✌️ VEGAN VICTORIES MONTHLY #16
Wins for animals in food, entertainment, fashion, AND testing!
Hey, teammate! ✊
It’s time to escape hopelessness and defeat Vegan burnout in 10 minutes or less by reading the most positive Vegan newsletter on the internet - your only free source for all of this month’s most positive Vegan news from around the world! 👇️
🇺🇸 Octopus Farming Banned in California
A big win for protecting our highly intelligent friends of the pacific!
That’s right. No imports either!
To me, this sounds like a strong moral stance against Octopus farming, especially given that the act was unanimously passed.
I’m hopeful we’ll see the same type of Vegan Victory when Measure DD - the act to ban factory farms - lands on California’s ballot this November. Stay tuned.
🇳🇱 Dutch Government Pays to Close Animal Farms
All the farmers need to do is prove that closing down would lead to a positive impact on the environment. Given their line of work, easy enough!
Incentives moving away from supporting animal agriculture to instead ending it all together sounds like a pretty epic Vegan Victory to me!
🇦🇹 Austria Encourages Plant-Based Diets
First Germany, then all the Nordic countries. Now Austria has gone ahead and done it too!
Countries all over the EU are quickly updating their national nutrition recommendations to reflect the most current science: eating predominantly plant-based proteins and minimizing animal flesh is the best path for planetary and Human health.
Peace begins on our plates. :)
🇺🇸 Massachusetts Ends Animal Exploitation in Circuses
After over two decades of activism against these cruel traveling circus shows, Elephants, Cats, Primates, Giraffes, Bears, and more, get their much needed rest.
I’ll let Chairwoman Carole Fiola explain how it went down.
“With over two-thirds of Massachusetts voters supporting the ban on wild animal acts, it’s clear that our constituents demanded an end to animal exploitation for entertainment. This legislation not only reflects that collective desire but also reinforces our state’s commitment to the humane treatment of all animals.”
This Vegan Victory is a big step towards ending animal exploitation everywhere!
🥛 Soy Milk Healthier for Heart Than Cow’s Milk
What’s the highest quality evidence? Meta analyses.
What just dropped? A meta-analysis and review on studies where Cow’s milk was switched for Soy milk.
What did they find? A clear improvement in blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, and inflammation in study participants who switched to soy milk.
Soy boys: 1
Carnists: 0
🥇 Vegan Arm Wrestler Wins Double World Gold
Maybe it’s the Soy milk helping this 12 time champion and 4 year Vegan, Sasho Andreev, keep his arm veins clear of cholesterol and ready to crush. Sasho just competed in the WAF, the world’s largest arm wrestling federation, and won. Again.
Soy boys: 2
Carnists: 0
🐱 Your Cat Can Now Go Vegan With These Foods
You’ve probably seen that ProVeg funded study floating around last year that showed how Vegan Cats had less reported health issues than their carnivore counterparts.
But Cats are obligate carnivores. They need the nutrients that comes from animal flesh. Right? Ah, but what if we put all those nutrients in plants?
You get something called Unicorn Pate: the latest addition to the extremely limited selection of Vegan food for Cats. Cats don’t need to eat animal flesh, they need the nutrients that come from them. Just like us!
A Vegan Victory for Cats, and all the animals previously killed for their food.
(I am not affiliated with any brand and get no financial compensation from these links whatsoever.)
🛒 Lidl NE Permanently Drops Prices on Vegan Food
Last year, another ProVeg study found that people are far more likely to choose plant-based foods when they are priced more affordably. Lidl saw this study and said, “okay, bet,” and announced a permanent reduction in the cost of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives.
Just 3 months ago, I reported on how Lidl did this for their shoppers in Belgium. This month onward, consumers in the Netherlands can celebrate this big Vegan Victory: price is no longer an obstacle for going Vegan!
🪖 Ukraine Military Providing Vegan MREs
There are over 800,000 Vegans in Ukraine. Many of them are on the front lines. For the last 2 years, volunteer organizations like Every Animal and Lviv Vegan Kitchen have been using donations to supply these Vegan soldiers with Vegan meals and snacks. They’re finally getting some more help.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense will provide kosher, halal, and Vegan military rations starting from December 2024. Here’s what they had to say:
“This is not only a matter of nutrition, but also of respect for the beliefs of each fighter.”
