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Pet Food

Cultured Meat Pet Food Startup Because Animals Wins Purina Prize

Pet food giant Purina has awarded Because Animals, a US-based pet food company making cultured meat for animals in order to avoid slaughter and suffering of other animals, as a winner of the Pet Care Innovation Prize. The prize is awarded to five startups each year working on innovative solutions to problems in the pet industry.

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Health

New Vegan-Friendly Coalition to Help Hospitals Provide Plant-Based Meals in 2020

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, the Humane Society of the United States, Oldways, Health Care Without Harm, and Meatless Monday are five nonprofits that have partnered to create the Plant-Based Hospital Food Coalition. This Coalition will provide support, resources, and hands-on training to hospital culinary teams to help them provide more plant-based meals.

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Interviews

Derek Sarno: “My Plans are Simple. Keep Pushing the Boundaries”

Derek Sarno must be the busiest man in veganism. Tesco’s Chef-Director of Plant Based Innovation, co-founder of Wicked Healthy, and co-founding chef behind vegan seafood brand Good Catch Foods, somehow squeezes in enough time to update us on his recent news (there’s a lot), and thoughts about veganism in 2020.

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Food & Beverage

Chao Creamery Announces Increased Distribution of Its Plant-Based Cheese to Costco Across US & Canada

Greenleaf Foods, SPC, owner of leading plant-based brand Field Roast Grain Meat Co, announces increased distribution of its Chao Creamery Creamy Original vegan cheese throughout the US and Canada. The plant-based slices will be available in more than 150 Costco stores in the Midwest, Southwest, Texas, and Ontario, Canada.

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Food & Beverage

JUST Egg to Drop Price, is Set to Become one of the Lowest-Cost & Most Sustainable Proteins on the Planet

To make JUST Egg accessible to millions of consumers this year and beyond, the original JUST Egg will undergo a price reduction in both retail and foodservice channels in Q2. The company has projected that the mung-based egg product is poised to become one of the lowest-cost and most sustainable proteins on the planet.

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