HappyCow

Formation| November 1999; 23 years ago (1999-11)
Founder| Eric Brent
Location|

* Santa Monica, California

Products| Restaurant guide, Travel guides, Recipes
Methods| Website, Mobile Apps
Fields| Vegetarianism, Veganism
Website| www.happycow.net

HappyCow is an online service that lists sources of vegan, vegetarian and healthy food.

## Contents

* 1 Background and content
* 2 Financing
* 3 Honours and awards
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Background and content

HappyCow was founded in 1999 as a world guide to vegetarian and vegan restaurants.[1][2][3] The crowd-sourced site contains listings of over 50,000 businesses in 180 countries and more than 140,000 reviews.[4] Restaurants are categorised as either vegan, vegetarian, or veg-friendly. The initial definition for veg-friendly was based on a minimum menu content being at least 60% vegetarian. This has since been modified into a more flexible set of guidelines based on the alternative availability of vegan food in the area. HappyCow's orientation has gravitated to be increasingly pro-vegan.

Other listings include health food shops, juice bars, vegan friendly accommodation, social and activity groups, catering operations and other entities with consideration for animal compassion. The website has forum and blog sections.[5]

The HappyCow YouTube channel was launched in 2012.

## Financing

Income generated is recycled into the running of the operation. Sources of website funding — now also IOS and Android apps — were and are advertisement, business sponsorship, and user contributions.[6] In 2014, The HappyCow Cookbook: Recipes from Top-Rated Vegan Restaurants around the World was published.

## Honours and awards

* Winner of eleven consecutive VegNews' Veggieawards as "Favorite Website" (most recently in 2017)[7]
* Top 50 vegetarian blogs 2012, awarded by the Institute for the Psychology of Eating[8]
* Top 100 vegetarian food websites, awarded by web100.com[9]

## References

1. ↑ "Find Vegan Food Anywhere With HappyCow". peta2.com. http://www.peta2.com/lifestyle/find-vegan-food-anywhere-with-happycow/. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
2. ↑ "Can you maintain a vegan diet while traveling? Yes, but it will take some strategizing.". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/can-you-maintain-a-vegan-diet-while-traveling-yes-but-it-will-take-some-strategizing/2016/03/29/19e08b68-ebbc-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
3. ↑ "Spain gets taste for greens as vegans, vegetarians and vegivores flourish". The Guardian. 13 October 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2014/oct/13/spain-taste-for-greens-vegans-vegetarians-flourish. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
4. ↑ Sporer, Tanja. "Endlich keine lange Sucherei mehr: Gratis-App zeigt vegane Restaurants in der Nähe" (in de). https://www.chip.de/news/Endlich-keine-lange-Sucherei-mehr-Gratis-App-zeigt-vegane-Restaurants-in-der-Naehe_183735963.html.
5. ↑ "The food apps helping you eat smarter and more sustainably" (in en). The Week Portfolio. https://www.theweek.co.uk/92903/the-food-apps-helping-you-eat-smarter-and-more-sustainably.
6. ↑ "App Smart Extra: Restricted Diets". New York Times. http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/app-smart-extra-restricted-diets/?_r=0. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
7. ↑ "Winners of the 2017 Veggie Awards". VegNews. http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=10295&catId=5. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
8. ↑ "Top 50 Vegetarian Blogs". Institute for the Psychology of Eating. http://psychologyofeating.com/top-50-vegetarian-blogs/. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
9. ↑ "Top 100 vegetarian food websites". web100.com. http://www.web100.com/category/food-100/vegetarian-food/. Retrieved September 29, 2016.

## External links

* v
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Veganism and vegetarianism

Perspectives|

| Veganism|

* Animal-free agriculture
* Fruitarianism
* History
* Juice fasting
* Low-carbon diet
* Raw veganism
* Nutrition
* Vegan organic gardening
* Vegan studies

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Vegetarianism|

* Economic vegetarianism
* Environmental vegetarianism
* History
* Lacto vegetarianism
* Orthopathy
* Ovo vegetarianism
* Ovo-lacto vegetarianism
* Cuisine
* Vegetarian Diet Pyramid
* Ecofeminism
* Nutrition
* By country

Lists|

* Vegetarians
* Vegans
* Vegetarian festivals
* Vegetarian organizations
* Vegetarian restaurants
* List of vegan media

Ethics|

| Secular|

* Animal rights
* Animal welfare
* Carnism
* Deep ecology
* Environmental vegetarianism
* Ethics of eating meat
* Meat paradox
* Nonviolence
* Sentientism
* Speciesism
* Tirukkural

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Religious|

* Buddhism
* Christianity
* Hinduism
* Sattvic
* Ahimsa
* Jainism
* Judaism
* Pythagoreanism
* Rastafari
* Sikhism

