Swedish oat-milk maker Oatly is losing its froth. The company deployed quirky advertising and marketing to popularise a dairy alternative. Oat milk is now one of the fastest-growing plant-based milk in the US. But Oatly may have bitten off more than it can chew. The group’s ambitious plan to build and operate its own factories … Read more
Le Restaurant du Haze, Kurume-city, Fukuoka For serene dining in the foothills of Mount Mino, head for chef Atsushi Hirata’s Le Restaurant du Haze, a macrobiotic and vegan restaurant in a traditional Japanese house. The experimental menu combines local produce – garden salads come to life with petals and amazake dressing, wholegrain spelt pastas and … Read more
The Mango Tree in Somerset, England will reopen with meat on the menu in a bid to attract customers The Mango Tree, a vegan eatery in Taunton, Somerset, has announced it will be reinventing itself with a meat-inclusive menu following brief renovations, citing the prohibitively high cost of doing business “as a purely vegan restaurant” … Read more
Animal Rebellion eco-warriors plan to blockade British dairy depots for two weeks The UK may face milk shortages and price hikes as vegan activists plan to disrupt supply lines by blockading dairy depots for two weeks, warned Britain’s top fresh milk supplier on Tuesday. Animal Rebellion, an offshoot of the notorious Extinction Rebellion eco-activist group, … Read more
Eleven recycled plastic bottles make one ‘Veganologie’ cross body bag. The material looks like leather – but, is in fact an alloy made of crushed plastic bottles, upcycled and repurposed. Born in Kolkata, India and raised in Europe, 27-year-old Angana Maheswari found her calling during the pandemic when she set up her venture, Veganologie. A … Read more