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Participants in the ongoing “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have reportedly asked supporters to bring “vegan” and “gluten-free” food, whie warning “no nuts” and “no bananas.” The request list was obtained by Fox News’ Bill Melugin, and includes a variety of other supplies, including objects for use in clashes with counter-demonstrators and police, such as “gas masks,” “shields,” and “skater helmets.”

HI, I’M MICHELLE! I love playing in my kitchen with music on, sipping a mocktail—or cocktail—while I cook, making a big joyful mess, and cleaning it up with a compostable sponge. Ready to celebrate every step you make to live a life you love and make the world a better place while you’re at it? Grab a flour-dusted apron and let’s get this party started! Shrimp made from plants? Oh yes, vegan shrimp is stepping into the spotlight on Planet Earth. This is the guide to plant-based shrimp covers the best vegetarian shrimp brands and homemade vegan shrimp recipes.

Pepperoni is one of America’s most loved processed meats. It is an extremely popular additive to pasta dishes, sandwiches, and of course, pizza. Some pizza shops also only offer two toppings: pepperoni or cheese! Crazy, right? However, with the latest food trends around the world, more and more people are moving away from meat products and placing a focus on vegan alternatives. But who wants an alternative that doesn’t taste good? No one! This is exactly why we have researched some of the best vegan pepperoni alternatives. So, what is the best type of vegan pepperoni? You should mainly...

Sam Bankman-Fried's defense has filed a collection of letters from interested parties on Tuesday asking for leniency for the former FTX CEO - who is being sentenced this week. A friend of his from his MIT days said 'vegan' Bankman-Fried would be 'an asset to society' if given a lenient sentence, in the new court documents. 'Sam felt deeply for every living being, farm animals included - so much so that he adhered to a vegan diet and convinced several others in our living group to become vegan, too. He took every actionable step he could to reduce suffering,' the...

A 13-year-old boy was arrested during a PETA protest at a Starbucks store in Orange County. PETA claims the boy and his family were part of a group peacefully protesting the coffee chain over extra charges for vegan milk options. The store's management and Orange County Sheriff's deputies ordered the protesters to leave, but the teen reportedly refused to do so. Video released by PETA shows the teen appearing to throw something at a deputy as he was taken into custody. Cameras captured him being shoved onto a table and handcuffed. The boy is now charged with battery on a...

There's more than one hole in this story.Even if you don’t run on Dunkin' their doughnuts are pretty much unavoidable. According to ScrapeHero, there are 28,776 locations across the United States alone. Whether you’ve grabbed a Boston Cream and an impossibly large iced coffee at an airport or your coworker brought in a dozen for a birthday, you’re probably familiar with what their doughnuts look like. But would you still recognize them if they were taken outside of their hot pink storefront, placed on sheet trays lined with parchment, and sold at a vegan marketplace? Since 2019, Cindy Snacks has...

A Fremont Vietnamese restaurant has closed its doors due to a neighbor’s complaints about the restaurant’s smell. Pho Gabo, which operates three locations in the Portland area, has closed its Fremont and Northeast 73rd location indefinitely due to “the city’s and the neighborhood’s complaints about the smell of the food that we grill and the foods that we serve customers,” according to a sign posted to the restaurant’s door. Willamette Week reports that the restaurant has been hit with complaints since September 2022, five years after the restaurant opened. A presumed neighbor has been filing complaints with the city about...

A predominantly plant-based or vegetarian diet is linked to 39% lower odds of COVID-19 infection, finds research. The findings prompt the researchers to suggest that a diet high in vegetables, legumes, and nuts, and low in dairy products and meat, may help to ward off the infection. Participants were surveyed on their usual eating patterns and food group frequency, as well as lifestyle and medical history, including vaccination against COVID-19. They were then divided into either omnivorous (424) or predominantly plant-based (278) dietary groups. The plant-based food group was further divided into flexitarians/semi-vegetarians who ate meat three or fewer times...

California has been at the forefront of healthful eating and plant-based cuisine for decades, from restaurants like Chez Panisse in Berkeley to Michael’s in greater Los Angeles. But despite decades of offering meatless this or gluten-free that, some Southern California restaurants have recently decided that going entirely vegan is not a recipe for long-term financial success. After years of being vegan, some very well-known LA restaurants are adding meat, dairy or both to their menus to appeal to a larger audience. Even in a city like Los Angeles, which has consistently been named one of the most vegan-friendly cities for...

A tweet advocating consumers cut back on red meat consumption has been deleted by the Environmental Protection Agency following objections from the Irish Farmers Association. The tweet posted yesterday by the EPA’s X account, formerly Twitter, urged consumers to “try veggie recipes” and “reduce your red meat consumption slowly: veggie lunches, Meat Free Mondays etc”. The tweet also pointed out that 10% of meat bought is thrown out. Following a complaint from the IFA, the EPA responded to the farming organization, saying it was their intention to share helpful advice, not to cause anger; but they acknowledge it may have...