War will not end Veganism.
💸 1st Cost-Effective Cultivated Meat Production
A recent study from Believer Meats demonstrated that by using a new innovative process, 4.7 million pounds of cultivated chicken could be produced at cost-parity with USDA Organic Chicken. With a fraction of the footprint.
Each month we get closer to defeating big animal agriculture at their own game.
🍗 Fermented Seafood From Cellulose Considered Safe
AQUA wants to be the Meati of Seafood. But rather than make meat from mushroom root protein, they’re making scallops from water, cellulose, and plant-derived flavors designed to mimic the oceanic notes of the sea life!
AQUA’s cellulose-based scallops and tuna were just given Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) status.
Pretty cool, especially considering they’ve got Michelin-starred chef Laurent Manrique as a culinary advisor to refine the taste, texture, color, and appeal. Them being cheaper is a huge plus too!
🍄🟫 Chef Transforms Chicken “Farm” to Mushroom Farm
From the beloved YouTube Vegan Chef, Derek Sarno,
“This project is about what we can accomplish when farmers, chefs, and the community come together with a shared goal of sustainability and nutritious food.”
He’s got a video about this amazing transfarmation!
👗 Fashion Giant Goes Fur-Free After Activist Pressure
In a global campaign powered by animal rights activists across 35 countries, over 270,000 emails, 5,000 phone calls, and countless social media posts were sent to Max Mara - a $1.6 billion fashion brand - urging them to go fur-free.
And they did.
This is a stellar Vegan Victory for all the innocent Minks, Foxes, and more killed for fur. We may not be able to remove non-Human animals from our food system just yet, but we can certainly remove them from entertainment, fashion, and testing, NOW.
🐭 National Mango Board Ends Animal Testing
This USDA-funded mango promotion organization injected innocent Mice with cancer cells, force-fed them mango, then killed them.
The worst part is they’ve done many studies just like these - all ending with Mice dead.
The good part is that we’ve proven once again that if enough people tell them to stop for long enough, they will. After 7 years of campaigning, the National Mango Board has no future plans to fund animal testing studies again!
The best part is that you too can be a part of campaigns like these. Keep reading for more!
🐔 Chef Pressured to Cut Ties With Perdue
How many disruptions does it take to get to the center of a Food Network Chef’s heart?
Dozens.
Animal Rights Activists from Direct Action Everywhere have disrupted nearly every single one of Tyler Florence’s appearances across the United States. This finally led to him ending his morally abhorrent ambassador role for Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry.
Relentlessness leading to Vegan Victories are my favorite. :)
🥡 Chef Serves Vegan Meals to LA’s Unhoused
Okay, now how many Vegan meals need to be served in 1 hour to set a world record?
1008!
While the previous chef needs campaigning against, celebrity chef Supreme Dow needs more campaigning for! Each meal box was delivered to an unhoused person living in a food desert and included a savory Beyond Meat meatloaf, Spanish Rice, kale salad, and a soft chocolate chip cookie.
Wanted to end this month on a wholesome Vegan Victory!
To the 17 new subscribers added to our 272-strong Vegan team, I hope these Vegan Victories have left you feeling as hopeful and inspired as the rest of us!
I write for who I believe are the most important group of Humans in the world: those who stand up for non-Human animals. ✊ As a Vegan doing animal-rights activism on the streets myself, I know this non-Vegan world can leave us feeling hopeless, burnt out, and like we’re losing. We’re not. We just need the proof! If you relate, I’m honored you’ve given me your attention. You could have given it to animals, and you chose to invest it with me. I take it in the highest regard.
If I’ve made you feel a little more hopeful, please consider sharing this with a fellow Vegan! It’s a free, 15 second, fun surprise gesture of goodwill that will make them see you as their source of Vegan inspiration. I guarantee you’ll be making their day a little more hopeful and our movement a little more positive. :)
Thank you.
Until every animal is free,
Dani ✌️
Love these. I was so happy about Max Mara. There have been so many great victories lately.