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Beyond Meat Founder Ethan Brown

“Once, we had the horse-drawn carriage, and then we had the horseless carriage, and then we had the automobile. I’m firmly convinced we’re going to go from beef and chicken products that are animal in origin to those that are made with plants — and at some point in the future you’ll walk down the aisle of the supermarket and ask for beef and chicken, and like the automobile has no relationship to the horse, what you get will have nothing to do with animals.”

Ethan Brown, founder of Beyond Meat, a new meat analogue available at natural foods stores like Whole Foods. Some people, like Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, say the product is so close to meat it’s almost scary. Stone said of his experience: “My first reaction was, if I was given this in a restaurant, I’d get the waiter to come over and ask if he’d accidentally given us real chicken.”

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CBS Names Vegan-Friendly Moo Shoes As Top Men’s Retail Store

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, August 2nd, 2012 in Business, Fashion.

CBS Moo Shoes

CBS New York has named Moo Shoes as one of the top five places men can find stylish shoes in New York.

Founded by animal loving sisters Erica and Sara Kubersky, Moo Shoes carries cruelty-free footwear from companies like Vegetarian Shoes, Dr. Marten’s and See Vees for affordable prices in the range of $50-$160.

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Lauren Bush

Lauren Bush has been enjoying her time at the London Olympic Games.

This vegetarian, entrepreneur and fashion designer best known for her signature FEED bags that help feed the hungry worldwide, had no problem finding a trendy restaurant in the area to satisfy her appetite.

Bush dined at NOPI, a restaurant from renown chef and cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi and later Tweeted about the experience, recommending Ottolenghi’s cookbook for similar eating.

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Meatless Mouthful–Twitter Biz Stone Goes Beyond Meat

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, July 30th, 2012 in Business, Food & Drink, Meatless Mouthful.

Biz Stone

“For people who are actually repulsed by meat, they’re not going to like this. The first reaction I had was, I know this is a meat analogue but if someone were to serve this to me in a restaurant I would have said ‘I think this is a mistake. There’s something about the mouth-feel, the fattiness. It feels fatty and muscly and like it’s not good for you when you’re chewing it. For a long-time vegan, it’s a little bit freaky.”

Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder, on the new chicken substitute his company helped to promote, Beyond Meat.

Photo: Johncarloshedare/Creative Commons

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Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter made Billboard Top 20 singles from albums like State of the Heart and Shooting Straight in the Dark in the late 80s and early nineties.

By 2005, she had sold more than 12 million records and won four consecutive Grammys for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Hard to imagine she got started in a tiny, cozy establishment that served hummus and veggies to concert goers.

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Target To House Pret A Manger Natural Foods Restaurant

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 in Business, Food & Drink, Restaurants.

Pret A Manger

Target’s newest opening in downtown Chicago will feature a Pret A Manger, a small chain of nationally recognize restaurants that serve natural foods.

More prominent in the UK, Pret A Manger stores feature an in-house kitchen and bakery and a fresh selection of daily soups, salads, sandwiches and more.

A few of the vegetarian items listed on Chicago’s menu include Falafel, Avocado and Pine Nut Wrap and several fruit salads.

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Lady Gaga Meat Dress Born This Way Tour

Lady Gaga may have irked some vegetarians with any one of her several meat outfits, but during a trip to the Windy City, Gaga stopped by the Chicago Diner, home to some of the best vegetarian and vegan diner-style food.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Gaga ordered a black bean burger (aka The Black Mamba) from the Lakeview neighborhood restaurant. She later visited Karyn’s Cooked in River North on Friday for another plant-based meal.

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Venus Williams is the new proud franchise owner of a Jamba Juice.

The Daily Caller took time to interview the vegan tennis champ, where she expressed much excitement on her new entrepreneurial adventure.

“I can tell you I’m very excited to be a franchise owner,” Venus said. “For me, this is beyond my dreams. It supports the healthy, active lifestyle that I promote, so this is amazing.”

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