MFA: Walmart Asks Suppliers to Make More Vegan Food
According to Walmart’s media website Walmart News Now, the company is urging its suppliers to meet the growing demand for plant-based foods.
PCRM: Cycling Across China with a Vegan Message
Cyclists led by the Physicians Committee’s Jia Xu, Ph.D., are inspiring people across China to learn about the health benefits of a vegan diet.
CBD: Groups Challenge Decision to Remove Yellowstone Grizzly Protections
Earth Justice, representing Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity & National Parks Conservation Association, filed a lawsuit seeking to restore critical protections to the Yellowstone region’s grizzly bears.
STELLA MCCARTNEY and Bolt Threads Partnership Focused on Sustainable Fashion and Luxury Materials Development
Stella McCartney and co-founder/CEO of bio-tech company Bolt Threads engineered silk from proteins found in nature. It is an innovative, vegan-friendly silk made from yeast which she unveiled at her Summer 2018 show in Paris.
COMPASSION OVER KILLING: Tyson to Pay $2M for Pollution That Killed 100,000 Fish
Tyson Poultry is set to pay a $2 million fine for water pollution in 2014 that killed over 100,000 fish, after pleading guilty to criminal charges in US District Court for two counts of violating the Clean Water Act.
ONE GREEN PLANET: England Increases Animal Cruelty Punishment to 5 Years of Jail Time
Not only will serious animal abusers face significant jail time, but they will also receive unlimited fines and will be banned from owning animals in the future.
CNN: Restaurant Report Card – Antibiotics in Fast Food Meat
A new report grades the 25 largest US fast food chains on where they stand on antibiotics. 11 of the top 25 chains received an F, having taken "no (discernible) action to reduce use of antibiotics in their supply chains."
PETA: ‘Mutant’ Pigs That Prove ‘Okja’ Is Already Real
Mutant pigs bred to grow to an enormous size just to be slaughtered and eaten? It may sound like the plot of the Netflix film, "Okja," but this is the very real horror that seems to be unfolding on a Cambodian farm.