✊ Truth behind animal products revealed...on LABELS?
+9 more VEGAN VICTORIES!
Monthly Edition #27
1. Food Labels Must Declare Animal Suffering
Switzerland 🇨🇭
There’s a new Swiss labeling law for products that come from animals who experienced painful procedures…!
How it works:
Swiss supermarkets, restaurants, small businesses, and even imported animal products must label how animals experienced suffering.
Examples:
“BEEF from animals that have been castrated or de-horned without pain relief”
“PORK from Pigs if castration, tail docking, or teeth clipping was performed without pain relief”
“EGGS and meat from Chickens whose beaks were clipped without pain relief”
“MILK from Cows de-horned without pain relief”
“LIVER of Geese and Ducks that were force-fed”
The bigger picture:
Cigarette warning labels reduce smoking rates.
Calorie counts on menus lead to lower-calorie food choices.
Behavior change happens when consumers are confronted with truth!
I’m positive this increased transparency will lead to fewer animals being exploited. — DL
VEGAN VICTORIES AROUND THE WORLD
Labeling the truth (you just read this one!)
Fur imports banned
Plant-based hospitals
Entire stadium Vegan
Plant-based parks
Dutch meat decline
Scaling cultivated meat
Dairy farm shutdown
Nationwide farm inspection
Slaughterhouse to sanctuary
2. Fur Trade Coming to a Close
Switzerland 🇨🇭
This month, Switzerland became the first European country to ban fur imports!
By the numbers:
In 2023, Switzerland imported over $30M worth of fur from around the world.
Today, that number drops to 0.
Tens of thousands of animals will no longer suffer and die for a coat or scarf!
Zoom out:
Over a decade ago, the Swiss government required labels on all fur products to show how the fur was made.
This is much like the new Swiss labeling rule for animal products.
If Switzerland follows the same path, we might see a ban on imported animal products in the next ten years! — DL
3. Hospitals Increasing Plant-Based Meals
Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
ProVeg Portugal’s Sustainable Meals Program will expand into four major hospitals!
Catch up quick:
ProVeg Portugal has served over 58,000 plant-based meals across 90 schools this year alone!
NYC Health+Hospitals offers plant-based meals as the default option for at least one meal daily (with 90% patient satisfaction rate!).
Between the lines:
When hospitals see “plant-based,” they don’t always see climate justice, better health, or millions of animals saved. They see dollar signs. Still, we continue to use this powerful lever to make a VEGAN WORLD NOW! — DL
4. The Entire Stadium Goes Vegan
London, Great Britain 🇬🇧
For 6 nights, Billie Eilish had 120,000 of her concertgoers eat only Vegan!
The backstory:
Billie Eilish grew up Vegetarian, and decided to go Vegan at 12 years old. At 18, she made history as the youngest person to win a Grammy. Now, she’s 23, but she’s still done more for Veganism than many have in a lifetime:
During her 2022 Happier Than Ever world tour, she had the same arena go 100% Vegan.
At each show, visitors were shown The Pledge. This campaign inspired her fans to eat a plant-based meal every day for 30 days.
She gave Oscar de la Renta’s CEO an ultimatum - she would only wear their designer gown if the brand ditch fur forever. They did.
There aren’t many “Vegan celebrities” that leverage their power for animals as much as Billie does. Let’s go! — DL
5. National Parks Commit to More Vegan Meals
United States 🇺🇸
If you plan on going to Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon in the next two years, expect 50% of the menu to be plant-based!
Why it matters:
Xanterra travel collection serves around three million visitors each year. This makes it one of the largest plant-based food initiatives in public tourism. It's a huge win for our environment and animals!
“By making plant-based food more accessible to millions of park visitors, Xanterra proves that caring for animals, people, and the planet can go hand in hand.”
— Jennifer Behr, Director of Corporate Engagement, Mercy for Animals
6. Supermarkets Scale Back on Meat Promotions
Netherlands 🇳🇱
For the 2nd year in a row, Dutch supermarkets decreased their promotions of meat!
By the numbers:
Hoogvliet (-23%)
Spar (-26%)
Jumbo (-42%) + stopped offering discounts on meat all together!
