Vegans Explore

Good people build incredible things. Almost nobody can find them.

Since 2016 we’ve worked alongside hundreds of Vegan businesses, nonprofits, and events. Vegans Explore exists to close that gap: one home base to connect every city, every cuisine, every community, so nobody in this movement has to build alone.

What’s been missing

The home our community never had.

Our community has done incredible things with whatever tools were around. What’s been missing is the infrastructure: one place to organize, find each other, and grow, built for us from the start.

That’s what we’re building, and we get to build it together.

Your city, right now

Here’s what’s already here.

  • The Pulse: hundreds of local community stories, the things you’d usually hear about a week too late
  • Real ways to get involved in your city, right now
  • A Directory of Vegan and Vegan-friendly places
  • A hub for your city, and your own dashboard with AI Guides to help you find your way

Not someday. Today.

Show up in person

A screen is where you find each other. A room is where it sticks.

  • Community Nights, our in-person events, starting in South Florida this fall
  • Every city built by a Community Manager, a real person who knows the local scene
  • South Florida first, then Orlando and New York, then Los Angeles

More than 500 events hosted and backed since 2016. People don’t need convincing. They need a place to show up.

The Community Board

Ask your city. Find who can help.

We’re creating solutions that help us organize, communicate, grow, and experience the Vegan lifestyle together. The Community Board is one of them: one place in your city to ask, offer, and find who can help.

  • Post a request or an offer to your city, and find it again later
  • Check someone’s profile before you trust them
  • Report anything that doesn’t feel right, and your city’s Community Manager looks at it
See the Board

Straight up

Unfinished on purpose.

This isn’t finished, and that’s on purpose. I believe brands launch before they’re finished, and founding members are the ones who help fund building them.

You’re not waiting on a finished product. You’re the ones who decide what this becomes.

Your founding seat

Take your founding seat.

Your Passport $11, one time

It comes with 1,100 welcome points, enough for your first Guide. Vote for the places you love, post and reply on the Community Board, join your city and build your Vegan world from your dashboard. Points come from what you do: Bounties, competitions and taking part in the community. It never renews.

  • 1See what the Passport opens
  • 2Create your account
  • 3Get your Passport, $11
Take my founding seat One time. It never renews.
Show me my city first

Run a Vegan business? See Partners · Want to lead your city? Become a Community Manager

Common questions

Is it a subscription?

No. Founding Membership is one contribution, one time, and it never renews. It is your Passport. It comes with 1,100 welcome points. After that you buy only what you want: Guides ($11 or 1,100 points), merchandise and event tickets.

Why is there no free membership?

You can look around the Directory, the Pulse, the communities and the Board without an account. Joining is how you take part: posting, replying, voting and reaching people directly. Your contribution is how we grow and keep this running.

Is my contribution a donation?

No. It is a membership contribution to Vegans Explore, not a tax-deductible donation.

What do points do?

You earn points by taking part: Bounties, competitions and what you do in the community and on the site. Points unlock Guides (1,100 points each), let you talk with your Guide and give the places you love a boost. Every purchase earns a 25-point thank-you, and points are never bought. Your level, 1 to 3, comes from the points you have earned.

How does checkout work?

Checkout is secure through Stripe, and Stripe emails your receipt. Your Passport and your 1,100 welcome points are added as soon as the payment goes through.