
Using your business as activism: Naijha Wright-Brown
Naijha Wright-Brown is the co-founder of The Land of Kush vegan soul food bistro and executive director of the Black Veg Society.

Naijha Wright-Brown is the co-founder of The Land of Kush vegan soul food bistro and executive director of the Black Veg Society.

Jessica Goldthorpe runs a multi-award-winning vegan catering business that also teaches people that if you love sea life, then you shouldn’t be eating it.

Ngwafu Tansie chose the lockdown as the perfect time to launch her own vegan food delivery business in Manchester. Bringing together influences from Cameroon and the UK, Ngwafu shares her experience of quitting her job to build a vegan food business from the ground up.

When Justin and Natalie met, Justin was living in a garage after battling with alcohol addiction and Natalie was struggling with an unhealthy relationship with food. They would never have guessed they’d end up opening a vegan restaurant together in central London, with the mission to make plant-based food accessible and affordable to all.

James McInnes is the co-founder of Odd Burger vegan fast food chain in Ontario, Canada

Miami’s founder Tom Bursnall didn’t originally launch Miami Burger to make money. However they soon won an exclusive one year deal with Morrisons supermarket and a listing in Holland & Barrett. In this third in our series of scaling-up interviews, Tom shares Miami Food’s story of how they broke into large retailers.

Rebecca Ettridge is the owner of Wombat Café & Store, the Mornington Peninsula’s first 100% vegan café in Victoria, Australia, founded in 2016.

Natasha and Ed Tatton swapped the UK for British Columbia, opening a vegan organic sourdough bakery in a Canadian mountain resort village. Lisa talks to Natasha of BReD about their adventure of opening a plant-based bakery in the Whistler mountains, winning over the locals and what it’s like running a business with your partner!

Doron Petersan, owner of Sticky Fingers and Fare Well vegan eateries in Washington, D.C.
