Stephanie McClain is a NYC-based writer and fashion stylist. She has been plant-based for nearly two years. Her hobbies include vintage shopping, hiking and hanging out with her rescue cat Silky.
Stephanie McClain
5 Simple, Affordable Plant-Based Dinners That Your Family Will Love
One of your goals this year is probably to eat more plant-based. If you're trying to feed your family plant-forward meals that are equally as delicious as they are affordable, you've come to the right place. Eating plant-based is actually more cost-effective than eating a meat-filled diet, with a re…
Vegan Meals Cost 40 Percent Less Than Ones That Include Meat, Study Finds
To add to our ever-growing list of reasons you should transform your diet to be more plant-based, a new study has found that vegan meals cost on average 40 percent less than ones that include meat and dairy. Conducted by the UK-based organization Veganuary, the study reviewed 11,000 weekly food diar…
Chopped Winner Chef Ed Harris Wants to Help You Eat More ‘Veganish’
Chef Ed Harris of Food Network's Chopped and Iron Chef International fame is bringing a new approach to his creations, dosing his dishes with a hefty helping of plants in his new cookbook Veganish. Harris, who studied culinary at the Art Institute of New York City and built his resumé at iconic rest…
Japan Pledges to Be Carbon-Neutral by the Year 2050
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged to transform the country carbon-neutral by the year 2050, following a similar promise from China a few weeks ago. The new prime minister is differentiating himself from his predecessor former PM Shinzō Abe who had passed previous leg…
Bodybuilder Jon Venus Tells Fans He Has Returned to a Plant-Based Diet
Bodybuilder Jon Venus made headlines this summer after ditching veganism in favor of an omnivorous diet. Now, Venus is back in the spotlight again after making a YouTube video titled "I am Sorry," where he apologizes to his fans for his self-described 'cringy&ap…
Court Rejects Meat Lobby’s Attack on Farm Animal Protection Law, Prop 12
Today, in a victory for animal advocates everywhere, the U.S. Court of appeals for the 9th circuit rejected an attack by meat industry lobbyists who sought to strike down as unconstitutional California's Proposition 12, passed in 2018, which not only bans the raising of farm animals in cages in Cali…
The Dalai Lama Encourages a Switch to Vegetarianism on World Animal Day
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is encouraging his followers around the globe to adopt a vegetarian diet in an effort to alleviate suffering on World Animal Day, which took place this past Sunday, October 4th. In a recorded message, the Buddhist leader said, "It is very useful to prom…
Lenny Kravitz on Being Fit at 56: Eat Raw Vegan and Grow Most of Your Own Food
Vegans can add another name to their star-studded celebrity roster, which includes the likes of Ariana Grande, Joaquin Phoenix, Forest Whitaker, RZA, and more: Grammy-award winning musician Lenny Kravitz has just revealed that he is vegan, eats 'primarily raw' meals, and grows m…
Check Out The Beet Editors’ Favorite Plant-Based Favorites of the Week
At The Beet, our editors are always trying out new, innovative plant-based products in order to give our readers the best possible recommendations. There's always something exciting stocked in our fridges, cabinets and pantries, and we thought we would show you what products…
UK Government Asked to Take Meat Off of the Menu at School Cafeterias
Kids should not eat meat at school, but be fed a diet of vegetables, fruits and legumes, That's the goal of Greenpeace UK, PETA and Meat Free Monday, founded by Sir Paul McCartney, who have teamed up to ask the British government to take meat off of cafeteria menus at all schools…