Ben Hagerty is an essayist and travel writer for the website, It's Bree and Ben, which he co-founded with his wife, Bree Nemiroff. Since 2017, he and Brianne have visited and written about vegan businesses in more than 60 destinations throughout Canada and the U.S. In 2020, Ben and Bree relocated to Vancouver, BC, where he conducted his thesis project about vegan entrepreneurship in the neighborhoods of Kitsilano and Mt. Pleasant. The entirety of his project may be found in his academic blog series, Ben's Vegan Vancouver, located on his website.