Consumer Attitudes On Food And Slaughterhouses: A Survey
CELINE ICARD-STOLL: 'Oklahoma State University has published new results from their monthly, ongoing Food Demand Survey (FooDS). The survey measures…
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The fight over defining ‘milk’ and ‘meat’
GENE BAUR: 'For decades, the dairy industry, along with other factory-farming interests, has invested heavily in the political system, and it is a…
Americans Are Gobbling Up Fake Meat and Milk Faster Than Ever
LYDIA MULVANY: 'Americans can’t seem to get enough imitation meat and milk these days. Sales of substitutes to replace all types of animal products…
Apostles of veganism in China find a ready and growing audience for plant-based message
ELAINE YAU: 'Raymond Xie went vegan six years ago... His compassion for animals originally prompted him to go vegan and promote veganism in Beijing.…
Veganism as a Tool for Compassion
ANDREW MILES: 'Some of the greatest thinkers in human history: Pythagoras, Gandhi, Tolstoy, Da Vinci, Einstein, Tesla... suggested at some point in…
90 Percent of Vegetarians Want to Go Vegan, New Survey Says
NICOLE AXWORTHY: 'Ninety percent of vegetarians in the United States are considering veganism, according to a recent survey commissioned by food…
Lab-grown meat and the fight over what it can be called
TAMAR HASPEL: 'Lab-grown meat. Cultured meat. Cell-based meat. Clean meat. It’s all the same thing: meat grown from just a few cells from an actual…
What If The U.S. Went Vegan?
OWEN ROGERS: 'A research study speculates that if the U.S. went vegan, it would have dire consequences. Is it accurate, or a lesson in reading…
20 Percent of Mexicans Now Identify as Vegan or Vegetarian
YSS GUERRERO: 'According to data collected in the Gourmet Show (one of Mexico’s major food festivals), 20 percent of Mexicans have reduced or…
Cruelty-free, vegan beauty on the rise
FEMINA: 'Going vegan or taking a conscious decision to be against animal cruelty and testing requires one to change their habits and even cosmetics.…
Think You Could Never Go Vegan? Meet 21 Celebrities Who Did
NADIA SCHILLING: 'With motivations ranging from animal rights to health and the environment, celebrities give a powerful voice to veganism. If you’re…
How to Raise a Healthy Vegan Kid
RACHEL KRANTZ: 'When it comes to raising a healthy vegan kid, the challenges often aren’t so much nutritional as they are social. Raise your kid…
The Case for ‘Purity’: A Sociologist Finds Vegans Are Too Open to ‘Free Riders’
ANGELA LASHBROOK: 'In the past couple of decades, vegetarian diets have achieved enormous visibility in the United States. Consumers now include…
Here’s Why Israel Is the Vegan Capital of the World
ZACHARY TOLIVER: 'Going vegan and saving animals benefits every culture and creed. But it seems as though Israel—and the Jewish community in…
Buenos Aires: How Argentina’s meat-loving capital is going vegan
ELIZABETH SULIS KIM: 'Although Argentina is still one of the biggest consumers of meat, in particular beef, the times are changing. Today, Buenos…
Vegangelists: Hail the new evangelists of veganism
CHRIS CARTER: 'In her late teens, Ella Mills recovered from a rare illness that had left her bloated. When she evangelised on her blog about how…
This Ban On Vegan ‘Meat’ Labeling Sets A Dangerous Precedent (It’s Also Hypocritical)
KATRINA FOX: 'A law came into effect in Missouri which bans the use of ‘meat’ terminology to describe any food products that haven’t come from a…
300% Increase In Plant-Based Consumption In 12 Months According To Report
AOIFE SHERIDAN: 'Foodable Labs, a food industry insight company has released a new report which shows that plant-based consumption as increased an…