A CASE FOR VEGANISM
VEGANISM AS A PHILOSOPHY
When we say vegan, we don’t mean a health initiative or a plant-based diet. We define veganism as a means to total liberation - being against the commodification of life and land, the conceptualization of nature, domination by those in power, normalization of oppression, state-sanctioned violence, systemic discrimination and exploitation above mutualism is standing against oppression of all beings.
Veganism can include a frugivore diet, forgoing animal-tested products, abstaining from animal-based products, renouncing animal labor and other ways of repudiating speciesism.
“The primal ethic of empathy and cooperation, combined with the principle of innate rights beckons shifting the nature of humanimal-nonhumanimal relationships from domination and domestication to egalitarian and liberatory.”
Ria Del Montana, Vegan is Anti-Speciesism is Anti-Civ
NASHVILLE PLANT-BASED
AVO
Fresh, local, sustainable and exceedingly dietary inclusive.
CLOWNSUMS DINER
A pop-up serving up silly but classic diner-esque dishes.
DRY GUYS PANTRY SUPPLY
Pop-up pantry with all the mixes from tofu scramble to classic ranch.
THE GOLDEN PLANT
Our Nashville scene would be incomplete without a food truck.
KOKOS
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
MORSEL
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
THE SOUTHERN V
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
SUNFLOWER CAFE
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
THE BE-HIVE DELI + MARKET
Local seitanic icons with a pig-less pepperoni empire.
COPPER BRANCH
Casual dining with all the vegan staples at all franchised locations.
FLAMINGO COCKTAIL CLUB
A bird-free menu at a cocktail-focused bar? Uh… yes please.
GRAZE
Goated Nashville restaurant with service and sapor to satisfy.
LUCKY VEGAN
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
RADICAL RABBIT
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
SUCCULENT VEGAN TACOS
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
TRIPPY’S PLANT BASED DINER
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
CINNAHOLIC
A beloved national chain with penchant for plant-based rolls.
DEEP SEA VEGAN
Vegan eats? Scuba diving? Why not both with this sea focused food?
FLUFFED UP
Vegan sweets ranging from cotton to freeze-dried candies.
GUERILLA BIZKITS
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
MONDO VEGAN
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
RAINBOW NATIVE CAKERY
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
SUNFLOWER BAKEHOUSE
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
VEGELICIOUS
Smoothies and hot meals delivered to your dang door. VEGAN OPTIONS.
“Expanding veganism as a movement to address ableism, fatphobia, poverty, and geography will address the layered experiences of people transitioning to or sustaining a plant based, sustainable, anti-speciesist and anti-capitalist conscientious way of life. This creates a robust movement that intersects with communities already fighting compound injustices.”
Lisa Betty, Veganism* is in crisis.
NASHVILLE ORGS + RESOURCES
COMMUNITY BAIL FUND
Freeing low-income persons and ending wealth-based detention.
NASHVILLE FREE STORE
Providing resources with no questions asked via a free store + 2 fridges.
STAND UP NASHVILLE
Taking a stand against racial and economic inequalities.
EQUITY ALLIANCE
Black and POC advocacy with a large focus on voter empowerment.
THE PEOPLE’S PLAZA
A movement and community that calls for equity and justice.
SURJ
White people for racial justice. A local Showing Up for Racial Justice chapter.
GIDEON’S ARMY
Combatting the 37208 school-to-prison pipeline via restorative justice.
REBUILD NORTH NASHVILLE
Aiding in North Nashville’s tornado and COVID recovery and rebuilding.
MORE RESOURCES
A list of local resources curated by the Nashville COVID-19 Response Fund.