutique vegan grocery store, founded the new “Nikki Green” luxury vegan clothing line, and is co-owner of the Vgn Bae Music Group, featuring an eco-friendly studio located in Houston, Texas. With over 90,000+ followers on Instagram, she is inspiring others to go plant-based through her social media content and is showing the world that being vegan doesn’t mean you can’t have fun. Dominique is changing how veganism is perceived by the public and redefining its image.
Releasing music as her alter ego DOM, she has been heard on the radio, movie soundtracks, and fashion stores in the US and UK. The music video for her latest single that came out this summer has had hundreds of thousands of views online. Dominique has been featured for her vegan lifestyle and fashion insight in Women’s Wear Daily, The Chalkboard Mag, MIC, Luxury Travel Magazine, iHeartRadio, and on CBS, ABC, NBC, & FOX.
Dominique leads with compassion based thinking in all of her ventures and can offer insight on:
- The journey of veganism and tips to transition into becoming plant-based
- Looking at being vegan as more than a diet and all the choices it affects
- How she maintains a balance of luxury and fashion while living a vegan lifestyle
- Curating an incredible vegan closet and her favorite ethically focused brands
- Exploring her ethical based businesses and leading with compassion first
- Her vegan clothing line and the challenges of navigating sustainable fashion
To learn more visit: http://instagram.com/vgnbaedom
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2022’s Best Cities for Vegetarians & Vegans – WalletHub Study
With Oct. 1 being World Vegetarian Day and Nov. 1 being World Vegan Day, and with 15.5 million U.S. adults having a vegetarian or vegan diet, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s Best Cities for Vegans & Vegetarians, as well as accompanying videos and expert commentary.
To determine the best and cheapest places for following a plant-based diet, WalletHub compared the 100 largest cities across 17 key indicators of vegan- and vegetarian-friendliness. The data set ranges from the share of restaurants serving meatless options to the cost of groceries for vegetarians to salad shops per capita.
Top 20 Cities for Vegans & Vegetarians 1. Portland, OR 11. Boise, ID 2. Orlando, FL 12. Miami, FL 3. Los Angeles, CA 13. Cincinnati, OH 4. Phoenix, AZ 14. El Paso, TX 5. Austin, TX 15. Plano, TX 6. Seattle, WA 16. Las Vegas, NV 7. San Francisco, CA 17. Bakersfield, CA 8. Tampa, FL 18. Washington, DC 9. San Diego, CA 19. Fort Wayne, IN 10. Lexington-Fayette, KY 20. Chicago, IL 
Best vs. Worst
- Plano, Texas, has the highest share of restaurants serving vegetarian options, 63.65 percent, which is 21.6 times higher than in Laredo, Texas, the city with the lowest at 2.95 percent.
- Scottsdale, Arizona, has the highest share of restaurants serving vegan options, 16.26 percent, which is 19.6 times higher than in North Las Vegas, Nevada, the city with the lowest at 0.83 percent.
- San Francisco has the most community-supported agriculture programs (per square root of population), 0.0182, which is 22.8 times more than in San Antonio, the city with the fewest at 0.0008.
- Atlanta has the most salad shops (per square root of population), 0.2296, which is 17.8 times more than in San Bernardino, California, the city with the fewest at 0.0129.
