Swine flu has been raging in China for more than ten years, and experts estimate that up to 200 million more pigs will die from the disease or will have to be killed and disposed of. Terrible pictures of the killings and of slaughtered animals are being circulated in the media all over the world, and the loss will lead to a significant increase in pork prices.
Much Anticipated Launch of Hooray Foods’ Plant-Based Bacon to Take Place on World Vegan Day 1st November
Hooray Foods announces the long-anticipated debut of its gluten-free, allergy-free, dairy-free, soy-free, meat-free bacon into seven regions of the USA through a distribution partnership with Whole Foods starting from World Vegan Day on November 1st, in its mission of “Saving Animals From the Food System, One Pig at a Time”. The San Francisco brand received funding in July through Stray Dog Capital and said at the time that it plans to “take retail and foodservice by storm” with its minimally processed bacon created with coconut oil, rice flour, tapioca starch, liquid smoke, umami seasoning (shiitake mushrooms, salt, mushroom extract, calcium carbonate), maple syrup, salt and beet juice concentrate. Currently, there are over 70 million pigs existing on US farms for the use of food production. …