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Why are some of the world’s best athletes telling their teammates and competitors to try a vegan diet for a week? Because we launched The Very Good Athlete Challenge to smash the stereotype that plant-based diets cannot support active lifestyles. These high-performance athletes prove that if this can work for them, it can work for anyone. Who’s on our bean team? Participants include: Hannah Teter, Olympic gold and silver medalist in snowboarding, three-time Olympian, seven-time XGames medalist, World Cup champion Meagan Duhamel, Olympic gold, silver, and bronze medalist in figure skating, two-time World Champion, seven-time Canadian Champion Heather Mitts, three-time...

Alex Morgan, a U.S. women’s soccer player, told USA Today, “I never thought it was possible I could be playing at an elite level as a professional athlete with a plant-based diet.” Now, the soccer star is doing all kinds of kicks and leaps on vegan food alone. More professional athletes are turning to a plant-based diet to support their super active, kick-ass performance lifestyles. What makes them do this? A whole bunch of reasons, so let’s dive into why! Performance Athletes are always looking for the best way to beat out the competition. Plant-based diets are naturally higher...

Did you know that detergents and household cleaning products may have up to 5 to 10 animal products in them? Expert label-readers catch a lot, but even the labels don’t tell it all. There are many ingredients in all consumables (food, cleaning products, soaps, etc) that you may not know are secretly animal products. There’s a fine-line between “organic products” and “vegan products” that a lot of major brands don’t give full transparency around. Try it for yourself. Pick up a cleaning product in your house and look for some of the most commonly-found animal products in cleaning products: Caprylic...

Ana Silva has recently joined The Very Good Food Company as a people-focused leader to unlock our collective potential. She's here, like us, to change the way the world eats, and secure a long-term global food supply.