We cover the world through a vegan lens.
The Chomp is an independent vegan publication covering animals, food, science, culture, products, people, and the rapidly changing plant-based world.
We believe animals are individuals, that the way humans treat them matters, and that the stories surrounding food deserve more scrutiny than they often receive.
We also believe advocacy is strongest when the facts are solid.
That means we take research seriously. We link to sources. We distinguish association from causation. We correct mistakes. And when a scientific paper or news story is more complicated than a headline can capture, we try to give readers the context that matters.
But The Chomp isn’t pretending to have no point of view.
We’re vegan. We’re pro-animal. And we’re interested in what the facts mean—not just what they say.
Our coverage ranges from new scientific research and animal cognition to rescues, plant-based products, nutrition, industry news, cultural debates, celebrity stories, and the successes and failures shaping the vegan movement.
Sometimes the stories are encouraging.
Sometimes they’re uncomfortable.
Sometimes they’re funny.
All of them are part of the same bigger conversation about animals, food, and the choices we make.
Facts first. Perspective included.
That’s The Chomp.
About the Founder
The Chomp was founded by Ben Bailey, an entrepreneur, food maker, and longtime digital publisher.
Before launching The Chomp as a vegan publication, Ben built and operated consumer brands and manufacturing businesses, giving him firsthand experience with many of the things we cover here: food production, ingredients, product development, manufacturing, branding, retail, and the realities of building a consumer food company.
But The Chomp didn’t begin as a business idea.
It came from a change in perspective.
Ben went vegan after confronting a disconnect that became increasingly difficult to ignore: he had always cared deeply about animals while continuing to participate in a food system that treated many of those same animals as products.
Going vegan made that contradiction much harder to look away from.
And over time, something else changed. The more distance he put between himself and eating animals, the easier it became to see animals as individuals rather than categories: cows, pigs, chickens, dogs, and other animals each experiencing the world in their own way.
That perspective eventually became central to The Chomp.
The publication combines Ben’s experience in food and consumer products with a simple editorial conviction:
Animals matter. Facts matter. And you shouldn’t have to choose between the two.