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Price and provenance: Does the UK have an appetite for eco-labels on food?

Business Green

Whether driven by animal welfare, health, or environmental concerns - or a combination of all three - more and more people are either becoming vegan and vegetarian or reducing their meat consumption and eating greater proportions of plant-based food. There can be little doubt diets are steadily changing in the UK.

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'Farming is going to have to change': NFU President Minette Batters on net zero, changing diets, and Brexit

Business Green

million tonnes of annual emissions since 2008. I think it's about the quality and I think it's about getting people back to the raw ingredients and natural whole foods… If you just talk about taking meat out of the diet, I don't think it explains the underlying issues.". Meat alternatives and plant-based proteins.

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Why technology could make animals obsolete

AFN Sustainable Protein

We anticipate that many consumers will shift to animal-free food products if those products begin to meet or exceed their animal-based alternatives on key areas like cost, taste, functionality, convenience, and health. In 2008, Blockbuster’s CEO declared that ‘Netflix wasn’t even on the radar’ in terms of competition.

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Global briefing: Tesla suspends Fremont factory production as global pandemic escalates

Business Green

South Korea previously launched a low carbon stimulus in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and green groups will be hoping it could repeat the approach following the current global pandemic - albeit at a larger scale. That the ruling party makes this one of the major pledges for the coming election is a significant change.".