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Vegan Chicken Nugget Startup Raises $6 Million to Build “Pandemic-Proof” Food System
Seattle-based Rebellyous Foods will use the funding to advance its equipment manufacturing, making cheaper, more abundant vegan meat with the urgent goal of wiping out disease-ridden factory farms.
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KIND Debuts Vegan Ice Cream Bar Line Made With Almond Milk at Walmart
The snack brand—which typically uses honey in most of its products—moves into the freezer category with its new KIND Frozen line that features almond milk-based ice cream topped with nuts and chocolate.
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Meatless Farm Donates 20,000 Vegan Sausages to UK Hospital Workers
Plant-based meat companies are leading the way to provide food to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Diane Keaton Joins Fight to Stop Animal Cruelty Exposed by Tiger King
The actress steps up her activism as board member of animal-rights group Social Compassion in Legislation to push for the passing of The Big Cat Public Safety Act, a law that would prohibit the ownership of big cats.
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China Now Classifies Dogs as “Companions,” Not “Livestock”
“Recognizing that dogs hold a special bond with humans is an essential first step towards eliminating the consumption and trade in dog meat,” Humane Society International China Policy Specialist Peter Li, PhD says.
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Coconut Bliss Releases Indulgent Vegan Ice Cream Flavor: Golden Banana Brownie Swirl
The new, all-organic coconut ice cream flavor gets its rich yellow color from a dose of turmeric.
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Tiger King-Inspired Cannabis Strains Debut to Help Bring Awareness to Tiger Cruelty
Major cannabis brand Moxie’s new Tiger’s Blood and Cool Cats Cush strains will be available throughout dispensaries in California and a portion of sales will go to benefit the Tiger Protection Fund.
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66 Members of US Congress Demand Global Ban on All Live Animal Markets
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a group of lawmakers—led by vegan Democratic Senator Cory Booker and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham—is urging the World Health Organization, United Nations, and World Organisation for Animal Health to issue a permanent ban on the exploitation of wild animals worldwide.
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Teen Activist Spends 12 Hours in Bathtub to Protest SeaWorld’s Confinement of Marine Animals
“Many of us are feeling the stress of captivity, but it’s nothing compared to a lifetime in a cramped tank at SeaWorld,” 14-year-old vegan activist Erin Ersoy says.
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More than 200 Doctors Demand Government to Shut Down US Live Animal Markets
“Live animal markets are a welcome mat to coronaviruses,” doctors at Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine stated in their petition to US Surgeon General Jerome Adams.
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Vegan Brand Follow Your Heart Is Now Recycling Its Snack Wrappers Into Park Benches
The brand partnered with TerraCycle to turn its hard-to-recycle waste such as pens, plastic packaging, and wrappers into new products such as shipping palettes, bike racks, and recycling bins.
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For Every Two Burgers Sold, Vegan Shop Marty’s V Burger Will Donate a Meal to NYC Frontline Workers
“How could we help those who hold the hands of the dying who don’t have time to pack a lunch? It really tugged at my heartstrings,” burger shop owner Marty Krutolow said about the idea behind his new initiative.