Vegan News

Papa John’s announced it’s hiring a brand new C-level position: Chief Vegan Officer (CVO). This latest announcement from Papa John’s has surely prompted business executives to ask themselves, “do we need a Chief Vegan Officer?” The reality is, good business means adapting and pivoting based on trends. And if you’re really good, you see the trend before it happens; if you are even better, you create the trend. Not every company needs to run out and hire a Chief Vegan Officer, but companies should absolutely consider this as a viable revenue-producing (and good for the world) vertical and invest in people with institutional knowledge to help their plant-based offerings succeed.

As we move forward to the future of plant-based innovations, the businessman who changed the world with technology, Bill Gates has invested in both major vegan meat companies, Beyond Meat, and Impossible Foods. What can we learn from his forward-leaning stance on all things environmental...

Reddit has recently moved up to be the third-most-popular platform in the US, after Google and YouTube, so of course, when we were interested to see what non-vegans or plant-based eaters thought of the latest generation of plant-based burgers, we headed on over to a forum called "Meat Eaters of Reddit" and checked out the answers to the question, "What do you think of plant-based meat?"

The US has Meatless Monday, and China has Green Monday. Now, in Hong Kong, there's also something that other countries will be jealous of: An app that pays users to eat vegan. Pay-a-Vegan is an app that pays out $1 when users upload a receipt that shows they purchased a vegan meal...

Want more plant-based recipes in the palm of your hand every day? Love getting the latest plant-based news alerts? Or finding a restaurant that just opened in your 'hood that serves vegan sushi? The Beet is excited to announce that our new app is now available for iOS and Android...

The power of diet may be stronger than we think: It's no secret that a whole-food, plant-based diet is one of the healthiest ways to eat, but what if it could reverse chronic illnesses altogether? Dr. Brooke Goldner, bestselling author of Goodbye Lupus, is an example of how effective a plant-based diet can be...

Starbucks is not ditching dairy, as some of the confusing recent headlines might have you believe. In fact, the coffee giant is not even agreeing to get rid of the surcharge on plant-based milk. What is happening, though is that the CEO has announced a plan to modernize production and food delivery systems (like more reusable containers) to lower the chain’ carbon footprint...

Does the smell of bacon make you think of home? Mom's cooking? Childhood mornings playing in the snow while someone inside prepares a hearty breakfast to fuel up for skiing? All of the above? Okay, that's just me. But I gave it up when I went plant-based and there were some moments when that smell would send me into a tailspin of craving...

There is a new fund that describes itself as animal-friendly, climate-conscious and designed to avoid all companies that allow the destruction of the environment or exploitation of animals. And you can buy it just by contacting your regular broker...

Customers in the UK have noticed new expiration stickers cropping up on their food and drink purchases, and not the kind you would expect: These stickers show the date that the plastic packaging will finally decompose, with soda bottles, snack containers and pre-packages meals reading "Expiration Date: 10/01/2499".