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Chicago Startup Gets $45 Million to Make Vegan Meat from Microbes Found in Yellowstone National Park
A protein called “Fy”—created by fermenting volcanic microbes sourced from hot springs at Yellowstone—is the base for Nature Fynd’s hot dogs, nuggets, and hamburgers, and other animal-free foods the startup is working to bring to market.
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Vegan Company Turns Down Google Buy-Out Offer
The $300 million offer didn’t impress plant-based meat-and-cheese start-up, Impossible Foods.
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Kite Hill Launches Vegan Queso, and It’s Crossroads Chef Tal Ronnen’s Favorite
The vegan queso, made with cultured almond milk to help mimic a creamy dairy texture, is available at Whole Foods Markets and Sprouts nationwide.
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Major Italian Chain Fazoli’s Tests Plant-Based Impossible Meat Spaghetti Sauce
The chain is trialing the new meaty vegan option at all of its locations in Kentucky.
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New Vegan Bacon to Launch at Whole Foods
Hooray Foods’ first product, a realistic bacon made to taste and sizzle like its animal-derived counterpart, is making its retail debut at 300 Whole Foods stores nationwide.
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Plant-Based Pork Sales Will Surge to $10.6 Billion by 2030
A new report predicts that the pork alternative industry will increase nearly nine-fold in the next decade, driven by growing global awareness of animal exploitation and threat of disease.
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Black-Owned Vegan Fried Chicken Restaurant Opens in Texas
Chef Troy Gardner—known for creating the now popular vegan brisket at Dallas restaurant V-Eats—opens new TLC Vegan Kitchen where he serves comforting dishes such as Chicken Fried Impossible Steak, Texas Chili, and Buttery Cream Cake.
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Impossible Foods Makes Meatless Meat More Available With Price Drop
The startup is cutting its wholesale prices for the second time within one year in an effort to make its plant-based burgers and sausages more affordable than animal-derived meats.
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Jermaine Dupri and Slutty Vegan Kick Off Year-Long Campaign to Support Voters with Free Impossible Burgers
The “Votenik” campaign will give out complimentary Slutty Vegan menu items to voters in Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia, and more.
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UK to Ban Keeping Elephants Captive in Zoos
The British government is slated to prohibit the captivity of elephants in zoos and safaris under the broader Kept Animals Bill set to be passed this year.
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A New Vegan Butcher Shop Now Serves Western New York’s Kosher Community
Grass Fed in Rochester, NY is serving up slabs of bacon and piles of pastrami as a kosher-certified vegan butchery.
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Acclaimed Chef “Tasted the Future and It Was Vegan”
New York City chef David Chang tries a vegan burger by Impossible Foods and is convinced the future of food lies in plants.