- [Narrator] This week, Bella Hadid
is obsessed with vegan nuggets.
Elephant poaching falls in Kenya,
and Duncan finally gets oat milk in all its stores.
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Supermodel Bella Hadid is freaking the F out
over vegan chicken nuggets.
Hadid recently ordered the bite size snacks in bulk
from plant-based meat company, Nuggs.
She wrote in an Instagram story:
"They have spicy nuggs now.
So I'm freaking the F out!
Guys, this isn't an ad or anything.
I found Nuggs on Instagram a while ago, and I'm addicted."
Hadid shared a photo of the soy-based chicken nuggets
and tagged the company.
She captioned it: "Can't handle. Freaking out.
Please let me be your official taste tester."
A collaboration between the model and Nuggs
might be in the works.
The company re-posted Hadid story,
writing that she is now the official taste tester of Nuggs.
Amsterdam based chain vegan junk food bar
is expanding worldwide and it's looking for franchisees.
The chain carries a variety of plant-based comfort food,
including truffle burgers, vegan shrimp,
plant-based chicken sandwiches and more.
And with six branches already under their belt,
the brands founder, Edwin James Streep and Lorenzo Munoz
are looking to expand internationally.
They wrote in a statement:
"It is our aspiration that people across cities world-wide
be introduced to our mouth watering plant-based food
and unique sustainable lifestyle experience.
This ambition is made further possible through franchising.
As well as collaborating with like-minded organizations
with a similar belief system and shared values."
Get ready for cute overload:
vegan social media star Tiny Chef
is getting a brand new series on Nickelodeon.
"The Tiny Chef Show" features titular host the Chef
as he produces miniature plant-based meals
for his miniature friends.
Since launching to Instagram in 2018,
the Chef has gained more than 600,000 followers.
The miniature cooking program features stop motion models,
puppets and intricate small-scale sets.
The show aims to educate children
on the benefits of plant-based food
and support them in learning to cook.
According to the show's lore,
the chef has been cooking vegan food for more than 30 years.
Ramsey Naito executive vice president
of Nickelodeon's animated production
and development department said:
"The tiny Chef stole my heart when he taught me
how to make a tiny apron,
and I know he will take everyone's hearts like he took mine.
Brian Robbins and I want to thank everyone
at Imagine Kids + Family
as we welcome The Chef to Nickelodeon."
Coming up: Ghana opens a university
dedicated to the environment and climate change.
Elephant poaching in Kenya has fallen by 91%
due to effective wildlife conservation
and anti-poaching efforts.
Seven elephants have been poached in 2020.
This is down from 34 in 2019 and 80 in 2018.
In the last six years,
wildlife poaching in general has fallen by 90%.
The total number of elephants in Kenya
more than doubled between 1989 and 2018.
Tourism minister Najib Balala
revealed that the population has risen from 16,000
to more than 34,000 since 1989.
Historically, global demand for ivory
has driven poaching in Kenya
and other sub-Saharan African countries.
Despite a ban on the international ivory trade,
tens of thousands of African elephants
are still poached every year.
Enhanced surveillance, anti-poaching units
and updated legislation have led directly
to Kenya's drastic reduction in elephant deaths,
Illegal hunters face now increased prison time
and larger fines, if convicted for poaching
or trafficking wildlife trophies.
Ghana is set to open its first university
dedicated to teaching students about climate change
and protecting the environment.
The University of Environment and Sustainable Development
is located in the municipality of Trom-Somanya.
It began its second phase of construction.
earlier this month.
President Nana Akufo-Addo
announced the university would begin recruiting
its first batch of students in October.
The president wrote on Facebook:
"The completion of the University of Environment
and Sustainable Development is yet another example
of our nation's commitment to providing quality education
and skills training for our people."
The university will offer a number of classes,
including courses on energy sustainability,
environmental economics, climate change,
and environmental policy.
Coming up: Dunkin launches vegan oat milk lattes nationwide.
Beyond Meat tripled its us supermarket sales
in the second quarter of 2020
in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The California based vegan meat producer
spent around 5.9 million,
repackaging its products for sale in grocery stores
and increased its U.S. supermarket sales by nearly 200%.
With many restaurants still closed
or offering limited service during COVID,
the second quarter saw an increase
in consumers preparing plant-based food
and vegan meat at home.
Net sales increased by 69% to 113 million,
exceeding 100 million in quarterly revenue
for the first time ever.
CEO Ethan Brown said in an interview:
"We had to make a decision.
Did we want to sit and try to weather this
and potentially take a step back in our growth trajectory,
or did we want to go very aggressively
toward the retail sector
even if it curved more expensive doing so?
During the final two weeks of Q2,
Beyond Meat began selling competitively priced
value packs of burgers at retailers,
such as Walmart and Target.
This brought the price of beyond burgers
closer to that of beef patties
and contributed to the heavy increase in sales.
Brown said: "We had a lot of help
from the beef industry itself,
because they've been experiencing some very high pricing.
You will see us continue to push pricing."
Abaca, a relative of the banana tree,
could replace plastic in millions of single use gowns
and masks around the world,
drastically reducing the quantity
of post COVID-19 plastic waste.
The Philippines is the world's leading producer of abaca.
And according to the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the UN, grew 85% of the world's supply in 2017.
A global shift away from single use plastics
has been paused in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Demand for essential single use
personal protective equipment, such as gloves,
face masks, shields, and gowns has skyrocketed.
While many companies seek to replace plastic
and PPE like masks, some remain concerned
that biodegradable alternatives will reduce effectiveness.
The Philippine Department of Science and Technology
recently carried out a preliminary study,
assessing abaca for use in masks.
It found that abaca paper has pore sizes
that meet the USDAs recommended range
to filter hazardous particles.
It is also more water resistant
than some existing commercial masks.
Oak milk addicts are getting a new fix.
Dunkin has finally launched
vegan oat milk lattes nationwide.
The coffee and donut chain
began offering the oat milk lattes in January
at select California Dunkin locations.
It expanded its dairy-free options
with HP Hood-owned oat milk brand Planet Oat.
Customers can order the plant-based milk
in hot and ice lattes, coffee, cold brew and frozen drinks.
It's the first new vegan milk on Dunkin's menu
since it launched almond milk in 2014.
The chain's vice president of marketing strategy Jill Nelson
said in a statement that adding the dairy-free milk
to menus nationwide was the perfect next step
to bringing even more choice to the menu.
Nelson said: "Dunkin is all about democratizing trends
and we're thrilled to give guests across the country
access to one of the fastest growing
dairy alternatives: oat milk."
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