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Architect of The Paris Climate Agreement Joins Impossible Foods’ Board
Costa-Rican Diplomat Christiana Figueres, an instrumental architect of the Paris Climate Agreement, will now be lending her expertise to Impossible Foods after joining the company’s board of directors. Figueres’ new role makes sense given the shared aim of the Paris Climate Agreement and Impossible …
US Dietary Guidelines Revised to Recognize the Dangers of Dairy
After tremendous effort, the campaign to persuade the US Dietary Guidelines to acknowledge the serious health dangers that dairy poses for many has succeeded. The US Dietary Guidelines–revised every five years by a committee of expert nutrition and medical researchers, academics, and practitioners–r…
Impossible Foods Slashes Prices by 15 Percent to Rival Cost of Meat
If you’re not entirely plant-based and occasionally find yourself deciding between a beef burger or a plant-based option, Impossible Foods just made your decision a whole lot easier. The company just announced its plans to reduce the wholesale cost of its product by 15…
Adidas to Launch Plant-Based Shoes Made From Mushroom Leather
If the only thing keeping you from accomplishing your New Years Resolution to get more exercise is a new pair of running shoes, then you’re in luck: Adidas has just announced that it is developing a line of shoes made from mushroom-based leather...
Meat Prices Would Rise 146 Percent if We Accounted for Environmental Costs
According to a new study, if meat prices reflected the environmental impact of production, the days of McDonald’s dollar menu would be over. A study conducted by scientists at Augsburg University in Germany and published in Nature Communications found that if the toll of animal agriculture on the en…
French Startup Creates a Super Realistic Vegan Egg With a Shell
Until now, much to the chagrin of plant-based Francophiles everywhere, eggs have been considered a staple ingredient in French cuisine. Now, Le Papondu, a French startup, has created a vegan egg that might turn your plant-based eggs-benedict dreams into a reality...

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