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6 Best Vegetarian Meal Delivery Services

6 Best Vegetarian Meal Delivery Services

Transitioning to a plant-centric diet can help decrease your environmental impact while improving the quality of your diet. These six vegetarian meal delivery services make it easy to enjoy the benefits of a vegetarian diet at home. Our picks for the best vegetarian meal plan services Each product featured here has been independently selected. If […]

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    Vegan Restaurant Is Awarded Michelin Star for First Time in France

    Vegan Restaurant Is Awarded Michelin Star for First Time in France

    For the first time ever, a vegan restaurant in France has been awarded a coveted Michelin star. The French edition of the Michelin guide, published Monday, awarded a star to ONA. The name stands for Origine Non-Animale, or animal-free origin, BBC News reported. The restaurant is located in Arès, near Bordeaux in southwestern France, and […]

    Record Number of People Sign Up for Veganuary Challenge

    Record Number of People Sign Up for Veganuary Challenge

    More than 500,000 people have pledged to try a vegan diet this January. The annual challenge Veganuary announced Tuesday that it had received more than half a million sign-ups and counting, the most in a single year since it first launched in 2014. It also reached its sign-up goal earlier than any other year so […]

    Find the Best Vegan Protein Bars of 2022

    Find the Best Vegan Protein Bars of 2022

    While any ol’ protein bar offers convenience, not all bars are created equal in terms of overall nutritional value and, certainly, overall level of sustainability and eco-friendly production. So, which are the best vegan protein bars on the market? Finding the right protein bar can be hard, and the job is even tougher when you’re […]

    Climate Cost of Organic Meat Is Just as High as Conventionally Produced Meat

    Climate Cost of Organic Meat Is Just as High as Conventionally Produced Meat

    By Brett Wilkins Advocates for eco-friendly, plant-based diets hailed a study published last week that revealed the climate cost of organic meat production is as high as that of conventionally produced animal products. The study, published on December 15 in Nature Communication and reported Wednesday in The Guardian, used the German government’s climate damage cost […]

    UK’s First Vegan Butcher Shop Opens in London to High Demand, Long Lines

    UK’s First Vegan Butcher Shop Opens in London to High Demand, Long Lines

    On World Vegan Day this past Nov. 1, the UK’s first permanent vegan butcher shop opened in London and completely sold out. Inundated with 100 online orders within their first 10 minutes, the shop also attracted long lines down the street, reported Plant Based News. According to Live Kindly, while set up much like a traditional butcher shop with […]

    10 Myths About Plant-Forward Eating

    10 Myths About Plant-Forward Eating

    By Emily Payne The World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that diet-related diseases like obesity, diabetes, and hypertension lead to an increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection. As the pandemic wears on, eaters are preparing more food at home and focusing on healthier meals. Cooking and recipe website traffic […]

    Climate Finance Hits Hurdle in Greening Meat and Dairy

    Climate Finance Hits Hurdle in Greening Meat and Dairy

    By Ajit Niranjan When private equity giant Blackstone invested in alternative milk maker Oatly this summer, furious customers pledged to boycott the dairy-free drink. “Blackstone investments have been linked with deforestation activities in Brazil,” wrote British local produce shop Buth Bharraigh in a tweet announcing they would stop selling Oatly products. “I don’t want my […]

    Can Mushrooms Provide a Vegan, Green Alternative to Animal Leather?

    Can Mushrooms Provide a Vegan, Green Alternative to Animal Leather?

    Project goal: To create an environmentally friendly and sustainable alternative to leather, in this case using fungi. Project partner: Indonesian startup Mycotech is supported through universities, research institutions and the DBS Foundation. In 2019/2020, the company also received from funding from the SEED Initiative (Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development) and the German Environment Ministry’s […]