Asda has paved the way as the first UK supermarket to approach The Vegan Society with intention to improve the labelling of its vegan products.   The supermarket giant has started displaying the Vegan Trademark on 16 different items, some of which have already reached store shelves, causing positive social media reactions. Additional products will…

A new pop up takeaway serving award-winning plant-based foods from ethical food firm VBites has opened in Vienna, Austria.   Located in the busy Mariahilferstraße 101 shopping area, the ‘vegan to go’ takeaway is open six days a week and offers a selection of vegan foods along with vegan beers and iced tea.   Visitors…

Non-dairy milk has made an appearance in The Office for National Statistics [ONS] ‘inflation basket’ for the first time ever.  A spokesman said that the increase in popularity of dairy-free diets has led to non-dairy milk – such as soya, rice and oat milk – making an appearance on the list it uses to track prices for the…

Scientists from Cardiff University are developing a tool to forecast Wales’s greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years. Together with world-leading multi-disciplinary building science centre, BRE, the academics are developing the tool on behalf of Welsh Government, who will use it to inform the setting of appropriate targets and carbon budgets for the entire…

This weekend saw a new vegan shop open in Worcestershire.   The shop, As One Vegan Lifestyle, is on Lombard Street in Stourport. The opening was well-attended, with a stream of customers throughout the day.   Proprietor Lindsey, who has fulfilled her dream of starting a small business, after retiring from her work in social…