for instance, a committed vegan couple, thina izidora and jan carvalho, have helped veganism flourish in rio de janeiro - they have developed a number of culinary spaces, courses and events across the city, and even created the vegetarian social club in leblon, which is the first vegan and vegetarian a la carte eatery - additionally, they also opened the well-loved vegan vegan restaurant in botafogo, which is known to serve a delicious vegan feijoada.

there are also a number of food fairs in rio, promoting the awareness and consumption of well-sourced, organic produce -junta local is an organisation working to connect rural agricultural producers and local cooks with their consumers, in order to make the sources of food less obscure and concealed from the buyer.

the co-operative hosts fairs predominantly at comuna in botafogo, offering a wide spread of different fresh jams, oils, meals, salads and vegan delicacies - a festival that began in 2015 is the festival veggo - vegan fun fest, with editions typically being beach-sided in niterói.