It is well documented that our addiction to meat and dairy is harming the planet, emitting nearly 15% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Campaigns like Veganuary encourage us to switch to plant-based diets in order to reduce our impact on the climate. Because of this, veganism is on the rise and many of us, especially in January, are thinking more consciously…
What’s Going On Here? A major and long-awaited report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that the way we produce and consume food is no longer cutting it. Scary stuff…but governments and businesses are already making big changes (more below). What Does This Mean? The benefits of a meat and dairy-free diet have been gaining momentum for a…
What’s Going On Here? Bristol is set to become the home of a new vegan milk delivery service. Yes, that’s right, that perfectly smooth, creamy beverage delivered right to your door. What Does This Mean? Milk experts Elspeth and Joe Edwards from New Milk are serving up frothy oat milk and creamy coconut milk to the city’s “non-dairy drinkers”, as an alternative to their ‘cow-heavy’…
What’s Going On Here? Plant-based meat company Beyond Meat, creators of the Beyond Burger, went public on Thursday 2nd May sending Wall Street into a feeding frenzy with its first stock trade at 84% above its IPO. What Does This Mean? Ethan Brown, vegan tech entrepreneur (let’s hope that’s his tinder bio strapline), who set up Beyond Meat back in 2009, received early…
What’s Going On Here? Fast food giants, McDonalds, have announced that they are trialling Vegan Nuggets, (sorry, McNuggets) across restaurants in Norway. Do People Want To Eat Vegan Nuggets? If the reaction is anything similar to the vegan sausage roll that Greggs launched for Veganuary in then yes. A third of British people have now stopped or reduced their meat eating, according to the supermarket Waitrose.…
What’s Going On Here? Record numbers of curious.earthlings have signed up for “Veganuary”, and the ease at which the switch is made has become even easier as Greggs launches its latest bakey snack: The Vegan Sausage Roll. What Does This Mean? Veganuary – the act of giving up animal products (often just food) for January, has seen 250,000 people sign up in over…
