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Sweetgreen Will Now Only Use Extra Virgin Olive Oil to Cook Veggies, Grains & Proteins
Sweetgreen will become the first fast-casual restaurant chain in the US to exclusively use heart-healthy extra virgin olive oil to cook its vegetables, grains and proteins. Known for its salads and grain bowls, the brand is leaning into!-->…
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Plant-Based Pregnancy: Vegan Diet Lowers Risk of Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnant Women
Eating a vegan diet leading up to pregnancy can help lower the risk of developing hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia and gestational hypertension, according to a large-scale, 20-year-long American study.
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WWF: ‘Everyone Has a Role to Play in Tackling the Global Water Crisis’
The annual economic value of water and freshwater ecosystems is estimated to be $58T, the equivalent of about 60% of the world's GDP, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Not only does the degradation of water bodies endanger!-->…
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Sexy Flexi: Europe Leads in Flexitarian Population As Asia-Pacific Catches Up, But US Lags Behind
When it comes to flexitarianism, Europe is leading the way, with Asia-Pacific catching up– but the US still lags far behind.
There's no specific definition of what a flexitarian is. It could be a pescatarian who eats fish once a!-->!-->!-->…
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Add Nutritious Ingredients to Ultra-Processed Foods To Get Americans To Pay More for Them
For most Americans, ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are a big part of their daily diets, but they have been linked with a host of diseases and health detriments. In that light, a new study has found that Americans would be willing to eat and!-->…
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How to Design a Meat Tax That Benefits Everyone, Even Low-Income Families
As governments and stakeholders discuss potential meat taxes to reduce animal consumption and help mitigate the effects of climate change, one major argument against these levies is that they would unfairly overburden lower-income!-->…
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DecarbonAIsation: Planet FWD Launches AI Platform to Help Food Companies Lower Emissions
Planet FWD, a platform that helps companies assess their climate footprint and calculate emissions, has launched an AI-powered data engine built specifically for the food and beverage sector to mitigate their environmental impact and!-->…
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Food is Medicine Series: US Healthcare Company & Grocery Retailer to Study the Impact of Nutritious Food Availability on Health
A week after research found that Food is Medicine (FIM) programmes could save American lives and billions of dollars in medical costs, US healthcare company Kaiser Permanente and grocery delivery startup Instacart have announced a joint!-->…
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Meet the Startups Working with the Climate-Positive Alt-Protein Superfood That Grows Everywhere
In a world increasingly ravaged by the climate crisis and food insecurity, one crop could be a solution to meeting our future nutritional, environmental and health needs. Find out more about the startups growing duckweed, the future!-->…
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India’s Future Food Changemakers: How Heritage Vegan Brand Carra Got Indians to Love Dark Chocolate
In our Indian Changemakers series, we interview brands and founders shaping the future of food in the world's most populous country. Here, we speak to Komal Khosla, founder of Delhi-based vegan craft chocolate brand Carra, about the!-->…
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Are You Vegetarian? It Might Be in Your DNA, According to A New Study
A new study has found that being vegetarian may be linked to three genes and that the fact that some people find it challenging to stick to a meatless diet could be explained by genetics. While this is a correlation (and not causation),!-->…
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Multi-Michelin-Starred Chef Alain Ducasse Says We Need to Eat Less Meat
Speaking at France's inaugural Sustainable Gastronomy Summit, Monégasque chef Alain Ducasse called on the world to eat less meat. Highlighting how it would be better for both human and planetary health, the 21-Michelin-starred chef!-->…
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Meet the Startup Helping UK Restaurants & Food Brands Calculate Their Carbon Emissions
Matthew Isaacs, co-founder of UK emissions calculator and carbon labelling startup My Emissions, talks to Green Queen about the company's pivot from recipe blogs to restaurants and food manufacturers, how it measures a product or dish's!-->…
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This Changes Everything: Beyond Meat Goes All-In On Health with New Ad Campaign
Two months after launching its farmer- and health-centric marketing drive, alt-meat giant Beyond Meat is doubling down on the health aspect of its products with its new This Changes Everything campaign. It comes a few months after its!-->…
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Comms Queen Katherine Miller: ‘Chefs Are Key To Making The Food System More Just and Sustainable’
Thin Lei Win talks to former James Beard exec, GWU Terker fellow and communications expert Katherine Miller about her new book and why chefs are the perfect advocates to bring about structural change to food systems.
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Food is Medicine Series: How to Save American Lives and Billions of Dollars with Food Prescriptions
Food is Medicine programmes – which include medically-tailored meal initiatives and produce prescription campaigns – could help reduce diseases, improve quality of life, and cut billions in healthcare costs in the US, according to a!-->…
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To Avoid Climate Disasters Like the NYC Floods, the US Must Reduce Its Meat Consumption by 82%
New York City is in a state of emergency, with flash floods leaving the Big Apple struggling to recover, merely three months after the city was engulfed in a polluted haze due to Canadian wildfires. Experts have blamed it on the climate!-->…
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Could the Next Pandemic Hit Crops Instead of People?
Genetic uniformity is central to modern farming. It leaves us vulnerable to plant disease breakouts.
By Saima Sidik, Grist
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6 Upcoming Food Documentaries You Need to Add to Your Watchlist
Netflix's recent Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food documentary made waves across the Internet and media for its detailed exposé of the US food system's fallacies. Where do we go from there? A whole host of upcoming!-->…
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Food Waste Needs a Rebrand: From Trash to Treasure, Overcoming The Issue’s Image Problem
Food waste is a major global issue with no easy fixes.
By now, we’ve probably all heard the statistic that around one-third of all food produced each year is lost or wasted. That’s the equivalent of each of us putting an entire meal -!-->!-->!-->…
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100 Billion Animals Are Slaughtered for Meat Every Year – Yet Livestock Farming Doesn’t Get Talked About in Climate Discourse
New data shared by Our World in Data shows that approximately 94% of animals on earth live on factory farms and at least 100 billion are slaughtered each year for meat and other animal-derived products. The analysis shows these numbers!-->…
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