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Today we’d like to introduce you to Maya Madsen. Hi Maya, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?I was a fitness industry professional for 30 years and over those years I spent time learning about nutrition to help improve my performance. Ultimately, it led me to a plant-based diet. At the same time, I am a mother of three black men and as I was raising those boys, I knew that a college education was tantamount to their future. I needed to find a way to contribute to their education so...

Food & Drink Los Angeles Mar 9, 2021 Melissa Nowakowski Where to Find Vegan St. Patrick’s Day Treats in Los Angeles Even dressed in a festive green outfit, you’ll still want to pinch yourself when you see all the delicious treats LA has to offer for this St. Patrick’s Day. We’re rounding up some of the sweetest cakes, shakes, and cookies throughout the city. You won’t need the luck of the Irish to get your vegan goodie fix! Monty’s Good Burger Beverly Grove, Echo Park, Koreatown, & Riverside Who needs the Shamrock Shake from McDonald’s? Especially when Monty’s Good Burger has...

San Diego, CA-based vegan cookie company Maya’s Cookies has launched a limited-edition cookie to celebrate International Women’s Month. Created in collaboration with vegan fast-casual chain By CHLOE, the Raspberry Double Chip Cookie is a brown sugar cookie studded with semi-sweet chocolate chips, chunks of white chocolate, and raspberries. A portion of the proceeds goes to benefit nonprofit kitchen incubator La Cocina, which works to solve problems of equity in business ownership for women, immigrants, and people of color. 

10 Black Women-Owned Vegan Businesses to Support That Ship Nationwide Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite Black- and women-owned vegan businesses. All the brands on this list ship nationwide, so you can support them no matter where you live!