Tag: meat

On the day Beyond Meat became a publicly traded company in May 2019, its stock price shot up by a massive 163%. This was the best performance in a single day by any big American company in almost twenty years. This big jump clearly meant something important was going on. The sales of imitation me...

I was once extremely skeptical of the of the terms, “vegetarian chicken strips” or “vegan tuna” but I can say that I might have been converted after visiting the vegan butcher in Toronto. Yes, I put the word vegan + butcher in the same sentence. That sounds almost as wrong as...

Some people hate that other people don’t eat meat. The Guardian carries a thoughtful primer by the London food writer George Reynolds on this phenomenon. Reynolds prominently notes a 2015 study that finds vegans are hated most by (surprise!) people who occupy the right-wing poli...

The more rational approach is to adopt a reduced meat consumption diet for two reasons: first, for the optimal nutrition of the human organism, and second, for the sustainability of the planet. Meat production with current demands depletes natural resources at an unsustainable...

I think in the beginning it was less to do with religion and more to do with hygiene and health. India is a humid country. It’s very hot most of the year, and even in winter, during the day, the weather can be warm in many areas. I mean, it is not as cold as other regions of the world. M...

I’m an avid player of a game called Counter-Strike. For those unfamiliar with the game, its logic is simple. There are two teams of 5 people each, one team is the Counter-Terrorist team, and the other is the Terrorist team. The terrorist objective is to plant a bomb in a target in the ma...

The survey by Coop Switzerland shows 58% of people are reducing their intake of animal-sourced foods, positioning Switzerland as a flexitarian-centered country. There is a noticeable decline in meat consumption among the Swiss. While 65% still consume cheese, 62% meat, and 55% milk several times ...

In recent times, the realm of lab-grown meat has captured global attention, making significant strides in its development and overcoming various challenges. Just a day ago, Bene Meat, a Czech firm, secured EU approval for its lab-grown pet food, following the approval for lab-grown meat sales in the...