We sit down with Cherise from Vegan in NJ and talk about her popular vegan website, Vegan in NJ and how she has been able to build a thoughtful and also huge community on and offline.

Nitro Beverage Co to talk about their vegan coffee business, talks about the new products they plan to launch this year and lets know what flavor coffee is going to power us through all the vegan pop up shops this summer at Asbury Park's Convention Hall.

They will also be at the vegan pop up shop at Morristown's Laundromat Bar on Sunday, February 25, so be sure to stop by and fill up your growlers!

We sit down with Teeminder owner, Anoop Kondavaty and learn what every day event prompted him to launch Teeminer, an organic and vegan clothing line.

We joined by Barbara Sitomer, owner of Gone Pie Vegan Bakery and Kathy Fox, co-owner of Fanciful Fox and learn about how they got started and what their plans are for their vegan businesses in the future.

We talk with Doris Lin and Susan Russell from the Animal Protection League of New Jersey about deer, the New Jersey bear hunt and leg hold traps.

In our second episode, we talk with Laura Warne of New Jersey's Creature Comforts Stationery about how Creature Comforts Stationery evolved in becoming a business, how sales of most popular item clues her into what's happening in daily news and what she hopes for for the future.

You can find Laura & Creature Comfort Stationery on Etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CreatureComfortsNYC

The first episode of Vegan Booster Club with New Jersey VegFest founders Marisa Sweeney and Kendra Arnold along with Ming Chen from a Shared Universe Podcast Studio. We talk about how and whywe started the New Jersey VegFest, our mission to support small vegan businesses and where where are going.