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GREEN THUMB | Plant-Based Eating is Taking the District by Storm

GREEN THUMB | Plant-Based Eating is Taking the District by Storm

By Nikhil Nelson September 29, 2022

If you’ve been out and about in Washington, D.C. this summer, you’ve probably noticed a recently opened plant-based eatery or vegan fast food spot in your neighborhood. From D.C. Vegan to PLANTA,...

Leo’s Mislabels Food as Vegan, Allergen-Free

Leo’s Mislabels Food as Vegan, Allergen-Free

By Akashdiya Chakraborty February 17, 2022

Multiple items at Leo J. O’Donovan Dining Hall, Georgetown University’s main dining location, are inaccurately labeled or fail to comply with dietary restrictions. Students noticed that Hoya Hospitality...

POULOS: Shift to Plant-Based Diet

POULOS: Shift to Plant-Based Diet

By Anne Poulos October 28, 2021

In 2016, a cow escaped from a slaughterhouse in New York City. Luckily, Freddie was sent to live happily in a New Jersey sanctuary. Unfortunately for everyone around me, however, Freddie’s story launched...

7 Ways To Treat Momma Earth Better on Her Special Day ♡

7 Ways To Treat Momma Earth Better on Her Special Day ♡

By Elizabeth Saunders and Elizabeth Saunders April 18, 2021

GIPHY In honor of Mother's Day. ... Wait no. ... In honor of Earth Day, here is a list of things you can be doing to celebrate your Mom! I mean Earth! Here are some things you can be doing to celebrate...

TAIM FALAFEL/INSTAGRAM | New York City-based Taïm Falafel opened a new location on Wisconsin Ave this week with a variety of vegetarian and vegan options.

NYC Falafel Chain Opens in Georgetown

By Dustin Hartuv September 6, 2019

Highly anticipated New York City falafel chain Taïm Falafel opened its first Washington, D.C. location on Wisconsin Avenue on Aug. 31. Israeli chefs Einat Admony and Stéfan Nafziger founded the first...

NATALIE ISÉ/THE HOYA Vegan chocolate chip cookies produced by Renewal Mill, a startup company run by Caroline Cotto (NHS 14), are now available for purchase at Vital Vittles.

Alumna-Run Startup Produces Vegan Cookies, Now Sold at Vital Vittles

By Victoria Gatopoulous November 13, 2018

Vital Vittles is now selling an environmentally sustainable, vegan chocolate chip cookie produced by an alumna’s startup company, Renewal Mill. Caroline Cotto (NHS ’14), who majored in health science...

MEATLESS MENUS: NuVegan Cafe’s Vegan Soul Food Is a Tasty Oxymoron

MEATLESS MENUS: NuVegan Cafe’s Vegan Soul Food Is a Tasty Oxymoron

By Prashant Desai October 11, 2018

I’ll admit I was skeptical of NuVegan Cafe at first. For one, the Georgia Avenue restaurant’s name, which sounds like it was plucked from a dystopian sci-fi novel, does it no favors. What’s more,...

Veggie Burgers That Bleed

Veggie Burgers That Bleed

By Prashant Desai September 16, 2018

Finding a good veggie burger is tough. No, it’s not impossible — gone are the days when the vegetarian options were limited to Boca and black bean burgers. However, the veggie burger has always been...

BAKE MY DAY: Going Vegan For Dummies

BAKE MY DAY: Going Vegan For Dummies

By Nina Young April 7, 2017

My spring fast this year was spiritual. People usually expect fasting to reflect a believer’s intention to inch closer to the beyond, God, in accordance to what many, including professor Ori Soltes,...

Living and Eating Like a Real Man

By Bryan Yuen April 29, 2016

“Since I am not a rabbit, no, I will not be eating salad,” remarked Ron Swanson, the loveable, rugged individualist from NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.” Sure, Swanson is a caricature. But aspects...

Your Best Friends at Georgetown

Your Best Friends at Georgetown

By Kat Vassell and Kat Vassell April 24, 2016

We've all heard of the "Georgetown Stereotype." I'm not so sure there's only one. I present to you some of the many characters of Georgetown: The SWUG (Senior Washed-Up Girl) In Training: No stranger...

POSTMODERN FOODS
M Street’s newest organic foods store hopes to transform the way people see nutrition by offering accessible and healthy alternative options.

Organic Food Store Aims to Inspire Healthy Diets

By Eleanor Tolf January 29, 2016

"Whole Foods meets McDonald’s"— that’s how Denise Hicks, the founder of the organic foods store Postmodern Foods, described her latest storefront. Located at 2920 M St. NW, the store is just over...

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