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Seitan Rising Is Fighting Capitalism One Vegan Sandwich At A Time

The employee-owned cafe opened during the pandemic and asks: “How are we going to be vegan and liberate animals if people are also oppressed?”

Seitan Rising Is Fighting Capitalism One Vegan Sandwich At A Time

Seitan Rising Is Fighting Capitalism One Vegan Sandwich At A Time

The employee-owned cafe opened during the pandemic and asks: “How are we going to be vegan and liberate animals if people are also oppressed?”

Seitan Rising Is Fighting Capitalism One Vegan Sandwich At A Time
“Keep it gay and keep it against capitalism,” Christina Verna said, when asked if there was any sort of mission statement for Seitan Rising, a café that opened on Morgan Avenue last August. The business is owned and run by four women: Verna, Amanda Fox, Cheyanne Willis, and Lars Varley. The food knocks and, like the employee-owners, happens to be vegan.

Seitan Rising was born from the combination of two Brooklyn food businesses: Seitan’s Helper , a deli meat-substitute company started by Fox, and Pisces Rising , a vegan bakery started by Varley…

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