We are delighted to be partners in a new strategic partnership project that focuses on rural entrepreneurship as well as empowering youth in this particular field. The project has been funded and supported by the Erasmus+ program. We have just had our first transnational project meeting that was held in Abentheuer, Germany and we have […]
Marly Winckler, IVU chair and Dr Eric Slywitch, Director of the Department of Medicine and Nutrition announced with great pleasure the publication of the International Vegetarian Union’s Guide to Vegan Nutrition for Adults for healthcare professionals in its English version. The Portuguese version, for healthcare professionals, was also released in February this year. Other versions […]
We are delighted to be partners in a new strategic partnership project that focuses on entrepreneurship, and which is supported by the Erasmus+ program and we have just had our first transnational project meeting. The meeting was held in Somogyvámos and we have chosen the Rádhé Resort Center as the venue for our guests’ accommodation […]
Plastic is poisoning life on Earth. It’s everywhere: in the rain, our food, even in the human placenta! We have seen it choking life in the deepest oceans and on the highest mountains. Now, shocking studies are finding plastic pollution everywhere: in the rain, our food, our drinking water, even in the human placenta! It’s poisoning us […]
Matthew Glover is a serial entrepreneur whose investment business, Veg Capital, has supported some of the most exciting and disruptive brands on the market. His latest venture, VFC (Vegan Fried Chicken) encapsulates his energy and optimism about the future. But first, we wanted to touch on one of his most impactful social interventions – Veganuary […]
The Smart Protein team has exciting news to share with you! A pan-European survey, published by ProVeg International, in partnership with Innova Market Insights, the University of Copenhagen, and Ghent University, as part of the Smart Protein project, has just been published and is available to download for free. Access the free report now! The pan-European survey has been published and analyzed in […]
Global food prices shot up nearly 33% in September 2021 compared with the same period the year before. That’s according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)‘s monthly Food Price Index, which also found that global prices have risen by more than 3% since July, reaching levels not seen since 2011. The Food Price […]
Billions of bees, butterflies, and beetles… are dying off, threatening ecological collapse. Toxic agricultural pesticides are among the key culprits, but now a European Citizen Initiative could get them phased out. One million signatures would force the EU to address our call, helping to save our bees from deadly pesticides. The insect apocalypse keeps unfolding – silently, […]
The COVID pandemic has shown the fragility of our global food supply chains, with many supermarkets and restaurants in almost every country having experienced food shortages. Millions of people in the UK alone have experienced severe food insecurity during COVID-19, according to a recent report by the country’s Foods Standards Agency. But food shortages were prevalent […]
The rise of vegan and vegetarian food around the world is being driven by the surge in flexitarianism all over the world, a new report highlights. With more than two-fifths of global consumers actively reducing their meat consumption, many of them Gen Zs, researchers expect large food conglomerates and smaller brands alike to continue to […]