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Papa John’s is launching a vegan breakfast sausage pizza with Heinz beans

Pizza giant Papa John’s has announced a limited-edition vegan Breakfast Pizza for customers to binge on over the upcoming bank holidays. After receiving an “overwhelming response” to the Breakfast Pizza it released over the last bank holiday weekend, Papa John’s is releasing a plant-based version for the upcoming ones. The new limited-edition Vegan Breakfast Pizza …

Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix to welcome their first baby this summer

The vegan celebs have yet to officially confirm the news of them expecting their first child together. According to Page Six, Rooney Mara is six months pregnant with Joaquin Phoenix’s child. Although the couple has not confirmed the news, Mara was recently spotted wearing baggy clothes to cover her bump and the couple is likely …

Cruel lab forces pregnant monkeys to eat lard and become nicotine and booze addicts

PETA has taken a US research laboratory to court for conducting painful and tormenting experiments on monkeys. According to PETA, The National Primate Research Center in Hillsboro, based at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), has been performing ‘cruel’ experiments on pregnant monkeys including force feeding them lard, and addicting them to nicotine and alcohol. …

New study shows vegans outdo meat eaters in endurance and strength tests

The study has highlighted that vegans have better endurance capacity than omnivores and can effectively maintain muscle strength on plant-based diets.  A new study by Montreal researchers finally debunks the popular misconception that vegans have lower endurance levels than omnivores and that meat is essential for stamina and strength. The ‘Is a vegan diet detrimental …

Joaquin Phoenix and 200 others warn of a greater global ecological collapse if urgent actions not implemented to preserve the planet after COVID-19

Robert de Niro, Cate Blanchett and other artists, film makers and thought leaders have joined the actor in urging leaders and citizens to reconsider their value systems before returning to normal life. In a letter titled “No to a Return to Normal,” actor Juliette Binoche with French physicist and philosopher Aurélien Barrau has penned a …

Vegan diet can help prevent pandemics like COVID-19, 300 UK doctors say

‘All of the recent major disease outbreaks have been caused by tampering with animals’ 300 leading doctors of the UK have joined hands with No Meat May, a campaign that urges people to go meatless for 31 days to improve health, end factory farming and save the planet. Last week, physicians and members of the non-profit organization …

Vegan Amsterdam restaurant serves diners in quarantine greenhouses to maintain social distancing

Dutch restaurant Mediamatic ETEN is offering personal dining booths to give diners a unique experience of intimate dining while maintaining social distancing rules. Waterfront vegan restaurant Mediamatic ETEN has devised a new concept in which diners will be served a complete plant-based four-course meal while they are seated in a private greenhouse pod called “Serres …

Meat-free protein industries raise $930 million in investments in 2020 despite crisis

‘Investors have seen the market opportunity and are moving to capitalize on a global shift in the way meat is produced.’ While the US meat industry is grappling to survive after more than 20 major slaughterhouses shuttered due to its workers catching the COVID-19 virus, the plant-based protein and cell-based meat companies are thriving raking …

Appalling: government approves $72m support for racing industry amid COVID-19 crisis

‘We’re appalled that New Zealanders’ taxes are to be used to prop up a dying, cruel industry’ Greyhounds Protection League of New Zealand, an animal welfare group has called out the government for allocating $72.5 million to the racing industry in Budget 2020 stating that taxpayers’ money should not be used “to fund a degenerate …

Holland’s Pies is recruiting a Meat free Taster to help grow its vegan range

‘Someone who is passionate about pastry and with a keen interest in vegan and vegetarian food, to taste and feedback on our meat free ranges’ Holland’s Pies is looking for a NEW meat free taster to help taste and review its upcoming delicious vegetarian and vegan fare as the pie maker looks to grow its …

Billie Eilish’s family celebrates Mother’s Day with vegan meals and bouquet distributions

Billie Eilish and her family went out to make Mother’s Day memorable for nurses and caretakers with flowers and vegan meals. The Eilish family and members of the Support+Feed initiative celebrated Mother’s Day with nurses of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital and inmates of Downtown Women’s Center in Los Angeles on Sunday. Eilish along …

Bryan Adams blames ‘bat eating’ and ‘virus-making greedy’ wet markets for coronavirus crisis

“My message to them other than ‘thanks a f**king lot’ is go vegan” Along with sharing a snippet of him singing his 1983 hit “Cuts Like a Knife” on Instagram, the 60- year old singer lashed out at wet market vendors for the ongoing pandemic in an explosive expletive loaded post. Bemoaning the cancellation of …