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We Must Learn From COVID-19 or Face Nature’s Wrath
Could it be that the current coronavirus outbreak is merely a warning sign, alerting us to what could happen if we don’t learn to coexist with out beings?
Chinese Plant-Based Company Educating Consumers “One Stomach At A Time”
How a Chinese plant-based protein start-up is going back to basics and educating consumers “one stomach at a time”.
10 Ways COVID-19 Helped Us See the Cracks in Our Food System
The pandemic has shone a light on the ways in which our food system is unsustainable, and abusive towards humans & animals.
Impossible CEO Talks Food Technology To End Climate Change
Patrick Brown says that to save the planet we must engineer sustainable food for meat eaters, not vegans and vegetarians.
We Have More Reason to Go Vegan Today Than Ever Before
Pandemics and climate catastrophe; it would seem the survival of our planet and species is depends on what we choose to put on our plates.
The Best Future is a Meatless, Cruelty-free, Vegan Future
The COVID-19 pandemic should make us think critically about the kind of future we want for our species, for the earth and for animals.
Animal Agriculture Is Never Humane – Don’t Be Fooled!
Ethical animal farming; for dairy, eggs and meat is a myth. Take a trip to any “humane” meat or dairy farm and this becomes strikingly obvious.
China Makes Unexpected Move To Reduce Meat Farms
After banning its wild animal trade, China makes move to reduce wildlife farming in the country by offering buy-out to farmers.
The Cost of Efficiency – Is Our Food System Doing More Harm Than Good?
Consider the appalling animals abuse, destruction of natural habitats and grim prospects for our health. Intensive agriculture is a seemingly broken system.
Founder of Impossible Foods Has Revolutionary Vision For Food Industry
CEO Patrick Brown isn’t interested in redesigning the meat industry alone. Here he considers the human aspect of food production; workers.
Is COVID-19 Showing Us The Hideous Truth Behind the Meat Industry?
From food waste, to abuse of animals and workers; the pandemic has lifted the curtain to reveal the meat industry in all of its ugliness.
Giraffe, Elephant, Rhino are Food – Meat Safety Act
The Meat Safety Act, which lists wild animals for consumption, shows we have learned nothing from COVID-19 which was caused by the demand for animal meat.
The Nightmare Of Going Undercover At A Meat Farm
Liz Pachaud describes what she witnessed when she went undercover at a meat farm as an investigator at animal protection organisation Mercy for Animals.
Industrial-scale Factory Farms Are Like “A Ticking Time Bomb”
Health professionals in Britain launch “No Meat May” campaign to urge public to give up meat in order to prevent pandemics such as COVID-19.
Irish Meat-plant Workers Paint Horrifying Picture of Life in COVID-19 Disease Pits
Workers in Irish meat-plants describe feeling let down. Many have contracted COVID-19 in unsafe work spaces where there is disregard for social distancing.
Author Jonathan Safran Foer Calls On Consumers To Withdraw Support For “Cruel” Meat Industry
Jonathan Safran Foer is an outspoken vegan, critic of the meat industry. He is the author of several books including Eating Animals and We Are The Weather.
What Does The COVID-19 Meat Plant Closures Mean For The U.S Meat Industry?
Meat industry may suffer a loss of $13.6 billion due to COVID-19 outbreak, say National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA); but that’s not all.
Workers Lives Put in Danger in the Name of Meat
At a time when a pandemic is running rampant in meat-plants, and worker safety is seriously jeopardised, is it not selfish for consumers to demand meat?
The Meat-plant COVID-19 Situation is a Catastrophe
Thirty meat-plant workers and four health inspectors have died after contracting the disease at meat-plants across the county.
Plant-Based Alternative Meat vs. Beef: How Does Diet Impact the Environment?
Ever wonder how much a switch from beef to plant-based meat alternatives, such as Beyond Meat, could impact climate change?
Fast-Food Goes Vegan!
More and more fast-food outlets are stepping up and adding vegan options to their menu to meet consumer demands. Could this be a vegan food revolution?
The Horrific Live Export Trade Risks The Welfare of Millions of Animals – Report
A European commission has found welfare gaps, non-compliance and poor planning in the trade of animals to North Africa and the Middle-East.
Live Animal Markets Still Open for Business Across South-East Asia
Horrifying images display the reality of disease-pit wet markets in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and China.
We Need To Create And Embrace A New Normal World In Which To Live
It’s early days yet, but the COVID-19 pandemic has already proven to be revelatory, exposing much that is ugly about the “normal” functioning of the US.