Dede Sophie

Workers on an Indian tea plantation (probably wage labourers ), cheers for the photo, thanks to the creator   We’ve been thinking, drawing up plans, deliberating and discussing travel routes that would be best for eco travel (#nomoreflying), considering food cultures most welcoming towards plant-based people like us, and looking at social issues that we could report on as blogger-journalists… so here’s a list of vegan-friendly countries we haven’t been to yet (or have been to but we were not vegan at the time). #1. India As it is well-known, it is super-easy to be vegetarian in India: it has the largest number of vegetarians in the world, about 30% of the total population (according to a 2018 survey ), around 500 million people ( says a 2020 article). According to the previous source, only one percent of those 500 million Hindus ‘are strict vegans, so the total number of vegans in India is approx 5 million’. Not bad, eh? So hell yeah, India is our no...

There have been more and more good apps for vegans out there ( Happy Cow  &  Vanilla Bean  for vegan places to eat, Food Monster  & Forks Over Knives for vegan recipes, Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen & the 21-Day Vegan Kickstart for vegan diet trackers) but we feel like we’ve just found the best vegan app of them all – or a wonder addition to this list anyway. I guess the challenge is familiar to all vegans: ever been to a restaurant that had no vegan options? Just a salad? Or not even that – just a Caesar salad that you could order without the grilled chicken (but still had to pay full price)? Ever had fights or arguments with non-vegan members of your family or with friends over where to go out for dinner? Ever wondered whether there are vegan snacks at Target, vegan products at Lidl (like vegan shampoo) or vegan ice cream at Walmart? Ever travelled to a foreign country and wondered ‘hmm… any 100% vegan restaurants near me or will I be stuck with...