Forks Over Knives
American whole-food plant-based media brand, born from the 2011 documentary film and now publishing recipes, a magazine, meal plans, and cookbooks.
Forks Over Knives is an American whole-food plant-based media brand founded around the 2011 documentary film of the same name, directed by Lee Fulkerson and produced by Brian Wendel. The film argued that most chronic Western diseases could be prevented or reversed through a whole-food plant- based diet, citing the research of T. Colin Campbell and Caldwell Esselstyn.
Why it matters
The 2011 film was one of the most widely viewed documentaries on plant-based diets of the 2010s and is credited with driving many households to a plant- based pattern in the decade following its release. The brand has since expanded into a publishing business covering recipes, a print-and-digital magazine, meal-planning services, cookbooks, and online courses, all built on a whole-food plant-based standard that excludes animal products and minimizes processed foods.
Product range
Recipe library, Forks Over Knives print magazine, Forks Meal Planner (weekly plant-based meal plans), cooking and nutrition courses, podcast, cookbooks, and a streaming catalogue including the follow-up film What the Health.
Editorial standard
Forks Over Knives’ recipes and recommendations are plant-based — no meat, dairy, or eggs — and additionally avoid added oils, refined flour, and added sugar in most of their published content. That makes the brand a subset of vegan content overall, closer in dietary practice to the whole-food plant-based tradition.