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The popularity of vegan milk is contributing to the decline of dairy sales: USDA Report
The upsurge in sales of vegan milks is contributing to dairy sales decline according to a USDA report.
Biden urged to promote plant-based diet
Doctors from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine want the Biden presidency to end animal agriculture to protect the environment.
Walmart funding Amazon deforestation by stocking JBS meat products
Walmart, among other big name stores, found to be stocking meat from Brazilian meat company linked to Amazon deforestation.
Mark Bittman says we need to change the way we see food
Interview with food journalist Mark Bittman reveals why he believes we need to reimagine food in the next 100 years to save the planet and ourselves.
Clamping down on factory farming would be a win for racial equality
Will Biden’s climate friendly term in office see the end of exploitative factory farming? If so, it would be a huge win for racial equality.
US trade deal could potentially put harmful, cancer-risk bacon on UK shelves
Author warns that US-UK Brexit trade deal which will see US meats flood UK grocery stores could bring cancer-risk bacon into the country.
The food crisis and climate crisis go hand-in-hand
We cannot find solutions to the climate crisis, if we do not see the importance of food-sovereignty. These things must be solved together.
Salmon farming: The cost is simply too high
As salmon farming continues to destroy marine ecosystems and is reported to cost us $50bn globally in damages, isn’t it time we say no to salmon?
Viruses caused by animal exploitation and deforestation are a major danger to humanity
With increasing pandemics, ensuring nature is protected from human exploitation should be considered a life or death situation for humankind.
Can Brazil transform their destructive agricultural industry?
Researcher says that Brazil’s toxic, meat-dependant agricultural industry can be transformed to produce nuts and fruits to medicinal plants.
Veganism is key to halting climate catastrophe, says new report
A report published by policy institute Chatham House says cutting meat and dairy out of our diets is necessary to save the environment from destruction.
Animal agriculture is the biggest threat to biodiversity
UN-backed report claims that up to 86{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} of all at-risk species are being threatened directly by the animal agriculture industry.
Food blogs can now carbon label recipes
New website plugin, My Emissions, can help food bloggers to carbon label their recipes so users can make sustainable food choices.
Its not just big Tech, Big Agriculture is just as guilty!
The agriculture industry’s anti-competition practices might prove more dangerous than in other industries as it continues to threaten food security.
Google data on searches related to veganism show increased interest in the lifestyle
According to Google’s data interest in veganism doubled between 2016 and 2019, but what exactly have people been searching?
#PlantPoweredKamala: Campaign call for new US administration to consider Plant-Based solutions
A widely supported campaign by JIVINITI makes calls for Biden-Harris to consider plant-based solutions to climate catastrophe and other issues.
Former United Nations climate head now on the board of Impossible Foods
Christiana Figueres who helped to design the Paris agreement says that brands like Impossible Foods are “one of the main levers of change”.
Unsustainable meat consumption is not just an Eastern problem
The West often points a preachy finger at the East when speaking about the environment and its links to diet, but when it comes to meat everyone is responsible.
UN-backed report blames cheap meat for climate catastrophe
The report by the Chatham House says that meat production is destroying the environment and that plant-based diets could save it.
Vegan chefs, BOSH!, say going plant-based is the best thing anyone can do for the planet
Vegan celebrity chefs from BOSH!.tv, Ian Theasby and Henry Firth, discuss going vegan and why everyone should go vegan for the planet.
UK think tank says plant-based diets can help us eat healthier
Diets that are loaded with meat and dairy are fuelling our unhealthy, cheap food obsession. Going plant-based could fix our broken food system.
“I want to put the animal agriculture industry out of business” says Impossible Food’s Patrick Brown
CEO of fake-meat brand Impossible Meat says that plant-based alternatives are the future and will soon replace meat and fish.
New report shows shocking impact animal agriculture has on climate catastrophe
According to research done by publication ‘Climate Healers’ animal agriculture alone accounts for 87{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} of Green House Gas emissions.
Hong Kong lab creates world’s first cultured fish fillet
Hong Kong-based food tech startup, Avant Meats, has come up with the world’s first lab-grown fish fillet and it could help save precious ocean life.