Vegan CNY: Advocating for Non-Human Animals – Supporting the Advocacy Community

Vegan CNY is your resource for vegan news, local events, local organizations, restaurant reviews, and vegan friendly businesses here in Central New York, including Syracuse, Cortland, Utica, Rome, Auburn, Ithaca areas. We are a small team, so if you have anything vegan related you would like to share, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

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Vegan After Work

Vegan After Work events are generally on weekday evenings once per month. We try to rotate which day of the week they are held. A casual drop in/out at an establishment in/around Syracuse. We partner with local establishments who offer vegan items on their menu and often they will create additional vegan specials or a vegan menu for the night!

Dec 15, 2019 - VeganCNY Social: Angry Garlic (Baldwinsville)

Vegan CNY’s Year In Review

by Jim Thompson | December 29, 2019 | Local Events, Local Vegans, News, Restaurant Reviews, Vegan Businesses | 0 Comments

In a lot of ways, 2019 was rough. Kids in cages. Toxic tweets. The lowest of low-brow politics. Shootings. The Amazon on fire. Everything else on fire. Resurgent anti-Semitism. Bigotry and misogyny on full display. A growing gulf between the haves and...

The House Passed PACT

by Jim Thompson | November 2, 2019 | News, Opinion | 0 Comments

Last week, following the US House of Representatives unanimous vote passing the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, I was asked what I thought about the law. Truth is, when I was asked, I had no idea what I thought about it. I'd heard some vague buzz about it,...

Out and About in Ithaca

by Jim Thompson | September 19, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Every year my son and I go camping. It gives us a chance to get away, just the two of us, spend some time together, hang out, talk. Every year, we pack up the tent, the hammock, some junk food, and we head to Watkins Glen. We camp, we make make vegan s'mores, we hike...

On the Amazon – A Rough Collection of Thoughts

by Theresa Stowell | August 25, 2019 | News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

A collection of pieces, information and thoughts on the most recent attention to the health of our Earth... On Reducing/Eliminating Products from Cows For those that have struggled with eliminating animal products from their lives for ethical reasons, the Amazon is a...

Mom’s Diner

by Jim Thompson | August 1, 2019 | Restaurant Reviews | 0 Comments

I imagine I've walked by Mom's Diner-- the little place on the corner of Westcott and Harvard-- at least a thousand times. Mom's sits next to Recess Coffee, across the street from Alto Cinco and the Westcott Theater, right down the street from the Real Food Co-op,...

Stout Beard Brewing Co – Westcott Chill Spot with Character

by Jenna Holakovsky | June 19, 2019 | Restaurant Reviews | 0 Comments

The Experience Supporting local businesses is a strong value for most Syracuse natives and the guys behind Stout Beard Brewing Co. are no exception. From brewing beer to cooking up food, Stout is comprised of New York State and Onondaga Grown ingredients. They...

Navigating Easter as a Vegan

by Emily Doucet | May 26, 2019 | Local Vegans, Tips and Tricks | 0 Comments

Holidays can be difficult to navigate as a vegan, especially if the majority of people at your celebrations are omnivores. So many of the big holidays revolve around a meal where meat is the featured dish, and Easter is no exception. With a little creativity and...

Not So Happy Eggs: Humane Myth of Backyard Chickens

by Ashley Snyder | May 26, 2019 | Education, Local Vegans | 0 Comments

Most of us know about the cruelty of factory farming in the egg industry -- Chickens are crammed into small wire cages where they are unable to move around, their beaks are cut without anesthesia so they don't peck at each other from being stressed, they're sent to...

Habiba’s Ethiopian Kitchen – Northside Gem

by Jenna Holakovsky | April 23, 2019 | Restaurant Reviews | 0 Comments

The Experience The first time I had the opportunity to enjoy Habiba’s Ethiopian food was through My Luck Tummy. Those who are not familiar, My Lucky Tummy is a pop-up food court that hosts Refugees and New Americans in Syracuse as guest chefs, bringing more flavor to...

Earth Mix – A Superfood Formula by Vibrational Elixirs

by Jim Thompson | April 10, 2019 | Vegan Businesses | 0 Comments

The other day, I had a chance to sit down with Mike Russo to talk about his business, Vibrational Elixirs. As a long-time fan of Vibrational Elixirs’ Earth Mix products, I was curious to learn more about how the business came to be. Mike, whom I’d met at various vegan...