Air quality in cities has improved as a result of the coronavirus lockdown, but it’s a temporary glimpse of how things could be rather than a cause to celebrate.
A huge body of scientific evidence supports plant-based diets, for both human health and environmental benefits. Yet one article after another, on the BBC Future website, uses flawed studies, often…
As a vegan with a PhD, who works alongside many sharp and bright vegans at Viva!, I have strong anecdotal evidence to the contrary, but let’s have a look at the argument…
The H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was detected in a turkey flock of 40,000 birds and local media reported that the outbreak might result in them all being slaughtered.…
In a speech billed as a ‘meat fight-back’ at the Oxford Farming Conference, Alice Stanton, professor of cardiovascular pharmacology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, said that nutrient…
The landmark legal case was brought by Jordi Casamitjana, who believes he was unfairly dismissed by the League Against Cruel Sports after he raised concerns that its pension fund was…
In ‘The unhealthy truth about non-dairy milk’ all kinds of disparaging and inaccurate comments about plant milks were thrown about. For example, how nutritionally inferior they are, how they are…
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is causing an increasing number of deaths every year. Lord Jim O’Neill said: “The case for having death certificates to include AMR as a cause of death is quite…
Dillon mentions cashew cheese and beetroot burgers – a bit upmarket for junk food! Cashews are highly nutritious, they are a great source of protein, energy, ‘good’ polyunsaturated fats, vitamin…
