Vegan news

Today is the 22nd annual World Vegan Day. This is a monumental day in the vegan calendar. A day where vegans unite in social gatherings around the world and others ...

During Vegetarian Awareness month, VegieFind launches Australia's first search engine for qualified vegie-friendly eateries! Vegiefind has painstakingly scoured Australia to showcase 2,000 (and counting!) of the best qualified vegie-friendly food-spots. ...

A recent ABC Landline program, Nut Milk, reports that Australians are lapping up non-dairy milks, such as soy, almond, hazelnut, coconut, oat and rice. Sales of these milks have been ...

There has been great interest in a new way to process the humble potato, opening up the possibility of both world food security and vegan cheese-on-toast! An Australian research and ...

There are 25,000 people employed in Australian's 300 abattoirs, slaughtering up to 10,000 animals per hour (that's three per second) in order to provide for the nation's appetite for about ...

Some interesting research is being done at QUT (Queensland University of Technology), looking at how to increase the adoption of vegan products by consumers. The researchers undertaking this project ask, ...

The meat industry's profligate use of antibiotics has created a highly resistant superbug that is spreading around the world. Not only are meat eaters in danger of becoming infected, but ...

In a recent article published on the National Farmers' Federation website, the Victorian Farmers' Federation Egg Group has admitted that egg-laying hens suffer no matter what farming system they are ...

We've all heard the messages from the large environmental organisations: turn off your lights for Earth Hour, use green energy, go solar, close dirty power stations. These are all very ...

For the next few months, Australia will be host to fantastic vegan festivals in most capital cities. The festivals start next week in Perth and run until November. There will ...

The council of the Italian city of Turin plans to make the city more vegan. This could be a great model for cities in Australia as well. Based on the ...

Casey Taft is a psychologist who works with clients to prevent violent behavior. In his article, "How Do We Best Promote Veganism?: A Psychologist's Perspective", he pulls together many of ...