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Expo West 2014 Recap + GIVEAWAY

Expo West 2014 Recap + GIVEAWAY

Another Expo West is in the bag! Natural Products Expo is the biggest trade show for natural products in the US, and every spring, Expo West takes place over 3 days in Anaheim (while Expo East is held in Baltimore in the fall). We were excited to head out and try all kinds of awesome new vegan products, as well as meet friends and vegan influencers! Check out our pics below…

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Events/ General/ Health

Raw Living Expo 2014

Raw Living Expo 2014

This past weekend HappyCow had the pleasure of attending the fun, educational, highest vibe raw foods party on the planet—Raw Living Expo! The Raw Living Expo is a 3-day event where you can try out delicious dishes from raw food chefs (and even learn how to make some yourself at the demos), check out awesome products from all of the vendors attending, sit in on expert talks about important nutritional topics, and…

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Swiss Vegan Foods Review

Switzerland might remind you of Heidi running around near the Alps, the happy cows roaming freely on the green fields, the chocolate and the cheese, the beautiful mountain cottages and… the heavy meat dishes. Yes, Switzerland is a heavy meat consumer, but I was impressed by the variety, quality and taste of the many vegan products you find at any supermarket. Some of these supermarkets label their products in different…

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Events/ Recipes

25 Vegan Super Bowl Recipes

25 Vegan Super Bowl Recipes

If you’re planning on having a Super Bowl party, or you need to bring a dish to one, look no further than this! I’ve compiled the ultimate Super Bowl recipe guide with 25 of the coolest vegan recipes from around the web—perfect for game day…or just a regular day! Get ready to feel hungry… Buffalo Cauliflower from SerenityInTheStorm.com Potato Angels (Deviled Egg Solution) from VegWeb.com Vegetable Samosas from VegWeb.com Cinnamon Spiced…

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Events/ General/ Restaurants

Vegan Deliciousness in LAX – Real Food Daily – Terminal 4

 Major congratulations to Ann Gentry & the team at Real Food Daily! 25 years of preparing delicious vegan dishes and now……… @AnnGentry – just tweeted – We opened up the first organic, #plantbased restaurant in any airport TODAY with my Real Food Daily at Los… http://fb.me/15o7PBFxe  https://twitter.com/RealFoodDaily Ann – ~ Check me out with our first customer, American Airlines pilot, Clark…The airline version of Mr. Kent! ~ Officially in biz at LAX American Airlines TODAY! Cheers to our…

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Events/ Travel/ Veganism

A 3-day vegan celebration in Lisbon: Veganario Fest 2013

Report from Portugal: The 3-day vegan fest is becoming a popular celebration of veganism and vegetarianism in Portugal. During the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of November, people from all walks of life gathered in Lisbon, to learn more about veganism, attend workshops, share recipes, try new foods at the stalls, watch documentaries and participate in several activities. It was a great opportunity to meet people and get to know what’s…

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Events/ Health/ Nutrition

Don’t Forget to Eat Your Veggies

November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, so remember to eat plenty of vegetables and other healthy vegan foods to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease as well as cancer, strokes, heart disease, and other life-threatening illnesses. Research shows that people who avoid “bad fats”—the kind found in meat, eggs, and dairy products—cut their risk of Alzheimer’s disease by about two-thirds. A recent study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease suggests…

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Join Us at the Raw Living Expo 2014

Raw Living Expo 2014

Hello Everyone! I want to invite you to the funnest, most educational, highest vibe raw foods party on the planet. The Raw Living Expo is on it’s second year and better than ever! Hosting the 6th Annual Best of Raw Awards, this will be a party you don’t want to miss. http://www.rawlivingexpo.com/happycow/ . . The Best of Raw Foods team have put together yet another phenomenal event supporting the raw…

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Cooking/ Environment/ Events

Lab-Grown Burger to be Eaten Today

The first burger to be made entirely out of lab-grown meat is going to be eaten today in London.  There have been stories about petri dish meat  for a couple of years now, but it looks like it has finally been done.  Some think it is a good thing for animals and the environment, and others consider it a twisted science experiment that humans should not be doing.  In any…

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Celebrity Interviews/ Events/ Health/ Travel/ Veganism

PlantBuilt Vegan Bodybuilding Team Showdown

Last weekend HappyCow member, Christy, shared the stage with a group of vegans that formed to compete in a natural bodybuilding show in Austin called the Naturally Fit Super Show. It would be the largest gathering of vegans at a bodybuilding show ever. Though I wasn’t on the team I thought it would be a fun goal to work toward and I busted my butt in the gym to attempt…

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Animal Rights/ Events/ Veganism

Is Your Mom One of the Coolest Around?

All year long, our moms are there for us, offering sage advice, rejoicing in our successes, and encouraging us when we’re down. We’d be lost without them, so for Mother’s Day, PETA and HappyCow are celebrating some of the coolest moms around. We love: Sweet moms, who are so compassionate that they wouldn’t hurt a fly. Or a cow, or a chicken, or a pig. Fun moms, who would much…

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Events/ General/ Health/ Products/ Restaurants/ Travel/ Veganism

Veggie Festivals Sweep the Nation!

I’ve been to vegan festivals and conferences across the nation as both an attendee and a speaker. You can find them in almost every large city in the country and they continue to grow! Vegan festivals are even in Texas of all places! The last one I attended and spoke at was the 2nd Annual Texas VegFest in Austin where I currently live. Austin is pretty hip and progressive with…

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Events/ Health/ Juicing/ Nutrition

The Three Principles of Detoxification

By Ben Rolnik: There are a variety ways that one can detoxify their system. Most people assume that detoxing means doing a master cleanse — lots of green juice, lemon, and water — and colonics. This overlooks the very serious problem of “re-toxing” right afterwards — not to mention the other cognitive-behavioral dimensions of detoxification! There are 3 major principles of detoxification I call: rejection, ejection, injection. If we just…

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