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Mock meat: the rise of the vegetarian butcher
Written for the Telegraph by Sue Quinn Traditional butchers might be disappearing from UK high streets but there’s a new breed sharpening their knives to slice a different kind of meat – made from plants. So-called “vegetarian butchers” are popping up across the globe, selling products that mimic meat but contain no animal flesh at all. […]
Asda to become first UK supermarket to sell wonky veg boxes
Written by Samuel Osborne for the Independent Asda will become the UK’s first supermarket to sell a box of wonky vegetables in 128 of its stores on Friday. The box costs £3.50 and the supermarket says they contain enough to feed a family of four for a week. It contains seasonal vegetables and salad ingredients including carrots, […]
French law forbids food waste by supermarkets
Article written by Angelique Chrisafis for the Guardian. Food banks and other charities welcome law making large shops donate unsold food and stop spoiling items to deter foragers. France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities […]
Saving the fruits too ugly for the stores – Jewish Chronicle
Meet the people doing something about the tonnes of food wasted daily in the UK – article written by Victoria Prever in the Jewish Chronicle. Always worried about when we will next eat, as a race, we’re not renowned for under catering. We’re not alone: UK household food waste last year was more than 12 […]
Vegan Supermarket Chain Coming To United States In 2016
Source True Activist By Amanda Froelich Veganz, the world’s first all-vegan supermarket chain, will be opening in Portland, Oregon in 2016. You’ve heard a plant-based diet is optimal for health and the environment, but do you ever get dismayed when perusing your local grocery store because you a) either don’t know what to buy or […]
The Gandhi Foundation’s Multifaith Conference / Celebration 2016
GANDHI: THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND THE ETHICS OF DIET The text below and accompanying short video of the event have been shared with us as we were unable to attend on the day… On Saturday 30th January, the Gandhi Foundation held their annual multifaith celebration at Kingsley Hall in association with the Animal Interfaith […]
Hellmann’s to Make Vegan Mayonnaise
From Compassion Over Killing Hellmann’s announced the release of an eggless “Carefully Crafted Dressing & Sandwich Spread” — aka, a vegan (dare we say it!) “mayo.” The product is due to hit store shelves later this month. This comes in the wake of Unilever’s (the parent company of Hellmann’s brand) 2014 attack on plant-based mayo maker Hampton Creek. […]
Waitrose to ban factory farmed cows from producing milk for its supermarkets
Written by Sean Poulter for the Daily Mail Waitrose cows will be guaranteed at least 100 days grazing outside a year Move comes amid rise of controversial ‘zero grazing’ policy of mega dairies A director at the supermarket chain says it will produce ‘great quality milk’ Cows will be guaranteed at least 100 days grazing outside […]
Abolishing Meat: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Originally written for the Huffington Post As a society, we have fought against sexism, racism and bigotry. Today it’s time for us to acknowledge another “-ism”, one that’s been around for a long time yet is still largely unrecognised: speciesism. Speciesism is the belief that all other animals are inferior to human beings and therefore […]
Five things would happen if everyone stopped eating meat
We’ve come to the end of World Week for the Abolition of Meat, but people in the west still won’t make a simple change that could change the fortunes of the whole world Written by Mimi Bekechi [Director of Animal Welfare charity Peta] for the Independent Today marks the end of World Week for the Abolition […]