- According to Ireland, cow's milk is now considered vegan.
- I think I might've had a little bit too much to drink.
And maybe again- (glass clanking)
- What the Irish (bleep). Anyways, also in today's episode,
a new plant-based potato milk,
the city of Berkeley goes completely vegan, US court
smacked down the pork industry, and a metric ton more
in this jam packed episode. I'm Brock Lee.
Welcome to the World Vegan News. Lube up
cause we're going in.
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In our first story, the Irish dairy industry
begins a campaign claiming that
cow's milk now counts as being plant-based.
♪ Hell naw, to the naw, naw, naw (Hell to the naw)♪
- They've created billboards and digital posters
that show a girl drinking milk with the words,
"Looking for a completely natural plant-based milk?
Irish cows are fed outdoors on a diet of fresh green grass."
Wait, is, is this for (bleep) real?
So their claim is that because cows eat grass and then the
milk they create is created from plants,
therefore it's vegan.
I don't need to point out to you guys why this makes no
sense, but man,
it is absolutely mind blowing. The mental gymnastics
the dairy industry will go through just to try and make some
sense. The crazy thing is that some people out there
will now go and buy cows milk,
thinking that they're choosing the healthier, eco-friendly
option. And this is the same dairy industry,
constantly crying about vegan companies using phrases like,
"Yogurt alternative" or using Milky swirls on packaging.
- (bleep) right off. (bleep) off!
- Next up it seems like every week Nestle expands its evil
clutches deeper into the vegan world.
- I am the senate.
- This week is no exception.
Nestle is launching vegan meals into their meal
prep delivery service company called Freshly.
They'll be offering a whole new lineup of meals,
such as Mac and Cheese,
a falafel bowl, creamy Buffalo cauliflower,
and a bunch more starting at a price of $8 and 49 cents per
meal. They smell money in the industry,
and while you might not buy from Nestle directly,
those Sith Lords will get you to give them your money with
new companies they create one way or another.
- Do it!
- In our next story, vegans may have taken things
one step too far. Let me know what you guys think.
Swedish brand, Dug, has created a new vegan milk
that's hitting stores in Europe and it's made from potatoes.
Yes, that's right. Level 99 vegan paladin warriors
have now created potato milk.
- All right times up! Let's do this. LEEROYYYMMMJENKINSSS.
- CEO Thomas Olander said, "Our choice to use potatoes
as a base means that we have a super sustainable drink.
Potatoes don't need much to grow at all,
especially compared to dairy products."
Can't really argue with that. Unfortunately,
it's not in the USA yet, but as soon as it is,
You know I'm team potatoes.
- Yeahhh.
- I feel like of all things, vegan
Mac and Cheese is one of the most important things in the
vegan world. This week, wholesale retailer,
Costco, is expanding a 'take and bake'
vegan Mac and Cheese to nearly 100 locations
in the south Eastern region of the country.
Chef Ayindé Howell's original Mac and Yease, will be
available in 32 ounce trays in the prepared food section of
stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
and Puerto Rico. Hold up, wait,
they're not bringing this to California?
- No! God please no! No, no, no!!
- Next up, do you ever feel like the meat industry
is the villain in this movie that we call "The World"?
Well they're pissed because the United States
Court of Appeals just slapped down
a proposal from the pork industry that would allow them to
continue housing pregnant pigs in insanely small cages.
If you're not aware, pigs are kept in small cages
that are about the size of their body.
And California law is requiring changes to allow more space
for them, as well as changes for chickens
and cows. While it's not perfect yet,
it is a good sign that the US courts are
denying the proposals that the meat industry is coming up
with and basically telling them that it's complete
jibberish.
- "You just drop in, smack the lip... Waapah!
Just drop down... Swoopah! And then after that,
you just drop in, ride the barrel, and get pitted,
so pitted.
- As always, for those of you beautiful junk food vegans,
you'll be excited to hear that this month ice cream chain,
Baskin Robbins, is adding another vegan option to it's 2,500
shops nationwide. Yes,
the chains new flavor will be a non-dairy, salted fudge bar
flavor, that's made with a creamy salted, dark chocolate
oat milk base that is swirled with smooth, fudge ribbons
and dotted with fudge pieces.
- Yes! Yeahhh! Woooh!
- This week, the massive footwear brand, Crocs,
has announced that they're going vegan.
- It's lit. Haha, it's lit. (chuckles)
- They said that by the end of this year,
every pair of Crocs they produce will be completely vegan
so you can rock that sexy croc style without any
limitations.
- What are those!?
- They are my crocs.
- Food and beverage company, Dole,
is one of the biggest fruit producers in the entire
world, and they've just partnered with Ananas Anam,
a company that creates vegan, pineapple leather
called Piñatex. They've done this to put the wasted
pineapple leaves from their pineapple plants to good use,
and it's part of Dole's goal to have no fruit loss by 2025
in an effort to reduce its food waste. Now,
since so many of you enjoyed every week,
here's another short segment of
Brock Lee's favorite animals.
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- Thank you for helping Marty.
Are you bringing your bed in here?
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- In our final story this week,
the city council of Berkeley has passed a resolution to
slash the amount of animal products to safe purchases by 50%
by 2024. Even more shockingly,
the resolution adopts a longterm goal
of phasing out all purchases of animal products and
replacing them with plant-based foods. Where's that bastard,
Jimmy Dean? I feel like these kinds of movements
are a death blow to the meat industry.
- Ladies and gentlemen, we got 'em. (crowd applauds)
- Great thanks as always to my vegan news friends,
Plant-Based News, LIVEKINDLY, and VegNews.
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