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WATCH: Vegan comedian Laura Clery releases hilarious quarantine workout spoof video

While streets are empty, social media sites have been jammed with people finding ingenious ways to fill their time in home quarantine with creative, hilarious and wild videos. Even as the novel COVID-19 goes on a viral spree infecting countries and forcing people to self-isolate and practice social distancing, social media has gone viral too, …

Vegan food company donates $210,000 worth of plant-based seafood to food banks amid coronavirus crisis

Vegan seafood brand Sophie’s Kitchen has donated nearly 3000 cases of Lemon Grass Toona to food shelters catering the needy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Miles Woodruff, the CEO of Sophie’s kitchen- a plant-based seafood brand personally reached out to food shelters in Second Harvest Silicon Valley, Contra Costa and Solano County, and Food Banks of …

Cheeky P’s, a vegan snack brand secures investment deal for global expansion

Two UK enterprising siblings have finalized a massive investment deal with Spanish food group Dasca to expand their vegan snack brand. Malaysian siblings and Newcastle University graduates Gregory and Gracia Goh launched Cheeky P’s for healthy, vegan, gluten-free nibbles in 2018. Inspired by popular Malaysian street food Kacang Kuda, the brand currently sells healthy roasted chickpeas …

Meat industry reports plummeting demand due to coronavirus

The future of the US meat industry is in serious doubt as farmers are reporting a drastic decline in demand and are expecting the trend to continue.  Industry leaders of the cattle industry have complained that coronavirus has caused the industry to plunge to its lowest level in a decade, while the pig industry dipped …

US oat milk sales shoot up by 477% as coronavirus looms

A recent Nielsen report has recorded meteoric rises in oat milk and vegan meat sales as shoppers go on a berserk shopping spree amid the COVID- 19 pandemic. The coronavirus outbreak that has now affected more than 450,000 people has led to some unprecedented changes in shopping behavior. As shoppers go frantic with stockpiling, supermarkets …

Why is Vitamin B12 so important and natural sources of B12

A wholesome plant-based diet is not only tasty, but also nutritious and sufficient to get your daily dose of macro and micronutrients barring some exceptional ones like Vitamin B12. We need Vitamin B12 for the healthy functioning of various organs and systems of our body. Also known as cobalamin, this water-soluble vitamin is essentially a …

Bryan Adams calls man “The most dangerous creature on earth”

Vegan singer Bryan Adams has posted a powerful video on social media that shows how humans are killing animals for food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific purposes as well as destroying the planet for their selfish gains. Through a video created by United Kingdom-based illustrator Steve Cuts, Bryan Adams has shared yet another compelling vegan message …

UK Vegan milk company donates 14,000 milkshakes to hospitals and food banks in coronavirus relief effort

A Vegan milk brand has reached out to hospitals and food banks to help out amid the growing coronavirus crisis. Panic shoppers have stripped supermarkets bare leaving most food banks struggling for supplies as donations plummet during the coronavirus pandemic. According to The Guardian, a food bank in London reported a 75% dip in donations …

Coronavirus: Thousands of abandoned pets starving to death in China

Animal welfare groups have warned that the number of pets being abandoned in China due to coronavirus is rapidly increasing.  Welfare groups have blamed false reports that pets are spreading the disease for a spike in pet owners ditching their animals.  When Wuhan was first quarantined charities warned that 30,000 pets had been left to …

Festivals where camels are ‘forced to wrestle’ slammed by animal rights activists

Animal rights activists have slammed brutal camel wrestling festivals in Turkey where crowds cheer on violence and eat camel meat.  Festivals today are held mostly in Western Turkey, and feature camels who have been kept in barns and then transported to the festival by truck.  They’re dressed up in colourful outfits and crowds go wild …

Struck by coronavirus, Greta Thunberg urges people to stay home

Greta Thunberg has urged her followers to remain home after she spent 2 weeks in self isolation to recover from coronavirus symptoms.  After displaying symptoms of cough, shivers, sore throat, and tiredness post her trips to Central Europe- where reported COVID-19 cases, particularly in Germany and Italy, are steep; Thunberg spent two weeks in self-isolation …

Uproar as viral slaughterhouse video shows cow being butchered without anaesthesia

A video from a slaughterhouse in Luxembourg which shows a cow being killed without being anaesthetised has led to uproar after going viral. The video, which was filmed using a smartphone, features a cow being slaughtered at a farm in Ettelbruck.  Animal rights activists have slammed the footage showing the cow being brutally butchered in …