Month of October Celebrates Vegetarian Lifestyle
Today is World Vegetarian Day and the kick-off of Vegetarian Awareness Month, a campaign aimed at showcasing the benefits of a plant-based diet.
Today, October 1, marks World Vegetarian Day and the launch of Vegetarian Awareness Month. The annual event, which was founded by the North American Vegetarian Society, aims to draw awareness to the health, animal-saving, and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet. Vegan and vegetarian lifestyles have garnered much attention in recent years, with an increasing number of recognizable names adopting the diet, including celebrities such as Ben Stiller, Rosie O’Donnell, and Dax Shepard, and athletes such as Texans running back Arian Foster and tennis champion Venus Williams. Additionally, many leading scientists have recommended the diet for its climate-saving properties, with the Stockholm International Water Institute recently revealing the world’s population may need to switch almost exclusively to a vegetarian diet by 2050 to avoid massive food shortages.
Documentary About Animal History Raising Funds
Animals: A Parallel History will examine how views of animals have changed in the modern age.
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Austin, TX Named Most Veg-Friendly City in US
In addition to being known as the nation’s live music capital, Austin has garnered a reputation as a mecca of plant-based foods.
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Tropical Smoothie Café Will Offer Beyond Meat
Customers can now enjoy a sandwich or salad filled with plant-based meat at one of the national smoothie chain’s 300 locations.
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Arrest Made in Major European Horse Meat Scandal
Dutch authorities have made an arrest related to the recent scandal of mislabeled horse meat throughout Europe.
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Vegan Egg Company Receives $1 Million in Funding
Founders Fund chose to back Hampton Creek Foods as its first culinary startup investment.
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More Flashbacks
- PETA Uses CGI to Show the Suffering of Film Apes
- River City’s Second-Annual Plant-Based Festival
- Shape Magazine Spotlights Plant-Based Meat Company
- VegSwap Allows Backyard Farmers to Trade Produce
- Rehoboth Beach VegFest Set to Take Place June 1
- Vegan Chef to be Featured on Food Network’s Chopped
- UK Kicks Off National Vegetarian Week Festivities
- A Fitness and Food Venture Takes to Indiegogo
- Factory Farm Manure May Be Causing Explosions
- Dun-Well Doughnuts Entered in Business Competition
- Vegan Baker Uses Kickstarter to Launch Business
- Vegan Ice Cream Hitting New York City Streets
- New Casual Vegan Eatery Opening in Los Angeles
- Vancouver: Citywide Meatless Monday Celebration
- Chicago’s Vegan Eatery Kitchen 17 Recently Opened
- Rally at the Capitol to Prevent Horse Slaughter
- Kaiser Permanente Encourages Plant-Based Diets
- De Rossi Shares Recipe For Ellen’s Favorite Dish
- Starbucks Rolls Out Veg Salad On its Spring Menu
- World’s First Lab-Grown Hamburger to Be Eaten Soon