Food,
drink|

* Agar
* Agave nectar
* Coconut burger
* Coconut milk
* Fruits
* Grains
* cereals
* legumes
* Meat analogue
* List of meat substitutes
* Miso
* Mochi
* Mock duck
* Nutritional yeast
* Plant cream
* Plant milk
* Quinoa
* Quorn
* Seitan
* Soy yogurt
* Tempeh
* Tofu
* Tofurkey
* Cheese
* Vegepet
* Vegetables
* Hot dog
* Vegetarian mark
* Sausage
* Beer
* Wine
* Veggie burger

Groups
and events|

| Vegan|

* American Vegan Society
* Beauty Without Cruelty
* Food Empowerment Project
* Go Vegan
* Movement for Compassionate Living
* Our Hen House
* Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
* Plamil Foods
* Vegan Awareness Foundation
* Vegan flag
* Vegan Ireland
* Vegan Outreach
* Vegan Prisoners Support Group
* The Vegan Society
* Veganuary
* Veganz
* World Vegan Day

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Vegetarian|

* Boston Vegetarian Society
* Christian Vegetarian Association
* European Vegetarian Union
* French Vegetarian Society
* Hare Krishna Food for Life
* International Vegetarian Union
* Jewish Veg
* Meat-free days
* Meatless Monday
* Friday Fast
* Order of the Golden Age
* Swissveg
* Toronto Vegetarian Association
* Vegetarian Society
* Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
* Veggie Pride
* Viva! Health
* World Esperantist Vegetarian Association
* World Vegetarian Day

Companies|

* List of vegetarian and vegan companies

Books,
reports|

* An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty (1802)
* Return to Nature: Or a Defence of the Vegetable Regimen (1811)
* Vegetable Cookery (1812)
* A Vindication of Natural Diet (1813)
* Nature's Own Book (1835)
* Fruits and Farinacea (1845)
* Thirty-nine Reasons Why I Am a Vegetarian (1903)
* A Fleshless Diet (1910)
* The Benefits of Vegetarianism (1927)
* Ten Talents (1968)
* Diet for a Small Planet (1971)
* Moosewood Cookbook (1977)
* Fit for Life (1985)
* Diet for a New America (1987)
* The Sexual Politics of Meat (1990)
* Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (1997)
* The China Study (2004)
* Skinny Bitch (2005)
* Livestock's Long Shadow (2006)
* Eating Animals (2009)
* Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (2009)
* Meat Atlas (annual)

Films|

* Meet Your Meat (2002)
* Peaceable Kingdom (2004)
* Earthlings (2005)
* A Sacred Duty (2007)
* Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead (2010)
* Planeat (2010)
* Forks Over Knives (2011)
* Vegucated (2011)
* Live and Let Live (2013)
* Cowspiracy (2014)
* What the Health (2017)
* Carnage (2017)
* Dominion (2018)
* The Game Changers (2018)

Magazines|

* Naked Food
* Satya
* Vegetarian Times
* VegNews
* The Animals' Agenda

Academics,
physicians|

| Contemporary|

* Elisa Aaltola
* Carol J. Adams
* Martin Balluch
* Neal D. Barnard
* David Benatar
* Rynn Berry
* T. Colin Campbell
* Jan Deckers
* Sue Donaldson
* Mylan Engel
* Caldwell Esselstyn
* Gary L. Francione
* Joel Fuhrman
* Greta Gaard
* Michael Greger
* Oscar Horta
* Melanie Joy
* Michael Klaper
* Andrew Linzey
* John A. McDougall
* Reed Mangels
* Jack Norris
* Dean Ornish
* David Pearce
* Tom Regan
* Richard H. Schwartz
* Peter Singer
* David Sztybel
* Kim A. Williams
* Laura Wright

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Historical|

* Thomas Allinson
* William Axon
* Ernest Bell
* Maximilian Bircher-Benner
* Ernest Bonnejoy
* Lucius Duncan Bulkley
* J. L. Buttner
* Paul Carton
* George Cheyne
* Antonio Cocchi
* Charles W. Forward
* Narasinh Narayan Godbole
* Lewis Gompertz
* Edward Hare
* Philippe Hecquet
* Martin Luther Holbrook
* William Horsell
* Isaac Jennings
* John Harvey Kellogg
* William Lambe
* Elmer McCollum
* J. Howard Moore
* Francis William Newman
* Josiah Oldfield
* Rollo Russell
* Henry Stephens Salt
* Russell Thacher Trall
* Howard Williams

Related|

* Semi-vegetarianism
* Macrobiotic diet
* Pescetarianism
* Vegetarian and vegan dog diet
* Vegetarian and vegan symbolism
* List of vegan media

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