
Green Earth Travel: Almost 30 years of organising vegan travel and tours
Donna Zeigfinger launched Green Earth Travel LLC in 1997 as one of the first vegan and eco-friendly travel agencies. The big surprise? Many of her travellers are not vegan.

Donna Zeigfinger launched Green Earth Travel LLC in 1997 as one of the first vegan and eco-friendly travel agencies. The big surprise? Many of her travellers are not vegan.

Rebecca uses her extensive knowledge of food and locations to make travel simple for vegans.

Meet the former airline pilot who is changing the safaris industry in southern Africa.

Yumfu’s founder, Callum Weir, is a certified plant-based nutritionist but also a ‘digital nomad’. Lisa catches up with Callum to find out the realities of running a company from the road, and asks if you can successfully combine business and travel.

Muse Music & Love Cafe seems like a typical small cafe, nestled in the Yorkshire market town of Hebden Bridge. But through the doors you will find a love of vinyl records, great coffee and a passion for the vegan cause. Lisa catches up with owners Lou and Paul Blacklock to discover the realities of running your own vegan café.

Following a successful career as a commercial airline pilot, JC De Klerk returned to Africa with a mission to make his home country of Namibia more welcoming to vegan travellers. Lisa talks with JC about taking vegans to see the wonders of Africa by light aircraft.

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.

Travelling can always cause a worry for vegans without local knowledge of where to find good plant-based food. Lisa talks to Emma Fry about how she took her love of adventure, food and touring the world to create her Vegan Adventure Holidays business, and how she kept the business alive during a pandemic.

It’s not just vegan products or foods that need to be sure they can claim they are vegan. In this second of this two part article, Lisa looks at the vegan hospitality and service sector and how you can make sure your business can fairly claim to be cruelty-free.
