Monthly Edition #29
Vegans in Tallahassee, FL, US: meetup this Saturday!
For every Vegan that shows, we’re donating $5 to Flying Pig Animal Sanctuary. With 103 people registered, this is approaching the biggest Vegan meetup Tallahassee has ever seen!
Let’s make it a Vegan Victory → register.tallyvegan.com
1. The Great Koala National Park
Australia 🇦🇺
Australia creates a park ~5.5x the size of New York City to protect their national treasure. :)
Why it matters:
2025 has been the worst year ever for Australian forest and habitat destruction. Yet, these are home to more than 100 threatened species including Gliders, Owls, and Koalas.
How it’s happening:
Reserved 476,000-hectares (roughly the size of the Grand Canyon National Park)
An immediate moratorium on deforestation
A comprehensive worker and industry support package
$6 million for community and small businesses
$60 million to establish the park
The bigger picture:
This park will protect over 12,000 koalas, 36,000 Greater Gliders, and habitats of over 100 other threatened species. A monumental win!
VEGAN VICTORIES AROUND THE WORLD
The Greatest Park (you just read this one!)
Good Dogs and Cats
Tax-advantaged Vegans
Big Vegan investment
Majority Vegan grocer
Vegan sales soar
Eggless omelets
Mice spared
Puppy mill rescue
2. Stop Puppy Mills Campaign Working
Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Denver just banned the retail sale of Dogs and Cats!
Why it matters:
Puppy mills breed and sell Dogs out of crowded, dirty cages. The sale of these animals as products creates systems of suffering.
Zoom out:
Last month, I said other cities would join West Hollywood in banning retail sales of live animals. While this ban isn’t as comprehensive, it’s a big move!
75% of the USA’s largest cities no longer allow pet stores to sell puppy mill puppies.
3. More Incentives for Plant Products
India 🇮🇳
The old deal:
Plant-based meats, soy milk, and even nutritional yeast taxed at 12-18%.
Animal-proteins taxed at 5%. You and I both know this isn’t fair or good…
The new deal:
Plant products now taxed at the same rate as animal products!
The tax-reform also covers products beyond food… Cosmetics, home goods, electronics, medicines, and even transportation.
Why it matters:
This incentive increases accessibility to plenty of Vegan foods! Going Vegan in India just got easier. :)
4. Big Europe Investment Towards Vegan Future
Denmark 🇩🇰 Czechia 🇨🇿 Portugal 🇵🇹
Uniting organizations across Europe want a VEGAN WORLD NOW, and they’re putting their money where their mouth is.
Here’s the breakdown of a new and big $2.5 million USD investment:
Portugal to support farmers to grow legumes and create new legume-based products.
Czechia to expand plant-based options across their government.
Denmark to teach plant-based nutrition classes to doctors.
Zoom out:
2 months ago, I said I was watching for progress in “Denmark’s Plant-Based Diplomacy.” Now I got you some more details. This project builds on Denmark’s 2023 roadmap for plant-based food. With Denmark holding the EU Presidency, they’re set to keep making moves toward a Vegan future!
5. These ALDIS Are Now Majority Vegan
Germany 🇩🇪
ALDI SÜD offers over 1,400 Vegan-labelled products…
43.6% of their range is animal-based (boo…).
Now, 56.4% of ALDI SÜD’s entire range is plant-based (yeah!).
Vegans are winning!
It’s no coincidence that Anonymous for the Voiceless just did the yearly Vegan activism campaign in Germany this year. No coincidence at all. Definitely pointless activism that you should never do. ;) — DL
6. Big Demands for Products Vegan
Great Britain 🇬🇧
Lidl GB’s own-brand plant-based product sales have increased by nearly 700%!
What’s great is they said they’re just “responding to rising demand for plant-based options.” Their Vemondo range recently added 20 new products!
Dig deeper:
What’s more, these products outperformed their fleshy counterparts. Think, “bean burger doing better than Impossible burger.” The demand isn’t increasing just for plant-based products, but for whole-food plant-based ones.
Zoom out:
Since 2020, Lidl GB has been aiming for 25% of their protein sales to be plant-based by 2030. While some companies (Ahem - Aldi) are far past them in The Food Transition, this is a big step forward!
Did I say Vegans are winning yet? — DL
Recipe tested and approved by me, Dani Linavi, VEGAN WORLD NOW founder and Vegan Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.
🍛 Red Lentil Curry (Rainbow Plant Life)
One of my favorite bases to load up on TVP! — DL
7. FDA Approved Fermented Chicken-Free Egg
Finland 🇫🇮 United States 🇺🇸
Onego Bio produces recombinant egg proteins through precision fermentation. It has received a ‘no questions’ letter from the FDA!
Why it matters:
Every second, there’s a Hen out there that’s in pain. I don’t want to be responsible for that, but I miss omelets. Onego Bio process uses 95% less land, 97% less water, and 100% less Hens.
Onego Bio’s Wisconsin plant will allow them to sell in the USA!
8. Ending Sepsis Testing on Mice
Kent, England 🇬🇧
The University of Kent pledged not to use animals in future sepsis research.
Why it matters:
Torn intestines, spilling feces into their abdomen. Fever, chills, diarrhea, shock, and multiple organ failure before they die. Mice and Rats endure severe pain as sepsis destroys their organs.
Still, top scientists believe this slows the progress of treatments for humans.
Some researchers continue the cruelty anyway…
Kent is the first UK institution to commit to PETA after hearing about the suffering!
Mice are someone like us, and they just got a huge VEGAN VICTORY! — DL
9. Over 100 Dogs Rescued from Puppy Mills
Havre De Grace, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Humane World for Animals rescue team took 100 Dogs out of a terrible life.
“You can’t even tell where the leg ends and the matting begins”
This described several Dogs matted with feces-covered fur before Humane World for Animals’ rescue.
Watch a clip of the cute Dog below transforming after their care. :)
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🗓️ This month, last year: PETA released Vegan D&D sub-classes
🚘 That’s interesting: World’s First Vegan-Certified Car
🗞️ Newsletter: Rory Cardy writes how “The Food Transition” could be a tactile term for the Vegan movement to get behind for a larger collective voice (I used it in this newsletter!). Subscribe to Rory’s Substack, Living on the Vedge, here.
🌱 New: My family’s favorite Vegan restaurant chain is emerging from the ashes of bankruptcy
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.”
— Margaret Mead
Until every animal is free,
DANI LINAVI ✊
P.S. Here’s a meme of me at our TALLY VEGAN Meetup on Saturday :)
Loved this, thank you!
Yayyy, Dani! Thanks once again for this refreshing update. The India tax reform is huge!! I really hope we'll see this replicated in other countries soon. And can't wait to hear more about your meetup on Saturday and how it went :) Have a great time!