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Why Vegan JUST Egg Is Everywhere This Summer: From Festivals to Surf Contests

After making appearances at major music festivals and becoming the official plant-based sponsor of the Vans US Open of Surfing, JUST Egg reaches a major milestone: selling the vegan egg equivalent of 300 million chicken eggs.

by Anna Starostinetskaya

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How Cracker Barrel’s Impossible Sausage Drama Sheds Light on Bigger Food System Issues

Cracker Barrel just added its first plant-based meat, Impossible Sausage, to its menu. And customers have thoughts.

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Can a New Postbiotic Protein Make Babybel the Best-Tasting Vegan Cheese?

French cheese giant Bel Group—maker of popular brands Babybel, Boursin, and Laughing Cow—is working with Superbrewed to improve its dairy-free cheese with postbiotic protein.

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Will This Cultured Palm Oil Be the Solution to Saving the Orangutans?

Clean Food Group is developing a cultured palm oil alternative that doesn’t contribute to global deforestation or the destruction of orangutan habitat.

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New Research Finds Plant-Based Meat Is Healthier and More Sustainable Than Animal Meat

A new study published in Future Foods concludes that plant-based meat is healthier and more sustainable than animal meat, and, importantly, it provides an easy way for consumers to reduce animal product consumption.

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Why This Entrepreneur Went From Farming Pigs to Making Vegan Bacon

Entrepreneur Eben Bayer—whose company Ecovative transformed the plastic packaging industry—is commercializing MyBacon, vegan mushroom bacon developed to solve the world’s most pressing issue.

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Cultivated Seafood Startup Takes on Most Popular Farmed Fish in the World

Israeli startup E-FISHient is using food technology to develop a sustainable solution to the world’s most farmed fish.

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Vegan Oysters in Shells? This Startup Just Developed a Prototype to Save the Oceans

Cell-cultured seafood startup Pearlita has developed the first plant-based oyster prototype to save the oceans from overfishing.

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This Vegan Fungi Protein Makes Fine-Dining Debut at NYC’s Le Bernardin

Innovative vegan fungi protein with origins in a Yellowstone hot spring makes its fine-dining debut at Michelin-starred restaurant Le Bernardin.

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Pope Francis Encourages Young People to Eat Less Meat to Save the Planet

In a letter, Pope Francis urged attendees of the EU Youth Conference to eat less meat as a means of mitigating the climate crisis.

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For Vegan ‘Digital Nomads,’ This Hotel’s Menu Is Going Plant-Based at All 155 Locations

Digital nomad-style hotel chain Selina is creating vegan menus using Redefine Meat to target the vegan leanings of Millennial and Gen Z travelers.

by Nicole Axworthy

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This Easy Vegan Protein Swap Can Offset All UK Aviation Emissions

Replacing climate-intensive beef with pea protein-based meals twice per week results in a savings of 2.4 million metric tons of methane.

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Regular or Meat-Based? How Burger King Austria Is Making Vegan Whoppers the Norm

Burger King Austria asks its customers if they want “regular or meat-based” Whoppers as part of an innovative campaign that makes plant-based meat the norm.

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A Vegan Fungi Protein Bioreactor Is Aboard the New SpaceX Mission

Nature’s Fynd’s vegan fungi protein bioreactor is now in orbit to test ways to provide nourishment for space exploration.

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What Comes Out of Starbucks’ Coffee-Recycling Initiative? New Vegan Desserts

Starbucks is upping its sustainability efforts with five vegan menu items, including desserts that result from the chain’s coffee-recycling initiative.

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50 Percent of Supplements Contain Hidden Animal Byproducts. New Campaign Pushes for Transparency.

A new report by the Transparent Label Campaign reveals a lack of transparency about the hidden animal ingredients in supplements.

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The Extraordinary Way This Startup Is Making Cultivated Meat More Affordable

SciFi Foods is combining plant-based ingredients and cultivated meat to make better, more affordable vegan burgers.

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Oatly Is Giving Away 16,000 Vegan Ice Cream Bars in These 4 Flavors

by Nicole Axworthy

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Plant-Based Meat Can Better Address Climate Change Than Electric Cars, New Report Finds

by Nicole Axworthy

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This Cell-Cultured Milk Yogurt Proves We Don’t Need Animals to Make Dairy

Biotech startup Wilk is developing the first yogurt made from cell-cultured milk fat to prove that making dairy without exploiting animals is the future.

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Inspired By Its Vegan Ice Cream, Magnum Just Debuted a Dress Made From Cocoa Husks

At Paris Fashion Week, Magnum debuted a sustainable haute couture dress made from cocoa husks and inspired by its vegan ice cream.

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California Is First State to Support Plant-Based School Meals with Historic $700 Million Investment

California’s new $300 billion budget includes funding for initiatives that will increase plant-based meal options at schools.

Home + Lifestyle

9 Ways to Cut Plastic From Your Life and Help Animals

It seems like everything is packaged in plastic nowadays, but don’t get discouraged! Take these simple steps to a greener future.

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Lowering Meat Consumption Is Best Way to Fight Zoonotic Disease, Report Finds

A new report suggests the best zoonotic disease mitigation effort—a drastic drop in meat consumption—is “extremely challenging” to achieve, but there’s no farming method that will reduce such risks if demand for animal products continues to rise.

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Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown Says Vegan Steak Is Coming This Year

Beyond Meat is working on vegan steak slices and CEO Ethan Brown thinks “it’s probably one of our best products to date.”

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With Help from a Vegan Prince, Ice Cream Brand Eclipse Raises $40 Million to Transform the Dairy Industry

Eclipse Foods raises $40 million—with participation from vegan Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed—to transform the dairy industry with its plant-based platform that makes dairy-identical ice cream without the cow.

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Ocean Pollution’s Impact on Fish Now Linked to Skin Cancer, New Study Finds

A new study published in ‘Cancer Causes and Control’ shows a connection between eating fish and developing skin cancer, and the researchers say ocean pollutants like mercury are likely the cause.

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How New Vegan Cookies Made With Miyoko’s Leftover Butter Fight Food Waste

These new food-waste-fighting cookies are made with Renewal Mill’s okara flour (a byproduct of the soy milk industry) and leftover Miyoko’s Creamery vegan butter.