By 2030:
11 major Dutch supermarkets will have 60% of their proteins come from plants.
Currently, 25-33% of protein sales are plant-based, and boy can you feel it already!
I’ve been to these stores! As an American Vegan, they’re light years ahead. — DL
The bigger picture:
Supply is still just one side of the equation. For a VEGAN WORLD NOW, we need to increase the supply of plant-based products and reduce the demand for animal-based ones. Promote Veganism!
Recipe tested and approved by Dani Linavi, VEGAN WORLD NOW founder and Vegan Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.
🍲 Creamy Cauliflower Soup (Rainbow Plant Life)
I meal prep this for my partner twice a month. She loves it with rice! — DL
7. Massive Cultivated Meat Facility Ramps Up
Wilson, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
The world’s first large-scale cultivated meat production site is built!
The bottom line:
Believer Meats is awaiting the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) final inspection before production. Fortunately, they received “no questions” from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their cultivated meat!
8. Investigation Leads to Mega-Dairy Shutdown
Roswell, New Mexico, United States 🇺🇸
When exposed, a Coca-Cola owned Fairlife Dairy Farm collapsed!
How it happened:
Animal Recovery Mission (ARM) investigators found workers abusing nearly 6,000 mothers and calves. ARM took the investigation to the local sheriff’s office and Department of Agriculture to open a criminal case. The Dairy farm was forced to offload it’s equipment and never operate again!
The pressure is on:
This is the 9th time a Fairlife Dairy farm has been accused of cruelty. It also backs two class-action lawsuits against Fairlife for lying to its customers. If (and when) they lose, we’ll have an even bigger VEGAN VICTORY!
9. Farm Closure Causes Nationwide Industry Panic
Kramolin, Bulgaria 🇧🇬
A small local animal protection group got one of the largest egg farms in the country to stop operations!
How it happened:
Невидими животни, or “Invisible Animals,” documented cruelty towards over 46,000 Hens. They told the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency that they’ll release the footage in seven days: “You have until then to act.”
David (and friends) meet Goliath:
Except, they didn’t just have footage ready. They had support from many:
European Parliament members
National Assembly representatives
A cascade of wins:
Together, they managed to close the 16-year-old factory farm. Then, they got the Bulgarian Food Safety Authority to begin inspecting all egg farms in the country! When local groups are backed by global resources, even young organizations can win against entrenched systems of cruelty. Justice for Hens!
10. Bull Escaped Slaughterhouse to Find Sanctuary
Norfolk, Great Britain 🇬🇧
A local animal sanctuary likely rescued a bull that was destined to die!
Aww:
Lost and stressed, the unnamed Cow was running around the streets of Birmingham. After no one claimed him, Hillside Animal Sanctuary came to the rescue! They gave him big bales of straw and his first name: Liam. Liam now lives with 750 other rescued animals doing what he wants!
Unlike so many others like him, Liam’s story has a happy ending. :)
Good Vegan news, but not yet set-in-stone VEGAN VICTORIES.
Brazil’s vote to ban cosmetics tested on animals (awaiting president to sign into law).
Denmark’s "Plant-Based Diplomacy Initiative”
ODDS & ENDS
🗓️ This month, last year: The Vegan label broke a new certifications record!
🍔 That’s interesting: Protein intakes remain sufficient after swapping meat for plants.
🗞️ Newsletter:
shares 10 powerful reasons to feel optimistic about the Vegan movement.🍕 New: Vegan pizza collaboration with La Vie and Papa John’s UK stays for good!
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"Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you anymore."
— Franz Kafka
Until every animal is free,
Dani Linavi ✊
P.S. I’m trying a new writing style and would really appreciate your feedback on it!
Soo you’re saying have to move to Switzerland? Great newsletter Dani! Love the victory plate segment. I also didn’t know Franz Kafka was vegetarian. One of my favorite books it The Metamorphosis and I like it even more now.
Dani, I love this - thank you for sharing such great news and presenting it so clearly! There’s a lot of impressive stuff here, but I’m especially struck by No. 1: the labeling scheme in Switzerland. That’s a powerful approach, and I’m really curious to see how it plays out in practice!