Casa Vegan:
Plant-Based Meat
Substitutes in Lagos,
Nigeria
Olaoluwa Fashola has a factory in Lagos State, Nigeria, producing vegan meat substitutes. Already with a Plant-Based Burger and Plant-Based Chunks, Casa Vegan is currently developing other products to hit the shelves soon. Hi Olaoluwa! Firstly, tell us where you’re based. We are based in Lagos, Ni
Building Collective Power through Community Kitchens, Micro Food Gardens and a Book of Plant-Powered Recipes
By Karla Rey The Food Today Food Tomorrow initiative in the Philippines is a new initiative set up to provide both immediate food relief and longer term food solutions. Karla Rey reports. The Food Today, Food Tomorrow (FTFT) program has its roots with Lingap Maralita (translated to Care for the Poor
MAD Promotions: A chat with Karin Ridgers
Plant Powered Planet editor Karin Ridgers is one of many multi-talented individuals in the modern vegan movement, and has been inspiring vegans through her promotional work for years. Having worked with many celebrities, brands, influencers and individuals through her PR company MAD Promotions, Kari
Environmental Injustice
& Chorkor Chemuenaa in Accra, Ghana
You may not have created the mess but you have a major role in making Mother Earth green again. Veganism involves environmental affairs such as pollution, exploitation, & deforestation, and we’re all required to act consciously to liberate the worlds inhabitants. Our ocean covers most parts of
Heather Mills:
Vbites, World Records
& what the future holds
Heather Mills is no stranger to most, with a very colourful and prominent history within the plant-based market & vegan world. Not only that, Heather still holds the World Record for ‘the fastest disabled woman on the planet’, speedskiing at speeds of up to 166.84 km/ph! Achieving highly in
Hench Herbivore
From YouTube & Protein,
to Recovery & CBD
Hench Herbivore, aka Paul Kerton is a force for good in the modern vegan movement. Paul manages to balance content creation with being ripped – but his health isn’t sacrified in the pursuit of his appearance. Hench is both a personal trainer AND a qualified nutritionist, and is acutely aware
Lisa Gawthorne:
Entrepeneur, Team GB
athlete & vegan leader
Lisa Gawthorne is a powerhouse. Her tremendous success seems to the rest of us to be an inevitability – from competing as a vegan athlete for Team GB to running and growing a successful chain of vegan businesses under the banner of Bravura Foods to name but two examples. Lisa very kindly took
Tomi Makanjuola & the
Vegan Nigerian Kitchen
Tomi, a.k.a The Vegan Nigerian, is a wonderfully adept vegan chef and author, specialising in Nigerian cuisine. Tomi’s cookbook ‘Vegan Nigerian Kitchen: 100 classic recipes with a plant-based twist’ hit the shelves of all good bookshops in November 2021, and is available both in paperback and
After Veganuary: What Happens When the Plant-Based Hype is Over?
Veganuary is a hugely positive, month-long plant-based celebration that each year boasts ever-growing figures of new plant-based converts all over the world. But what happens when the dust settles and our new-found allies find themselves in February? Jordi Casamitjana, author of ‘Ethical Vegan: A
VegfestUK London 2022: Shaping Up Nicely…
Plans for the 8th annual VegfestUK London event at Olympia Grand in November 2022 are “shaping up nicely” with a number of new exhibitors already embedded and a steady stream of enquiries as the floorplan continues to fill out following the announcement back in December 2021 that VegfestUK would
