Vegan group donates $100,000 worth of vegan food and supplies to medical workers and the vulnerable across 10 countries
Million Dollar Vegan hopes to not only help the ones in need through donations but also spread awareness on the reasons pandemics plague the human world. Last week, Million Dollar Vegan (MDV) kicked off its ‘Plants ON: Pandemics OFF – Global Prevent & Feed Initiative’ by donating $100,000 of vegan meals to care workers, hospitals …
NY lawmakers’ new bill to ban disease-spreading live animal markets
Two New York lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban live animal or “wet” markets in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal and state Sen. Luis Sepulveda have co-authored legislation that aims to stop live animal markets from operating in New York. According to the bill, the state Agriculture and Markets commissioner …
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Animal rights groups call for fur farm bans after minks test positive for COVID-19
‘In the face of a global crisis…the Netherlands shouldn’t wait another four years to shut down its last remaining fur farms – it must take action now.’ With reports of minks contracting coronavirus on two Dutch fur farms surfacing, animal advocates are urging local governments to ban fur farming in the Netherlands and across the …
‘We are modern-day slaves’ say meat workers as plants continue to operate despite COVID-19 spread
‘They ain’t offering nobody no disability, no unemployment, no time off” Meat workers in US slaughterhouses are being forced to report to work even as reports of more and more workers contracting the virus at these plants are coming to the fore. The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting tracking Covid-19’s impact on meatpacking workers and industry …
New York wet markets are ‘clear disease vectors’ says animal rights group demanding shutdown
Slaughter Free NYC and PETA have called on New York officials to shutter the city’s 80 live-animal markets immediately. The novel coronavirus, which is widely believed to have started from a wet market in Wuhan, China towards the end of 2019 has ravaged major parts of several countries. In the US, New York has emerged …
Greta Thunberg launches UNICEF’s coronavirus protection campaign
‘Like the climate crisis, the coronavirus pandemic is a child-rights crisis’ Climate activist Greta Thunberg has launched a joint global funding campaign with Danish NGO Human Act to support UNICEF´s efforts in protecting young lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. To kickstart the campaign, Thunberg donated the $100,000 prize money she received alongside her Human Act …
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UK poll shows 1 in 5 Brits cut down on meat meals amid coronavirus pandemic
More Brits ‘are now seeing these brilliant vegan alternatives as the new normal.’ According to a Vegan Society survey, 1 in 5 Brits have reduced eating meat during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the people surveyed, 41% admitted that they reduced meat consumption because their preferred product was unavailable, while 43% simply reduced out of concern …
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Olivia Colman helps vegan charity in delivering 100 meals to vulnerable stranded in Covid-19 crisis
‘I salute the volunteer army helping to feed the most vulnerable as part of the Food For London Now appeal’ Olivia Colman recently volunteered to help charity Made in Hackney, who is providing 500 emergency meals per day to people in need during the lockdown. The English actor visited the charity and assisted in preparing …
Trump orders meat plants to stay open exposing workers to COVID-19
Trump’s mandate has come even as meat-processing plants are fast becoming COVID-19 hot spots. In order to avert a possible meat supply shortage, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday forcing meat processing plants to stay open during the coronavirus pandemic. According to Bloomberg, the order will cover plants producing pork, chicken and eggs. …
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Bill Maher slams factory farms calling them ‘as despicable as wet markets’
‘You can’t trash the environment, including animals, and not have it come back and kill you’. On Friday evening’s episode of HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher,” the talk show host likened China wet markets to America’s factory farms. Referencing his recent rant, in which he received bilateral praise for bashing China on reopening its …
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Beyond Meat shares soar as coronavirus stalls meat plant production
While US meat plants struggle to operate amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Beyond Meat has witnessed its biggest weekly percentage gain since last year. Last week, Beyond Meat recorded a 12 percent hike in Friday trading even as other businesses are facing massive losses amid the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, the company clocked its biggest weekly …
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Vegan cooking pair raises over £6,000 in funds for charities fighting COVID-19
‘We’ve been thinking of ways we can do our bit to help’ Roxy Pope and Ben Pook, creators of So Vegan, one of the world’s popular vegan recipe channels have launched a charity ebook titled The Lockdown Cookbook in order to support charities working for COVID-19 relief. Fans can download the ebook that contains “10 …
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