Qty | Response |
107 | I don't / only online / I don't know any other vegans / my private journey |
88 | Internet or online |
60 | chance / luck / coincidence / daily life / same way I meet all humans |
55 | Local Veg/Vegan Society or Groups and their events |
48 | Local Vegan Meet-ups using www.meetup.com (not a dating site) |
44 | Local Animal Rights Activism Groups |
34 | Friends/friends of friends. |
32 | Events; free food fairs, animal rights/liberation events, expos, festivals |
27 | Activism; grass roots activism, vegan campaigning, animal activism |
27 | I don't actively seek out vegans, not a concern, don't have time |
26 | Monty Vegan Potlucks/meetings/parties and gatherings |
23 | On-line Forums/message boards/on-line groups |
22 | Vegan restaurants, café's, eateries |
20 | Local social organized events/picnics, networking, vegan dinner clubs/groups |
15 | Vegan/Animal Rights events/functions/meetings, animal galas/workshops |
12 | Internet-based communities/social networking sites/groups |
11 | Through the 'blogging world' 'vegan blogs' 'responders to my blogs' |
10 | At work, through friends at work, my boss is vegan |
10 | Facebook |
10 | Starting a vegan group/club / I'm an organizer, so they find me |
10 | Volunteering/Visiting Farm Sanctuaries, volunteering for animal rescue groups |
9 | Volunteering for S.A.F.E. (Save Animals from Exploitation) SAFE shop/events |
9 | Protests / demos / outreach / hunt sabbing |
8 | Advertising that your vegan to stimulate conversation; message shirts, tattoos |
8 | At University/college clubs/groups, University Vegan Soc. or animal rights club |
8 | Health Food Stores, Organic Shops, local organic co-op |
7 | Yahoo Groups / veg parenting yahoo group / 3county vegan yahoo group etc. |
7 | I don't meet them / I make them / I change the mindset of non-vegans |
7 | Veggie Romance site / Veggie Date site / online dating |
7 | Hardcore Music scene / Hardcore Punk Rock Shows / alternative music fans |
6 | Vegan Freak's Forum |
5 | By being out there with one's veganism; ordering vegan meals, etc. |
5 | Joining or through EarthSave |
5 | Boston Vegan Association |
5 | An internet chat group called Veganz in New Zealand |
5 | Word of Mouth or Through the Grapevine |
4 | Veget/Vegan Society of Queensland, and it's events |
4 | Houston's; Society of Peace organization and it's events |
4 | Through web sites, through our web site |
4 | Yoga class, meditation, dance |
4 | N.A.V.S. Vegetarian 'Summerfest' (North American Vegetarian Society) |
4 | MySpace (online) |
4 | Volunteer or do internship at FARM SANCTUARY/Farm Sanctuary Hoe Down |
4 | Go to Vegan Places; Go to the Bay Area, Go to vegan stores, restaurants, events |
4 | www.veganworld.com; a social networking site |
4 | Vegan Preschoolers group/Homeschoolers/in the home education community |
4 | Teaching vegan cooking classes, through my work as a vegan chef |
4 | I work for an animal welfare organization or a trust; so I meet them at work |
3 | Vegan Cooking Classes (going to them) |
3 | St. Louis Animal Rights Team |
3 | Through my work with animal legislation |
3 | Viva! United Kingdom and their events |
3 | Farmer's Markets |
3 | Whole Foods Marketplaces |
3 | Jain Vegans / Jain Vegan Groups on-line / Jain Vegan Yahoo Groups |
3 | London Vegans Group |
3 | I own/run a vegan café/restaurant; I own a vegan store; so I meet them daily |
3 | National campaigning programs, Nationwide/National events |
3 | Cycling, running, by having ultra-cycling fitness |
3 | Boston Vegetarian Food Festival (Boston Vegetarian Association) |
3 | Salem (Massachusetts) Vegan Society |
2 | Left wing political groups, at left-wing 'green' type of events |
2 | Through my talks and lectures |
2 | Vegan websites |
2 | Houston Vegan Meetup group |
2 | Veganetsy team on Etsy.com |
2 | Through environmental campaigning activism |
2 | Post Punk Kitchen Forums |
2 | www.cruelty-free.com |
2 | P.E.T.A. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) |
2 | AZVegan.com; Arizona Vegan Group |
2 | Go to the Spiral Diner; vegan restaurant in Ft. Worth Texas |
2 | Vegan Society of New South Wales and their events |
2 | St. Louis Vegetarian Society and their potlucks |
2 | Through my writing / responses to my writing |
2 | www.IndianVegan.com |
2 | They come to / I live in THE TREE OF LIFE center, Patagonia Arizona |
1 | Through the web site: www.IsawEarthlings.com |
1 | www.vegweb.com |
1 | Compassionate Cooks with Colleen Patrick Godreau/ 'every day dish' |
1 | Vegan-a-Go-Go |
1 | Cosmos Vegan Shoppe storefront and on-line store/blog |
1 | www.veggieconnections.com |
1 | www.veganforce.com |
1 | New South Wales Vegan Society monthly dinners |
1 | Through the many activities of the San Francisco Vegetarian Society |
1 | I attended WORLD VEGAN DAY in Melbourne, Australia |