A vegan raw food influencer who lived on a diet of exotic fruit has reportedly died from starvation and exhaustion. Zhanna Samsonova, originally from Russia, had been living in South-East Asia and eating an exclusively raw vegan diet consisting of 'fruits, sunflower seed sprouts, fruit smoothies and juices' for the past five years. However her eating habits became worryingly restrictive in the last few months of her life according to her friends. The 40-year-old, known as Zhanna D'Art online, passed away on July 21 reportedly from a 'cholera-like infection' exacerbated by 'exhaustion of the body by a vegan diet' her...

Vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova has reportedly “died of starvation” after subsisting exclusively off a diet of exotic fruit in Malaysia, according to her friends and family. She was 39. The Russian national — who frequently promoted raw foods on social media where she was known to her millions of viewers on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram as Zhanna D’Art — reportedly died July 21 after finally seeking medical treatment during a tour in Southeast Asia, according to local media outlet reports. “A few months ago, in Sri Lanka, she already looked exhausted, with swollen legs oozing lymph,” one unidentified friend told...

The plant-based milk industry is booming, and new milks seem to be cropping up everywhere — from the old standbys of almond milk and oat milk, to newfangled pistachio milk and cashew milk. The options are endless. But few of these alternatives compare to cow's milk in terms of nutrition, according to data presented on July 24 at the American Society for Nutrition Conference in Boston. The data has not yet been published. "I thought going into this that the manufacturers would have been looking at cow's milk and trying to match it with these products," Dr. Abigail Johnson, who...

The summer holidays are nearly here which would normally mean there's never been a better time to fire up the barbeque and line it with beef burgers. But a new study shows you might want to swap them for meat-free alternatives if you want to do your bit to save the planet. University of Oxford experts say eating just 100g of meat per day – less than a single burger – creates four times more greenhouse gases compared with a vegan diet. The researchers now want to see prompt policy action from government and organisations to trigger 'dietary shifts away...

Eco-vandals targeted Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie's £241million superyacht in Ibiza today, using fire extinguishers to coat it in red and black paint. Vegan activists from Futuro Vegetal (Vegetable Future) sprayed the 360ft vessel before holding up a 'You Consume Others Suffer' sign in their latest climate protest stunt. The Spanish group has claimed responsibility in a statement on social media, which states that 'the only reason we continue to maintain an economic system that leads us to eco-social collapse is to sustain the privileges of this small privileged class.' The superyacht belongs to US supermarket heiress Nancy Walton Laurie,...

One of Taco Bell’s most recognizable menu items is going vegan. The chain is testing a vegan Crunchwrap, marking the first time that Taco Bell has sold a fully vegan entree. Similar to a traditional Crunchwrap, the vegan version uses a “proprietary, boldly seasoned” plant-based protein created by the company, and is then topped with two vegan sauces: a blanco sauce (similar to sour cream) and a vegan nacho sauce. Then it’s all wrapped in a crunchy tostada shell. However, it’s not going nationwide just yet: A total of three Taco Bell locations — one each in New York City,...

MADISON, Wis. -- Brat Fest is getting a lot of attention this weekend, but on Saturday a smaller festival showcased all that can be done without meat or dairy products. Vilas Park played host for Vegan Sausage Fest, where vendors made delicious and creative vegan-friendly dishes. Attendees could sample plant-based foods in a traditional festival setting with plenty of options to choose from. Organizers said about 1,000 people attended, with social media used to promote the event. "The last two months we've been putting a lot of social media content out there, and really promoting it," organizer Beth Skogen said....

We’ll say it again now that Gov. Jared Polis has inked his purported “relief” for soaring property taxes: His plan is largely an illusion. Ignore the stagecraft of Wednesday’s signing ceremony for Senate Bill 23-303. It was a nice publicity stunt — the governor and assorted lawmakers turning up at the home of a Commerce City resident who supposedly would benefit. It was all sleight of hand. As we noted here only weeks ago, the Polis plan is as if someone offered to help you pay your bills — then reached into your pocket, grabbed your wallet, pulled out some...

A Reddit user took to that platform after feeling stressed upon learning that his fiancé wants to raise their future children to be vegetarian. The user, who posted to the subreddit “TrueOffMyChest” on May 8, said that he and his fiancé do not have kids yet, but are having conversations about children. His wife-to-be believes that “eating meat is wrong” because it causes unnecessary suffering to animals, he wrote. The Redditor’s fiancé said she will not raise their children to think it’s OK to “torture animals,” he wrote.

A former vegan is claiming that eating meat again saved her life. Kai-Lee Worsley adopted a strict diet of no animal products after living with vegans. She moved from Canada to the West Coast in 2016, according to South West News Service. But six months into the diet, she began feeling sick and her hair started falling out. Her nails grew brittle and she could barely stand. “I was extremely tired all the time. I couldn’t form coherent thoughts,” she told SWNS. “I would just lie in bed multiple times a week and I would spend all day in bed...