This week’s vegan news, now featuring COVID-19 updates: Vegan Grammy-award winner Billie Eilish and her mom have launched a vegan charity to feed the front lines and those in need. Vegan meat sales have surged by nearly 280% due to the coronavirus pandemic. Keegan Kuhn, co-director of the 2017 documentary “What The Health,” is making a documentary that links pandemics to factory farming. China’s dairy imports are expected to fall by the double-digits as a result of COVID-19. Lewis Hamilton has compared self-isolation during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak to the lives of animals in captivity.
The Mexican Senate unanimously passed a bill banning animal testing for cosmetics. Actor Jack Black is ditching red meat for the planet. This startup is growing vegan bacon from mushrooms.
A new study outlines the environmental damage of butter versus plant-based spreads. Shenzhen is now the first city in China to ban the consumption of dog and cat meat.