1 | I started a social group (www.vegansunite.org.au) |
1 | Bristol Vegan Fayre - United Kingdom |
1 | Craig's List (an online site for ads) |
1 | D.C. Vegetarian Society |
1 | New Zealand Vegetarian Society |
1 | Animal Action - New Zealand |
1 | Swansea Vegans |
1 | Vegetarian Society of E. Tennessee |
1 | Vegan Outreach and their events www.veganoutreach.org |
1 | Austin Texas's huge living food community |
1 | Manchester Vegan Society - United Kingdom |
1 | Manchester Vegetarian and Vegan Group |
1 | Stockport Vegetarians and Vegans |
1 | WorldFest Event in Los Angeles, California |
1 | Queensland Vegetarian Society Forum |
1 | Houston's Vegan World Radio Show |
1 | I go to Sublime Vegan Restaurant in Ft. Lauderdale |
1 | Seventh Day Adventist Church, North Canterbury |
1 | Try Vegan PDX; a vegan outreach group in Portland, OR USA |
1 | Sacramento Vegetarian Society |
1 | Vegan groups like VegKC (Kansas City) |
1 | Vegetarians and Vegans Australia |
1 | Animal People Blog |
1 | At the animal op-shop (second-hand store) |
1 | My Buddhist community |
1 | Healthy Planet of Brevard (vegan dining outs, picnics, speakers, etc.) |
1 | Arizona State University's west campus's Animal Welfare Association |
1 | Arizona Animal Rights group http://animalrights.meetup.com/232/ |
1 | Ft. Worth Vegetarian Society |
1 | Christian Vegetarian Association |
1 | Brief interactions when shopping at the vegan grocery store in Portland, OR. |
1 | Through working at the Greens, Oxfam |
1 | Kimberton Whole Foods in Pennsylvania; great place! |
1 | Rochester Area Vegetarian Society |
1 | Weekly dinner at Peninsula Macrobiotic Community |
1 | Similar interest groups; a lot of vegans are political and environmentally aware |
1 | Through email and through my vegan directory and activist network |
1 | At Dr. Will Tuttle's World Peace Diet retreats |
1 | At anarchist gatherings |
1 | Through my website: www.VeganCoach.com |
1 | Vegetarian Tasmania |
1 | Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania |
1 | Christchurch (New Zealand) Vegetarian Centre |
1 | At www.cultureoflifecommunity.com |
1 | Food Not Bombs |
1 | Mid-Hudson Vegetarian Society |
1 | I'm the Swindon Vegan contact |
1 | Vegan Fitness site's forum |
1 | I own Sacred Show Vegan Bistro in New York City |
1 | At the local vegan café; The Forest, in Queensland, Australia |
1 | N. Herts Vegetarians and Vegans - United Kingdom |
1 | Herts Vegan Group - U.K. |
1 | Compassionate Future Vegan/Vegetarian Parents Group (on yahoo groups) |
1 | NJ Veg Social (New Jersey) |
1 | Indian Vegans Group (online community) on www.orkut.com |
1 | Cleveland (Ohio) Veganz group |
1 | VVF - U.K. |
1 | Toronto Vegetarian Food Fair |
1 | Animal Liberation Victoria functions |
1 | I volunteer at Seattle's Vegan Store: Sidecar for Pigs |
1 | I founded Vegan Voices (Santa Rosa, CA.) |
1 | Through work at FRIENDS OF ANIMALS |
1 | I worked at In Defense of Animals as vegan campaign coordinator |
1 | Scottish Vegans Group |
1 | Delaware Action for Animals |
1 | Vegetarian S. Adelaide meetings |
1 | Vegan Festival in South Adelaide, Australia |
1 | New Haven Vegan Meetup |
1 | (Community Supported Agriculture) Farm |
1 | I co-run the South African Vegan Society |
1 | Animal Liberation Queensland, Australia |
1 | Vegan Campaigns - U.K. |
1 | We travel and meet vegans & have travelling vegans stay with us |
1 | I see vegan clients |
1 | Through my work as a best-selling author on Vegan Nutrition (Becoming Vegan) |
1 | Through non-profits promoting vegan diet |
1 | Events like 'Living without Cruelty' and 'London Vegan Festival' |
1 | Through church and a church program called CHIP |
1 | Arizona Vegetarian Society |
1 | Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition E-mails |
1 | Unitarians for the Ethical Treatment of Animals |
1 | EarthSave Canada |
1 | PAWS - People Animal Welfare Society, Australia |
1 | Veg4Life monthly potlucks/meetings in Gainesville, Florida |
1 | www.vegefide.com |
1 | Through volunteering for Liberation B.C. (British Columbia) |
1 | F.A.R.M.'s Animal Rights conferences; lots of vegans there |
1 | VEGAN MAILING LIST; website of David Weseloph, Ph.D. |
1 | Our sanctuary does tabling at events: www.rooterville.org |
1 | MARC animal rights group in Boston area |
1 | Animal Acres, California |
1 | www.veganculinaryexperience.com |
1 | at work; Spork Foods |
1 | VeganBodyBuilding.com forum |
1 | Through animal activism online / banning horse slaughter |
1 | I search for them |
1 | I belong to N. E. Essex Vegans; very few who come to the meetings are vegan. |
1 | I am the executive director of EarthSave International; I am surrounded by vegans. |
1 | I hold events monthly called Ambrosia Ambiance, which brings musicians, poets and artists to vegan-friendly restaurants. |