Coronavirus - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

Asia’s unruly meat industry could cause more pandemics

A new report shows that Asian meat companies have often failed to comply with ESG standards. Asia is home to a high number of international meat companies. Analysts have warned investors that the lack of compliance to environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks...

Bill Nye says we are “failing the test” on climate change and COVID-19

ClimateChange, Coronavirus

Scientist and TV personality Bill Nye aka The Science Guy expresses concern over anti-science attitudes but shows optimism for the future. The United States is facing two massive threats – climate change and the coronavirus – that we cannot solve without...

Is lockdown encouraging UK’s youth to go vegan?

Coronavirus, GoodNews

New research shows a 22{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} rise in interest for vegan diets amongst millennials in the UK since the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown. The coronavirus crisis has motivated us all to try to be the...

Brazil meat plants epicenter of COVID-19

AnimalAgri, Coronavirus, GoodNews

With two million cases of coronavirus, Brazil is one of the worst-hit countries in the world, and also the world’s second-biggest meat supplier. Meat plants have been a major factor in the spread of coronavirus in at least three different regions of Brazil,...

Factory farming will lead us to a future pandemic

AnimalAgri, Blogs, Coronavirus

A new report from ProVeg has identified industrial farming of animals as the most likely cause of a future global pandemic. The report focuses on “risk mitigation and the prevention of future outbreaks by addressing the root causes of zoonotic emergence and...

COVID-19 causes huge drop in red-meat production

AnimalAgri, Coronavirus, GoodNews

From the USA to Europe the COVID-19 pandemic has caused meat-plants to shut their doors due to repeated outbreaks amongst employees, leading to an almost 20{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} drop in red meat production. According to new...