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Why feminists should be vegan

Why feminists should be vegan

Animal agriculture is entirely dependent on the exploitation of female animals. If you are an advocate for women’s rights, here’s why you should be vegan.

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Staying vegan after Veganuary

Staying vegan after Veganuary

Well done on going vegan this Veganuary! Here’s a guide to staying motivated, focused and determined to stay on track with your new vegan lifestyle.

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Are meat eaters selfish?

Are meat eaters selfish?

With so much information available to consumers on the destruction and cruelty of the meat industry, it is unjustifiable for anyone to still be a meat eater.

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Meat eating is a health hazard

Meat eating is a health hazard

Dietary shifts away from meat is crucial to protect the environment, safeguard poorer communities and reduce the risk of disease outbreaks and pandemics.

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Why are meat-eaters so angry?

Why are meat-eaters so angry?

By deciding to harm as few living creatures as possible, vegans become a focal point of anger. Why does a more gentle approach to food appear to ruffle so many feathers?

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Why was COP26 silent on meat?

Why was COP26 silent on meat?

COP26 failed to address the biggest contributor to climate change, animal agriculture, even though sustainable food systems are key to ending climate crisis

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Why do people go vegan?

Why do people go vegan?

There are many reasons to switch to a vegan diet. Mainly the environmental impact of a meat-centric diet, stopping animal suffering, and health.  Environmental impact Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per...

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Speciesism is a social justice issue

Speciesism is a social justice issue

In an ideal world there would just be “rights.” Not human rights, animal rights, land rights, and so on – just rights, universally understood, legally enshrined, and culturally upheld.

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The heartbreak of vegans

The heartbreak of vegans

Humans are capable of deeply loving animals and sharing their lives with them. When they die, the grief is as deeply felt as that of a fellow human.  

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The meat disconnect

The meat disconnect

Mainstream society has deemed it ethically acceptable to consume animals, yet people are increasingly less tolerant of seeing the origins of their food. We need to ask why.

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The future of food

The future of food

While it’s impossible to say for sure what the future holds, hopefully the decades ahead will hold the promise of delicious food derived from plants.

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Nutrition trends for 2021

Nutrition trends for 2021

From flexitarianism to climate diets, dietitian Melissa Meier shares her verdict on food trends that you won’t be able to escape from in 2021.

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Bangers and burgers belong to veggies too!

Bangers and burgers belong to veggies too!

The meat lobby wants to slap a ban on certain labels on vegan products like ‘veggie burger’ and ‘veggie sausage’ as well as products described as “cheese-like” and “yoghurt-style” for plant-based alternatives to dairy products.

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Baby steps to going vegan!

Baby steps to going vegan!

If you have ever thought about going vegan, here is a guide to help you see why choosing veganism is so important and show you how to get started.

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Why I went vegan

Why I went vegan

So here I am, wondering why I went vegan. Maybe it was just time. Thinking of going vegan? Here are four wonderful stories to inspire you! 

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A personal call to action

A personal call to action

One single act is all it will take to start to heal the planet we all share. We need to eat as humans are designed to eat – plants and only plants.

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Zoonosis: Could it be karma?

Zoonosis: Could it be karma?

Science tells us over and over again the risks of eating animals, and now we face the ultimate punishment of our despicable actions as a society.

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Will history judge us kindly?

Will history judge us kindly?

Despite growing sensitivity towards animal cruelty in our time, will we be judged by future generations for our treatment of animals bred for consumption?

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What is the future of meat?

What is the future of meat?

Experts predict that meat and dairy won’t feature so prominently in a sustainable and ethical future of food, so what can we expect instead?

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The future of fake meat

The future of fake meat

Faux meat companies will need to perfect their production and processing systems and figure out how to get all that fake meat to the masses.

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Spare a thought for that factory-farmed turkey

Spare a thought for that factory-farmed turkey

Thanksgiving dinner means only one thing for millions of us: turkey. Of the 100 million turkeys on farms around the U.S., 46 million of them will be eaten on Thanksgiving Day. Americans will consume another 22 million turkeys over the Christmas holidays, according to...

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Hey ho, animal agriculture has got to go!

Hey ho, animal agriculture has got to go!

As you chant,“Hey hey, ho ho, fossil fuels have got to go!” let’s talk about animal agriculture. As the second largest contributor to human-made greenhouse gas emissions, it deserves a chant too.

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Rebelling for all life with Animal Rebellion

Rebelling for all life with Animal Rebellion

While it stands in solidarity with Extinction Rebellion and ‘Rebel Alliance’, Animal Rebellion also recognises that we cannot address the climate and ecological emergency without addressing the animal emergency.

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Veganism in China

Veganism in China

China is the largest consumer market in the world, means that there is also potential for China to become the largest population of vegans.

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2019: The Year of The Pig

2019: The Year of The Pig

It’s the Year of the Pig (the Earth Pig to be specific) according to oriental astrology, so how about we give the pigs a break this year?

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Forget veganism

Forget veganism

Spare yourself the label, we don’t need to get hackled up about these titles, identity and ideology. It’s simply about looking at what’s working and what isn’t working, what’s causing harm and what’s alleviating harm.

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A vegan’s view on the Beyond Burger

A vegan’s view on the Beyond Burger

Let’s face it, the Beyond Burger has been created for meat-eaters to get them to realise that it doesn’t have to be meat to taste good. Most vegans wouldn’t want to eat a flesh-like burger! So what does a vegan think of the Beyond Burger?

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What I eat

What I eat

Before I lay out what my vegan dietary behaviour typically looks like, I have to first say… BANANAS ARE THE GREATEST!

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Eating mothers and babies is not cool

Eating mothers and babies is not cool

It is psychotic to raise billions of sentient beings who have the same propensity to feel, experience, and have relationships as we do, yet cage, torture and mutilate them. We intuitively know there’s something fundamentally disturbing about that.

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Veganism on the rise

Veganism on the rise

Time Magazine releases an issue every year in which they identify who they believe are the world’s 100 most influential people and veganism has managed to creep in throughout the 2017 issue.

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The Meat Revolution

The Meat Revolution

Some forward thinking, earth-loving and health conscious individuals have seen the writing on the wall and have set out on a quest to create plant-based “meat” to satisfy our hunger.

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