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Food Politics

Is Soy Milk Making a Comeback? For Dairy-Free Brand Forager The Answer Is Yes.

Is soy safe? Why is soy in so many vegan products? What prompted Forager Project to release soy milk? Your questions—and more—answered.

by Tanya Flink

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Meat-Eaters Produce Nearly 60 Percent More Greenhouse Gases than Vegetarians, Study Finds

University of Leeds researchers studied the carbon footprints of 3,000 foods to find that non-vegetarians produce 59 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than vegetarians.

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The End of Meat in Fine-Dining? World’s Top Restaurant Geranium Moves Toward a Meatless Menu

Starting in January, Copenhagen’s celebrated restaurant Geranium is taking all land animals off the menu.

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Why America’s Favorite Holiday Turns So Many People Vegan

What do the 50 million turkeys killed for Thanksgiving dinner say about our ethics?

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UK Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, and Crabs as Sentient Beings. Will No Longer Boil Them Alive.

A new government report finds that lobster, octopuses, and crabs all experience pain, prompting the UK to change its welfare laws around these animals.

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Eric Adams Makes History as New York City’s First Vegan Mayor

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams is now the mayor of New York City, the first vegan person to be elected to the office.

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COP26 Puts Carbon Footprints on Event Menus. Why Are Beef and Bacon Still Served?

World leaders at COP26 were presented with a “plant-forward” menu labeled with carbon footprints to bring awareness to how different foods impact the environment. With their damage on display, beef and bacon were still at the top of the menu.

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Race to Save the Oceans: Fish-Free Seafood Companies Raise $116 Million in Last Six Months

The first State of the Industry Report of the alternative seafood sector shows it raised $116 million in capital in the last six months, making it well-positioned to capitalize on the momentum of the broader vegan meat category.

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LA’s Vegan Bodega Helps Communities In Need. Now, It’s Coming to Atlanta.

LaRayia’s Bodega will serve grab-and-go vegan meals in Atlanta’s Ponce City Market and provide free meals to communities in need at nearby Woodruff Park.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Wants to Save the Planet. He Just Invested in 2 Cell-Based Meat Companies to Help Do It.

Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio is now an investor and advisor in pioneering cell-based meat companies Aleph Farms and Mosa Meat to help advance the development of sustainable beef.

Food Politics

The Vegan Barista’s Guide to Healthy Starbucks Drinks

Keep your resolution this new year with these hacks for better-for-you Starbucks options.

by Richard Bowie

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The Long-Term Consequences of a Keto Diet: Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Cancer, New Study Finds

A new study found that although a keto diet promotes quick weight loss, it also significantly increases the risk of heart disease, kidney failure, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and cancer.

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Berlin Drops 96 Percent Of Meat From University Menus To Fight Climate Change

Starting this fall, four Berlin universities will replace 96 percent of meat on their menus with plant-forward options to help reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Qatar Is Poised to Become Second Country in the World to Allow Sale of Lab-Grown Meat

Qatar will likely become the second country to allow the sale of lab-grown chicken produced by GOOD Meat, a subsidiary brand of JUST Egg-maker Eat Just.

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Miyoko’s Creamery Wins Lawsuit Against California, Setting Precedent for Using “Dairy” Labels on Vegan Food

Miyoko’s Creamery filed the lawsuit after the California Department of Food and Agriculture demanded the brand remove “dairy” and “butter” from its clearly vegan labeled packaging and take down a photo of a woman hugging a rescued cow from its website.

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Worried About the Chicken Shortage? LA’s “Vegan In-N-Out” Just Launched the Vegan Chicken Sandwich of Your Dreams

Monty’s Good Burger, known as LA’s vegan version of In-N-Out Burger, has launched its vegan take on the classic fried chicken sandwich.

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Make Room in Your Fridge: Hellmann’s Just Launched Vegan Bacon Mayo.

Hellmann’s vegan bacon mayo, along with garlic and chipotle flavors, are only available until September in select retailers across Canada.

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Billie Eilish, Moby, and Joaquin Phoenix Demand COP26 Stop Ignoring Animal Agriculture’s Role in Climate Crisis

by Anna Starostinetskaya

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Study: 60 Percent of Food Industry Emissions Come From Meat—Twice As Much as Plants

by Nicole Axworthy

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Federal Judges Reject Meat Industry’s Attempt to Overturn Animal Welfare Law

A panel of three judges strikes down the pork industry’s attempt to overturn California’s Prop 12—a law that mandates minimum space requirements for farmed animals.

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Berkeley Becomes First US City to Commit to Vegan Meals

The Berkeley City Council passes a resolution to phase out the amount of animal products the city purchases to move toward serving fully vegan meals.

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Chicken Prices Are Skyrocketing. So Alpha Foods Just Made Its Vegan Nuggets Cheaper.

To encourage consumers to try a vegan alternative to traditional chicken while prices are skyrocketing, Alpha Foods is countering the cost increase of chicken by dropping the price of its own vegan chicken nuggets.

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EU’s Historic Ban: Factory Farm Cages to Be Phased Out for 300 Million Animals By 2027

After mounting pressure from 170 organizations and concerned citizens in an “End the Cage Age” initiative, the European Union will phase out the use of cages in animal agriculture, affecting 300 million animals, by 2027.

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Greta Thunberg Calls Out Hypocrisy of World Leaders for Eating Steak and Lobster at Climate Summit

Vegan climate activist Greta Thunberg points out the hypocrisy of world leaders dining on steak and lobster dinners while making promises to slash greenhouse gas emissions at the G7 summit in Cornwall.

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Cargill CEO: “The Plant-Based Protein Industry Will Eat Into Consumer Demand for Meat”

Cargill CEO David MacLennan is fully aware that vegan meat is the future.

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Dairy Lobby Fails to Convince EU to Censor Dairy-Free Labels

The EU rejects Amendment 165 which aimed to further restrict plant-based products from using terms such as “cheese alternative.”

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RuPaul’s Vegan Drag Star Partners with London Mayor to Help Reopen City’s Restaurants

Vegan drag queen Bimini Bon-Boulash is helping to kickstart London’s economy as the city’s COVID-19 restrictions are loosened and restaurants and other hospitality venues begin to reopen.

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Seaspiracy Producer Demands Biden Shut Down Fish Factory Farms

Kip Andersen—producer of ocean conservation documentary Seaspiracy—and PETA President Ingrid Newkirk are demanding the Biden Administration overturn a Trump-era executive order that allows the proliferation of fish factory farms.