Peel Lab has developed a pineapple leather that mimics the durability, waterproofness, and aesthetic look of leather, but without the downsides of a cow having to give up its skin to make your new shoes. We ran into them at the Japanese external trade organization pavilion at CES this year … [continued]
When we think of plant-based innovations, we tend to think of veggie burgers and soy-based chicken. A course at Harvard, titled the “Great Food Transformation,” looked at the journey towards a sustainable, resilient food system. They discovered that such a quest is both a challenge and an opportunity. Reflecting back, … [continued]
What’s new in the world of plant-based foods as we celebrate World Vegan Day and look to ways to improve our diets?
With politically-aligned name calling, little attention is paid to the salient point — shifting away from animal-based foods adds to the global food supply and significantly reduces carbon emissions and waste byproducts.
New plant-based alternatives are pushing the envelope on sustainable fashion, and pushing petrochemicals out of the picture.
While I watched the chilled host on the Macy’s Day Parade television broadcast talk about Tofurky as a vegan Thanksgiving substitute, I can’t say I was enamored. A little too bland, a little too texture-challenged for me. But this month I had an offer to test out VFC (Vegan Fried … [continued]
Higher beef prices are becoming a reality for meat eaters in the US as ranchers are reducing their cattle herds due to drought and lofty feed costs. Can plant-based substitutes take the place of a juicy beef burger?
Investing in the segment has one of the biggest impacts on decarbonization when assessed in terms of the market value of avoided CO2e emissions per dollar invested in mitigation efforts.
Recent controversies about the definition of “milk” have made the news. Now the dairy industry wants the federal government to restrict use of the “milk” label to fluid “obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows.” What’s really going on here?
Livestock — especially cows — emit large amounts of methane, so reducing the dependence on eating meat is imperative to mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions.
