Environment
Andrews University Dairy Farm Shutters After 111 Years
Due to shifting consumer habits, the private school’s century-old dairy farm has lost $750,000 to $900,000 in annual profits in the last two to three years.
Celebrities
New Star Wars Movie Star Thandie Newton Goes Vegan
The Solo: A Star Wars Story actress was inspired to go vegan by co-star and longtime vegan Woody Harrelson.
Festivals + Events
Vegan Ice Cream Social Pops Up in Brooklyn
Elmhurst Milked—a former dairy brand that now makes creamy vegan milk—will host a classic soda fountain pop-up, complete with peanut milk-based sundaes.
Market trends
39 Percent of Chinese Population Is Ditching Meat
New data shows that the world’s largest consumers of meat are actively seeking plant-based alternatives to animal products.
Restaurants
Two Vegan Cafés Merge into a Secret Project in Philly
Crust Vegan Bakery and coffee shop Grindcore House will collaborate in a secret location in West Philadelphia this summer.
Environment
Study Finds Veganism Is the Only Way to Save the Planet
According to researchers at Oxford University, eschewing animal products will reduce an individual’s carbon footprint by 73 percent.
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Fashion + Beauty
Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act Passes in California Senate
The sale of beauty products and ingredients that are tested on animals may soon be banned in California.
Activism
Vegan Teen Walks 1,000 Miles from England to Scotland
Subsisting solely on gas-station vegan food, England resident Jack Mackey walks 500 miles (and is currently walking 500 more) as a tribute to the famed Proclaimers song and to help raise funds for rescued goats.
Fashion + Beauty
Vegan Lipstick Brand Fights Gun Violence with New Shade
The “Fired Up” campaign, created by social-justice brand The Lipstick Lobby, features Sandy Hook, Columbine, Pulse Nightclub, and Parkland survivors and raises funding for gun-control advocacy organization The Brady Center.
Market trends
56 Percent of Young Brits Tried Veganism Last Year
New data gathered by Kellogg’s—which debuted a new vegan cereal line to meet demand for plant-based options—finds that more than half of people in the UK between the ages of 16 and 29 have experimented with animal-free diets in the past year.
Market trends
New York’s Hudson Valley Gets Its First Vegan Burger Bar
WildFlower Café transformed from a cat café into a vegan burger bar, with adoptable feline friends on the second floor.
Media
Groundbreaking Vegan Film Dominion Announces US Debut
The film—regarded as Australia’s version of influential vegan documentary Earthlings—will be screened at the upcoming Animal Rights National Conference in Los Angeles this summer.
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