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As Price Of Meat Rockets Up Beyond Meat Slashes Its Prices To Fill The Gap
Consumers looking for their protein fix as meat becomes more expensive and difficult to find as a result of COVID-19 pandemic might well find that they can get it – cheaper and better – from Beyond Burger
What You Eat Affects The Environment
Not long ago, being vegan, avoiding all animal products and only eating food from plants was considered a bit odd. Lately terms ‘‘plant-based’’ and ‘‘vegan’’ have become mainstream.
By The Numbers: How The Climate Impact Of Beef Compares With Plant-Based Alternatives
I am wondering about the climate impact of vegan meat versus beef. How does a highly processed patty compare to butchered beef? How does agriculture of soy (if this is the ingredient) compare to grazing of beef, Both Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, two of the...
Activists Concerned About Brazil’s Attack on The Amazon During COVID-19 Pandemic
Brazil’s far-right government has been criticised in the past for its policies which make the Amazon rainforest vulnerable to destruction.
Animal Agriculture Costs More In Health Damage Than It Contributes To The Economy
U.S. farms cost the economy more in health and environmental damage than they contribute to the economy, according to a recent study
Ridiculous Study Funded By Meat Industry Claims Meat Improves Mental Health
Ridiculous study claiming that meat improves mental health called out for being funded through the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
Dairy Farm Not Allowed To Describe Dairy Cows as “Happy” – ARB
The Advertising Regulatory Board has ruled that Fair Cape Dairies ‘happy cows’ advertisement which claims dairy farming is “humane”, is misleading.
As US Food Supply Chain Stutters Million of Farm Animals Are Culled
US government vets said to be ready to assist with culls, or ‘depopulation’ of pigs, chickens and cattle because of coronavirus meat plant closures.
Cows And Humans Are More Alike Than You Know
A research study conducted at the University of Sydney has revealed that cows communicate with each other similarly to humans.
Wall Street Analyst Predicts Vegan Future
Financial analyst and TV host, Jim Cramer, believes that the COVID-19 outbreak and meat shortages are bound to push consumers towards plant-based meat.
Bornstein Seafoods Shut After 13 Employees Test Positive For COVID-19
This follows a wave of meat-plants closing after extreme COVID-19 outbreaks which have been blamed on a lack of regard for staff safety on the job.
Elizabeth Warren Throws Weight Behind Act to Curb Factory Farming
The Farm System Reform Act was proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker, and it aims to transform how agriculture is done in the USA.
What Does Climate Change And Coronavirus Have In Common?
The time couldn’t be more opportune for us to reevaluate our relationship with our planet and the billions of factory-farmed animals who inhabit it against the laws of nature
Coronavirus: Stop Exploiting Earth And Animals Or Be Prepared For Worse And Fiercer Pandemics
If the human race carries on the way we have been doing, we had better get used to pandemics that are likely to be more frequent, spread more rapidly, kill more people and inflict even worse economic damage if humanity fails to fundamentally change how it is damaging...
Pigs Euthanised, Composted At JBS As Company Takes a Hit
A large composting site, akin to a mass grave, erected for the carcasses of hogs euthanized after meat industry is impacted by COVID-19 outbreak.
NYC Law Firm On A Mission To Shutdown Live-animal Markets
BeVeg International Law Firm have filled a legal petition in the hopes of stamping out live-animal markets in New York City.
Queen’s Brian May Demands Meat Tax
The musician took to Instagram to urge PM Boris Johnson to implement a meat tax, saying: “the world we had before this cornavirus was not good enough.”
Time Is Running Out Of Time As Deforestation Increases for 13th Consecutive Month
We are running out of time to save what’s left of the Brazilian Amazon. Policies by Jair Bolsonaro, Present of Brazil are making it worse by the day to save the unique biome
Cut Meat and Dairy Consumption By Half And Prevent 1.6 Billions tons of Greenhouse Gas
Cutting meat, dairy, fish, and other animal product consumption in half could result in a significant drop in greenhouse gas emissions, says a new study.
Slaughterhouses Jeopardise Worker Health Due To Demand For Meat
Meat companies fear the impact that COVID-19 will have on the meat industry, punish workers and animals by trying to maintain normalcy.
Cows Were My Childhood Friends, How Could I Eat or Wear Them?
For Jeff Hanlon growing up on a cattle ranch helped him to see the worth of cows; not in their flesh or skin, but in their lives.
Costco Introduces Meat Cap For Customers As Stock Dwindles
As meat farming and production grinds to a halt due to COVID-19 fears, retailers like Costco are finding it hard to meet consumer demand.
Brazil Claims to Have Plan To Halt Amazon Deforestation – Deploys Troops
Brazil looks to military to intervene in deforestation of the Amazon, but environmentalists worry this isn’t a long-term solution.
Plant-based meat sales bolstered as meat-plants shut
While meat-plants have had to shut down due to rampant and out of control COVID-19 cases, meat alternatives like Beyond Meat have seen a boost in sales.