Opinion: Why Is This Vegan Bacon Advert So Annoying?
by Simon Childs
Green capitalism is giving us plant-based bacon so tasty it apparently makes up for the housing crisis.
Tag: veganism
Report: Animal Rebellion Activists on Why They’re Emptying Supermarkets of Milk to Save the Climate
by Sophie K Rosa
Animal Rebellion is mid-way through a two-week direct action campaign that claims to have emptied supermarket shelves of milk, in a bid to force the government to support a just transition away from animal agriculture. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Report: The Dairy Industry is Blaming Vegans for Its Decline
by Sophie K Rosa
The UK’s biggest dairy company is begging consumers not to “cancel the cow”. Yet with only around 2-3% of the population cutting out dairy, vegans aren't what’s hurting the industry. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Downstream: Should We All Be Vegan? Interview with Peter Singer
Should we all be vegan or vegetarian? Does climate change require a new relationship to nature and non-human animals? And will Covid-19 be the moment when we realise industrial farming carries devastating, unacceptable risks? Aaron Bastani speaks to author of ‘Animal Liberation’ and professor of Bioethics at Princeton University Peter Singer.
Downstream: Can Lab-Grown Meat Save the World? Aaron Bastani Meets Michael Selden
On this week’s Downstream, Aaron Bastani meets Mike Selden, co-founder of Finless Foods - a cellular agriculture business in California - to find out whether lab-grown meat can live up to the hype.
The Bastani Factor: Do We Really Need to Quit Beef to Save the Planet?
Goldsmiths College has banned the sale of beef on campus starting this September as part of broader efforts to be carbon neutral by 2025. But do we really need to stop eating meat to combat climate change?