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Veg Dating
by Moira Nordholt, VegNews
The Internet is a virtual hotbed of vegetarian singles websites that boast inspiring success stories of happy couples who've found veggie love online. Many people have memberships with several sites. Here are some of the most popular:
executivevegetariandating.com offers personalized one-on-one service based on traditional matchmaking techniques intended for serious professional individuals who are searching for a friendship, relationship, committed or lifetime partner, or marriage.
greenfriends.com "where vegetarian friends and singles feel at home," touts itself as the "best place in the world" to find both platonic friendships and romance.
greensingles.com one of the first green-dating sites on the Internet, lists personal ads for progressive singles in the environmental, vegetarian, and animal rights communities and for those who love the outdoors, holistic living, personal growth, and spirituality.
veganmeetup.com has more than 9,000 members differentiated by category---straight edge, raw foodists, and environmentalists among them---and includes listings in major cities for a variety of vegetarian events and gatherings.
veggieconnection.comhas about 10,000 members from all over the world. With hundreds of new members each month, Veggie Connection was voted "top spot to find a veggie mate" in the 2005 VegNews Veggie Awards.
veggiedate.com provides a dating service for vegetarians, raw foodists, macrobiotics, Adventists, Bahais, Taoists, Scientologists, Buddhists, and Hindus. More than 16,000 ads are posted on this site, which offers a free two-week trial.
veggielove.com is a vegetarian-owned and -operated singles community where "single vegetarians, vegans, raw foodists, and others who seek and value a plant-based diet can meet and network for friendship, dating, marriage, and the exchange of information and ideas."
Source: VegNews - March/April 2006