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Cambridge University Students Vote For 100 Percent Plant-Based Catering
Students at the prestigious university vote in favor of transitioning the campus to 100 percent plant-based catering, in a move to help lower the university’s impact on animals and the planet.
This Mushroom Meat Alternative Just Got an $8.5 Million Investment to Help Revolutionize the Food System
Fable Foods secured the multi-million dollar Series A funding round with support from the likes of ex-global CEO of KFC’s Yum! Brands and esteemed ethical philosopher Peter Singer.
Japan’s New Whaling ‘Mother Ship’ To Launch Despite Falling Demand for Whale Meat
The whaling company’s president hopes the ship will “pass on our whaling culture to the next generation”.
Palm Oil Is Destroying the Rainforests: Could Sawdust Be the Solution?
This startup has found a way to convert agricultural and wood industry byproducts, such as sawdust, into oil. The initiative has now received $1.2 million in funding to bring the product to market by 2026.
Fish Farming Has More Than Doubled in the Last Twelve Years, Report Reveals
With 124 billion fish farmed each year, advocates are calling for new fish welfare legislation to help offer these aquatic animals some protections.
Feeding Antibiotics To Farmed Animals Is Set To Increase Despite Health Fears
Human resistance to antibiotics is one of the biggest threats to global health according to the World Health Organization, and the medicine’s misuse in farmed animals is accelerating the problem.
Here are Some of the Best Vegan Super Bowl Food Picks
Looking for plant-based snack ideas for your Super Bowl celebration? Species Unite has got you covered! Here are a few of our favorite dishes, from vegan chicken to fully loaded nachos.
China To Open Its First Cultivated Meat Production Facility
Cultivated meat - meat that’s grown in a lab from animal cells rather than from a farmed animal - could be a more sustainable solution to feed China’s population of 1.4 billion people.
Colorado Welcomes a New “Mega Ranch” - With No Animals
Meati Foods opens a huge ranch to produce tens of millions of pounds of animal-free meat that’s made from mushroom root - as investors boost the brand with more than $250 million in funding.
Slutty Vegan To Open First Drive-Thru Location
Popular vegan burger chain already has seven locations across the U.S., with its first drive-thru location set to open soon.
LinkedIn Leads the Push for More Plant-Based Offices
The company’s San Francisco office trials a 65 percent plant-based menu and makes oat milk the default in coffee, as companies increasingly encourage employees to choose more sustainable plant-based food options.
Forty Starving Sheep Rescued from Backyard Slaughter Operation in New York
The flock, some of whom were pregnant, were close to death when found by investigators and required urgent medical treatment.
This New Vegan Steak 'Eliminates Every Single Reason There is to Eat Animals'
Food tech company Project Eaden uses bio fiber technology to create its realistic whole cuts of vegan meat.
America’s “Gas Chambers” for Pigs Revealed in Unprecedented Undercover Footage
Never-before-captured footage of the secretive slaughter method shows caged and screaming pigs being lowered into underground gas-filled chambers to suffocate them, as vets, legal experts, and animal advocates call for urgent reforms to the meat industry.
More Than 35,000 People Urge the Spanish Government to Stop the World’s First Octopus Factory Farm
A petition opposing the plans has attracted tens of thousands of signatures from Species Unite supporters.
Animal-free JUST Eggs Capture Consumer Attention Amid Bird Flu Crisis
History’s worst bird flu outbreak is continuing to wreak havoc on the egg industry with soaring egg prices and stock shortages. That puts JUST Egg - made from plants, not chicken eggs - in a unique position to meet consumer demand.
The Future of Artisanal Cheese Is Here - And It’s Sustainable, Delicious, and Vegan
California-based company Climax already won the largest-ever seed raise for a food tech startup, and now their next-level cheeses are set to take on the $800 billion dairy market.
Tabitha Brown Teams Up With Target To Launch Over 30 New Vegan Products
From mushroom ravioli to plant-based patties, Target’s new Tabitha Brown range of everyday favorites is a great choice for those looking to make simple meat-free swaps.
Butchery Becomes “World’s First” To Sell Cultivated Meat
The historic moment is a step towards a world without slaughterhouses, as Huber’s Butchery in Singapore offers slaughter-free meat cultivated from animal cells, rather than from a farmed animal.
This “Hyper-Realistic” Vegan Foie Gras Sold Out in Less Than 12 Hours
The vegan foie gras alternative by Hello Plant Foods, a Spanish plant-based meat producer, has exceeded all expectations and taken the country by storm.