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Adidas Unveils Its First Stan Smith Sneaker Made from Vegan Mushroom Leather
Apparel brand Adidas takes its vegan Stan Smith sneakers one step further with the launch of the Mylo Stan Smith—which is made with renewable mushroom leather.
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Tinder and Beyond Meat Are Sending 500 Singles on Plant-Based Dates on Earth Day
Dating app Tinder is helping singles connect over a shared love of plant-based living and giving away a picnic in partnership with plant-based brand Beyond Meat.
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Meat Giant JBS Acquires Vegan Steak Brand Vivera for $410 Million
Brazilian meat giant JBS expands its plant-based portfolio with a $410 million deal to purchase Dutch vegan brand Vivera.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Joins Startup Perfect Day to Fight Climate Change with Animal-Free Dairy
Perfect Day—which uses microflora, not cows, to create dairy-identical whey proteins—welcomes a diverse group of advisors to its sustainability council, including actor Leonardo DiCaprio, acclaimed cardiologist Dariush Mozaffarian, and UNICEF executive director Ann M. Veneman.
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Grocery Store Vegan Essentials to Be Acquired in $1.4 Million Deal with Plans to Go Public
Vegan marketplaces Vegan Essentials and Vejii join forces to tackle the growing demand for plant-based products.
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This Midwest Startup Just Raised $1.6 Million to Make Lab-Grown Lobster
A thousand miles from the nearest ocean, new startup Cultured Decadence is growing lobster meat with a mission to change the way seafood is produced.
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Canada’s Globally Local Becomes World’s First Vegan Fast-Food Chain to Go Public
Investing in the future of food just became easier with the debut of Globally Local on the Toronto Stock Exchange’s Venture Exchange.
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5 Shanghai Restaurants Are Now Serving Vegan Chicken Made from Peanuts
Innovative peanut-based vegan chicken made by local startup Haofood is now being used by five Shanghai restaurants to reimagine dishes such as chicken satay, kung pao chicken, and chicken curry rice.
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Watch Brand Fossil Just Launched Its First Vegan Cactus Leather Tote
Fossil is the latest fashion brand to use Desserto, a vegan leather made in Mexico from organically grown cactus leaves.
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Startup Raises $40 Million to Bring “Whole Cut” Vegan Bacon to Stores
New York startup Atlast creates MyBacon from mycelium, the fast-growing root systems of mushrooms that mimic the fibrous qualities of animal muscle tissue.
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This Vegan Chain Isn’t Waiting for the Government to Raise Minimum Wage to $15. It Just Doubled Employee Earnings
While the government drags its feet on implementing a $15 federal minimum wage, vegan chain HipCityVeg commits to doubling its wages to support workers and families hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jamba Just Launched Its First Plant-Based Meat Option at More than 700 Locations Nationwide
Smoothie chain Jamba gets into the plant-based meat game with the national launch of the Impossible Handwich.