It’s on! Since 2014, “Veganuary” has inspired and supported millions of people to try eating vegan, with participants from almost every country in the world. Join in here to get the resources, support, and encouragement you need!
Here at UofL, we want to make it easy for you to find delicious plant-based options all over campus! Below are some options available at UofL Dining locations that are completely free of animal products and the associated suffering, ecological and climate destruction, and threats to human health:
Heirloom at the Ville Grill
Heirloom is a fresh, made to order vegan station.
This station offers a variety of different options every day that have plant-based proteins, nuts, seeds, grains, and legumes.
Look around the Ville Grill to find our Vegan dining icons on the menu boards!
And remember that the Ville Grill is generally the most sustainable place to eat on campus because it is where you will find the most locally-sourced items and because it is a zero waste facility with no single-use disposable items, where you can eat on real plates with real silverware or grab a reusable to-go container (and they’ll do the dishes for you!) and any waste is either composted or recycled.
Vegan Options at other Campus Retail Locations
Subway: white bread, nine grain wheat bread, veggie delight sandwich (no cheese), all veggie toppings, oven-baked potato chips, sunchips
Starbucks: all teas, any hot/iced beverage made with soy, coconut, oat, or almond milk, fruit cup, everything bagel, plain bagel, cinnamon raisin bagel
Chick-Fil-A: cool wrap (no chicken), fruit cup, grilled market salad (no chicken), waffle fries, raspberry vinaigrette, light Italian dressing
Panda Express: eggplant tofu, steamed white rice, chow mein, super greens, veggie spring rolls
Einstein Bros Bagels: all bagels (excluding asiago, cinnamon sugar, French toast, and honey whole wheat), hummus, kettle chips, soy milk, peanut butter and jelly spread
Freshens: maui mango smoothie, enter the dragon smoothie, tropical therapy smoothie, while strawberry smoothie, bangin’ berry smoothie, acai energy smoothie, goin’ green smoothie, mango me smoothie, Caribbean craze smoothie
Make Your Own!
If you're preparing meals at home on a budget, here are some tips for super-healthy vegan options that don't require expensive, highly-processed meat substitutes!
And, while there are dozens of great reasons to reduce the amount of animal products in your diet, we’ll leave you with this one graph summarizing the positive impacts on the planet of eating lower on the food chain. Happy eating!
