Cat meat farm and slaughterhouse in Vietnam shut down

by Haafizah | Aug 23, 2024 | AnimalAgri, GoodNews

A cat meat farm and slaughterhouse in Vietnam has closed down for good after its owner was offered help to exit the industry. Based in the Thai Nguyen province, Mr. Nguyễn Đức Thịnh’s facility had bought, sold, and slaughtered thousands of cats for the meat trade over...

Dr Jane Goodall urges consumers to make conscious purchases

by Haafizah | Aug 23, 2024 | ClimateChange

Dr Jane Goodall has urged consumers to make more thoughtful purchases to support a more ethical and sustainable world. Dr Jane Goodall, the renowned zoologist and primatologist, urged people to take greater care over their purchases while appearing on The Today Show...

Word-of-mouth driving up plant-based milk sales

by Haafizah | Aug 22, 2024 | GoodNews

Word of mouth is the secret ingredient driving the success of plant-based milk, according to recent studies. Research on US consumer preferences for plant-based milk, conducted by New Zealand’s Lincoln University, has found that plant-based milk enthusiasts actively...

Why we need people to eat less meat and dairy

by Rachel | Aug 22, 2024 | AnimalAgri, Blogs, ClimateChange

Meat and dairy are the most carbon-intensive foods by far and we should eat less of them. But the messaging around this continues to be poor. The publication of a major study linking habitual eating of processed and red meat to a greater risk of type 2 diabetes is the...

Governments are trying to ban lab-grown meat

by Rachel | Aug 22, 2024 | AnimalAgri, GoodNews

These new proteins could be our best hope of averting catastrophe, but the livestock lobby is waging war on ‘lab-grown meat’. This is why we can’t let them win. or many years, certain car manufacturers sought to obstruct the transition to electric vehicles. It’s not...

Impossible Foods opens pop-up restaurant in Chicago

by Haafizah | Aug 21, 2024 | GoodNews, HealthyLiving, Uncategorized

Impossible Foods and Oatly team up to boost plant-based dining with a new restaurant venture focused on innovative, sustainable cuisine. The new pop-up restaurant is named “Impossible Quality Meats.” The brand will offer its plant-based beef, chicken, and pork...

Just two slices of ham a day can raise your type 2 diabetes risk

by Rachel | Aug 21, 2024 | HealthyLiving

Eating processed or red meat increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, with just two slices of ham a day raising the danger by 15%, the largest study of its kind suggests. Research led by the University of Cambridge and involving 2 million people worldwide provides the...

Plant-based meat industry could expand with government support

by Haafizah | Aug 20, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews

A new report suggests that the plant-based meat industry needs robust funding from a number of different sources – including the public sector. Just a few years ago, the alternative protein industry promised to revolutionize the way people eat burgers: They...

Drought pushes Sicily’s farming heritage to the brink

by Rachel | Aug 20, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews

While tourists flock to the Italian island in greater numbers, agricultural land in southern Sicily is becoming impossible to farm thanks to worsening drought. For the first time in four generations of his family’s farming history, Vito Amantia’s threshers have lain...

Meat and dairy use Big Tobacco tactics to market products

by Haafizah | Aug 19, 2024 | AnimalAgri, GoodNews

Tobacco tactics are being repurposed to promote meat and dairy consumption, mirroring the industry’s strategies for maintaining market demand. Sustainability NGO Changing Markets Foundation has analyzed the tactics used by 22 big meat and dairy companies to...