this week there are rumors that Prince
Harry and Megan Markel want to raise
their baby vegan the largest plant-based
meat factory is opening in North America
experts predict the dairy industry could
disappear in ten years and find out
which vegan chain will soon have 50
locations across the United States all
that and more on live kind Lee's weekly
vegan news Prince Harry and Megan Merkel
reportedly plan to raise their new baby
on a vegan diet the Duke and Duchess of
Sussex who have just moved into their
new home in Windsor Frogmore cottage are
expecting their first child later this
month according to an unnamed Palace
insider who spoke to Woman's Day Megan
wants her baby to be raised a vegan the
alleged desire to raise the baby vegan
aligns with the couple's recent shift
toward plant-based foods the 37 year old
former actor turned princess 'dearest to
a vegan diet during the week and Harry
has reportedly been eating less meat and
more fruit and veg the Prince opted out
of the royal family's annual Boxing Day
hunt in 2017 and abstained from his
family's annual bird shootin expedition
in 2018 the royal couple opted for vegan
paint for the baby's nursery which was
painted in gender-neutral colors like
grey and white the Duke and Duchess of
Sussex aren't the only members of the
royal family interested in the
plant-based cruelty-free movement either
Prince Charles works at staying healthy
by eating more organic food and less
meat even going completely meatless some
days Harry's brother Prince William has
been openly fighting to end the illegal
wildlife trade he also recently spoke at
Switzerland's World Economic Forum with
Sir David Attenborough addressing world
leaders about the importance of fighting
climate change the work to save the
planet is probably largely going to
happen on our watch what advice do you
have for my generation and what's what
can we build on that you have started we
are one coherent ecosystem coming up
haagen-dazs launches new vegan chocolate
fudge bars Canada's largest packaged
meat brand Maple Leaf Foods
has invested 310 million dollars to
build North America's largest vegan
protein factory maple leaf is the parent
company to vegan meat brands light life
foods and field roast grain meat co and
it's ready for expansion the new 30,000
square foot facility is set to open in
Shelbyville Indiana and will more than
double the current production capacity
of its vegan meat brands across the pond
media personality and vegan entrepreneur
Heather Mills has announced that she
plans to open her new vegan food factory
in the coming months creating more than
300 new jobs the V bytes owner purchased
the former walkers Chris factory
Peterlee England last November
around 350 production jobs were lost
after the Chris factory was shut down by
us-based PepsiCo last year mill said
that she had planned to buy a factory in
Austria but after learning that a friend
had lost their job she decided to
revitalize the local economy by buying
the walkers crisp factory instead
American ice cream brand haagen-dazs has
launched vegan chocolate bars just in
time for warmer weather the new offering
features soy ice cream coated and
dairy-free rice milk chocolate with
swirls of chocolate fudge the new vegan
ice cream bars joined the ever-growing
lineup of dairy-free flavors from
haagen-dazs the company now offers seven
flavors of vegan ice cream and three ice
cream bars it launched a dairy-free
boozy amaretto black cherry almond
flavor last February it also makes a
vegan creamy peanut butter and chocolate
ice cream vegan ice cream is a hot
category experts predict that the global
market will surpass 1 billion dollars by
2024 fueled primarily by consumers
seeking a healthier alternative to
traditional dairy ice cream
experts also predict that the dairy
industry could disappear within the next
10 years as consumers become wary of
Dairy Milk sales continue to drop
recent data released by the Dairy
Farmers of America showed a 1.1 billion
dollar loss in revenue for the dairy
industry in 2018 an 8% drop over 2017
the decline is far more systemic and
dire for dairy producers in the US and
across the globe milk consumption is at
a fraction of where it was in the early
2000s according to NPR's the salt by the
time the famous 90s era got milk
advertising campaign hit the airwaves
and pages of magazines liquid milk sales
were already on the decline marion
Nestle a professor of nutrition told NPR
milk is the perfect food for calves the
professor also noted that there's plenty
of scientific evidence to back cows milk
isn't necessary
including the fact that 65 percent of
the world's population is
lactose-intolerant livestock
sustainability consultant dr. Judith
capper stated that despite vegans solely
making up a small percentage of the
population they still have a loud voice
that's being heard by the masses there
is a need in the dairy sector for some
myth-busting if consumers don't buy our
products milk cream butter cheese etc we
will not have a dairy industry in five
to ten years said capper
despite cappers belief that the dairy
industry needs to bust myths many people
are choosing to ditch dairy for health
reasons harvard cites dairy is the
number one source of saturated fat a
type of fat that can lead to serious
health problems including heart disease
and diabetes coming up find out which
vegan food chain is expanding across the
u.s. Germany is now a hundred percent
fur farm free the country just shut down
its last remaining fur farm the rod and
bass farm now stands empty according to
the People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals signaling the end of fur
production in yet another EU country in
2017 Germany's government passed
legislation that brought a band to fur
farms across
the country pita credits its heavy
campaigning efforts petitions protests
and anti-fur ads for helping push the
legislation through into law with the
final step complete Germany joins other
countries and being fur farm free the
United Kingdom banned fur farms in 2000
and Assyria went for free in 2004 vegan
restaurant chain veggie grill will
nearly double the number of its popular
locations to 50 by 2020 in a recent
Forbes interview CEO Steve Healy
discussed the chains expansion plans
despite vegans only accounting for 3
percent of the American population Healy
sees the growing trend of plant-based
eating vegan in particular has different
definitions but what is meaningful for
us and why we have so much momentum is
about plant-based food the trend is
rising with 40% of the u.s. dining on
more plant-based food particularly
Millennials and younger people he
explained of the dishes that power you
up then make melds water and bellies
brown and have you saying more veggies
please even celebrities are loving vegan
food filmmaker Kevin Smith who went
vegan last year following a heart attack
has some high praises for veggie grill
on numerous occasions to be live vegan
after the heart attack
dropped a bunch of weight some thank you
for that mostly thankful for that you do
I've dropped all the way just in here
every damn day veggie grill currently
has 33 locations in California Oregon
Washington and Illinois the plant
powered food chain has plans to open
another eight to ten stores this year
and move east to Boston and New York
have you been to veggie grill which
vegan restaurant is your favorite let us
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