Vegan Resources

Learn more about veganism by exploring the resources below. Below, you can find vegan resources, including books, organizations, documentaries, and 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.

Animal Rights Resources

Learn more about veganism and the fight for animal rights. Find resources that detail the lives of animals, the case for veganism, and how to become an activist.

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

• Thanking the Monkey by Karen Dawn

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Films

• Earthlings

• Dominion

• Peaceable Kingdom

• Carnage

• The Ghosts in Our Machine

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Meat Industry Videos

• Meat.org

• Mercy for Animals Undercover Operations

• Slice of Cruelty

• Butterball Abuse

• McDonald's Cruelty

• 10 Billion Lives

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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

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Animal Rights Organizations

• Mercy for Animals

• Animal Equality

• The Humane League

• Nonhuman Rights Project

• Animal League Defense Fund

• Farm Animal Rights Movement

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Environmental Resources

Learn more about how consuming animal products negatively impacts the environment and the postive impacts of a plant-based diet.

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

• Seaspiracy on Netflix

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Health Resources

Learn more about the health issues that can arise from eating animal-based foods and how you can thrive on a plant-based diet.

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