I'm thinking about a career change to the culinary arts, but I am vegan and my research has led me to conclude that there isn't much in the way of good vegan schools in the U.S. I'm in Los Angeles and I was surprised not to find anything like this here.

Does the CIA have any kind of program addressing vegetarian cooking? I couldn't handle using meat, and even dairy would be a hard sell for me. I know the Natural Gourmet school in NYC uses poultry and seafood in their so-called vegetarian program.

thanks for any information/input you can provide,
-Brett