Vegan Resources

Learn more about veganism by exploring the resources below. You'll find all types of resources from books to documentaries to podcasts on the following topics:

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• Animal rights: Learn about how animals suffer when treated are treated as commodities. Find resources that discuss whether or not using animals is ethical. 

• Environment: Understand the impact of eating animals on the planet, how fishing contributes to plastic pollution, why grass-fed beef is not a solution, and more.

• Health:  Find resources from nutrition experts on the dangers of consuming animal products, how to make healthy food choices, and more.

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Need additional guidance? Check out our list of vegan starter kits and meal planners at the end of the page.

Animal Rights Resources

Books

• Animal Liberation by Peter Singer

• Eating Animals by Jonathan Safer Foe

• Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows by Melanie Joy, PhD

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Films

• Earthlings

• Dominion

• Peaceable Kingdom

• Carnage

• The Ghosts in Our Machine

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Talks​

• The Most Important Speech You Will Ever Hear by Gary Yourofsky

• You Will Never Look at Your Life in the Same Way Again by Earthling Ed

• Every Argument Against Veganism by Earthling Ed (TEDx Talks)

• Toward Rational, Authentic Food Choices by Melanie Joy (TEDx Talks)

• This Speech Is Your WAKE UP CALL! by James Aspey

• From the Warsaw Ghetto to the Fight for Animal Rights by ​Alex Hershaft

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Debates

• Animals Should Be Off The Menu

• Don't Eat Anything With a Face

• Debate a Vegan

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Articles

Meat is not essential. Why are we killing for it? – The Washington Post

Environmental Resources

Books

• We Are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foe

• Diet for a New America by John Robbins

• Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé 

• Eat for the Planet by Nil Zacharias and Gene Stone

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Films

• Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret on Netflix

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Health Resources

Books

• Your Body in Balance by Neal Barnard, MD

• How Not to Die by Michael Greger, MD

• The Forks Over Knives Plan by Jonathan Safran Foer

• The Smart Parents Guide to Raising Vegan Kids by Eric C. Lindstrom

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Films

• The Game Changers on Netflix

• Forks Over Knives on Netflix

• What the Health on Netflix

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Organizations

• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

• Plantrician Project

• NutritionFacts.org

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Podcasts

Vegan Starter Kits and Meal Planners

• PCRM Vegan Starter Kit

• Nutriciously Vegan Starter Kit

• Million Dollar Vegan Starter Kit

• PETA Vegan Starter Kit

• What the Health Meal Planner

• Forks Over Knives Meal Planner