REBBL, a functional plant-based beverage brand, launched a new campaign, REBBL With a Cause, with actor and activist Ruby Rose, to drive donations to the Anti-Racism Fund (ARF). The brand announced its plans to contribute […]
Impossible Foods recently announced a collaboration with Colin Kaepernick and Know Your Rights Camp to support food security and social justice throughout 2020. The partnership began in San Francisco this month and will include Los […]
Beyond Meat has invested in The Social Change Fund, which was founded by NBA stars Chris Paul, Dwayne Wade and Carmelo Anthony to address critical issues impacting the black community. With Beyond Meat, Goldman Sachs […]
A new report from the FAIRR Initiative states that “2020 is set to be a watershed in the shift from animal proteins towards plant-based and new protein sources. The protein transition has gone mainstream,” stating […]
UK based delivery service Mitch’s Kitchen, known for its gluten-free vegan ready meals, has donated thousands of meals to Mary’s Meals through a partnership with Work For Good, which helps small businesses donate to charities.
There is no doubt the plant-based foods industry is among the fastest-growing in the world. In the US, this market is worth over 4.5 billion dollars and has grown 5 times the pace of total […]
Vegannection, the world’s only 100% vegan payment card, announces a new donation-based collaboration with legendary vegan campaigner and influencer Ed Winters and his animal rights organisation Surge.
KFC Russia is collaborating with 3D Bioprinting Solutions, a Russian research laboratory, to create the world’s first 3D printed chicken nuggets scheduled for trial this autumn. The GFI’s Executive Director Bruce Freidrich calls this a […]
Vegan dating app Veggly has compiled data that reveals that London is the world’s best city for vegan dating, with 11,609 users of the vegan app to date. Veggly now has over 152,000 users worldwide […]
Business Finland is funding a project to the tune of EUR 2.1M with VTT Research and the University of Helsinki to support the Finnish food industry to develop plant protein products for the international market.
We have been witnessing in China the emergence of plant-based products vying to get a foothold in the market. The country’s pork industry was decimated with Swine Flu and consumers appear to be ready for […]
Plant meat producers and retailers are increasingly taking the decision to stock meat alternatives alongside animal meat, whether in the frozen section or with fresh produce. There are clearly several benefits to this but the […]
Aunt Jemima, one of the long-time brands of The Quaker Oats Company, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc., today announced it would remove the image of Aunt Jemima from its packaging and change the name of […]
South Korean newspaper The Korea Herald reports that the plant-based meat industry there is beginning to take off. According to the Korea Vegetarian Union, veganism has tripled in the last 10 years, but the real […]
Being Black and Vegan is nuanced. First of all, there are many different black ‘peoples’. Are we talking African? Caribbean? Europe or the USA? If you’re talking Caribbean veganism, it could be part of spiritual […]
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