Good News Notes: “In 2021, a record number of people signed up to take part in the Veganuary, a challenge that encourages meat-eaters to adopt a plant-based lifestyle throughout the month of January. Organisers suggested that the surge could have been due to larger numbers of people experimenting with animal-free diets during the coronavirus pandemic. And…
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How plant-based diets not only reduce our carbon footprint, but also increase carbon capture
Good News Notes: “Almost 100 billion tons of CO2 could be pulled out of the atmosphere by the end of the century. That is, if high-income countries switch to a plant-based diet. The double carbon profit of returning farmland to its natural state would equal about 14 years’ worth of agricultural emissions, researchers from Leiden University…
Ben & Jerry’s 20th Vegan Ice Cream Flavor Is Here. And It’s Bananas.
Good News Notes: “Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s is starting off 2022 with the launch of not one, but two new vegan flavors—bringing its non-dairy flavor count in the United States up to 20 pints. The newest flavor is Bananas Foster, which is a rich combination of creamy sunflower butter-based ice cream in a…
KFC Is About to Launch a Vegan Fried Chicken Bucket at More than 4,000 Stores
Good News Notes: “On January 10, KFC will launch its first plant-based chicken option nationwide at its more than 4,000 locations. The new Beyond Fried Chicken was created in partnership with vegan brand Beyond Meat to replicate KFC’s famous fried chicken but without animal products. Beyond Fried Chicken can be ordered à la carte in…
Out with the meat, in with the plants as world’s top chefs offer vegan menus
Good News Notes: “Alexis Gauthier used to sell 20kg of foie gras a week. Now the chef, whose London-based restaurant became entirely vegan in 2021, only sells a plant-based version. Since becoming vegan, he admits, Gauthier Soho has “lost a lot of customers, sadly”. But he says he has gained even more new diners, all looking…
Krispy Kreme UK Launches Three Vegan Doughnuts. Can the US Get Just One?
Good News Notes: “On December 31, doughnut chain Krispy Kreme will launch new vegan doughnuts at its United Kingdom locations. The chain is updating its menu in time for Veganuary, a campaign that challenges people to go vegan for the month of January and beyond. Typically, the Veganuary campaign results in many new product offerings…
Conservationists using potato chip waste to create reefs and improve water quality off Sanibel Island
Good News Notes: “Sanibel’s shoreline is getting protected with help from overseas. Thanks to help from the Dutch government, scientists and volunteers on Sanibel Island installed structures to help oysters and mangroves thrive and slow down erosion. SCCF Marine Lab Director, Eric Milbrandt, said, “what we’re trying to do is plant mangroves and also establish…
More than 200 food scrap drop-off sites encourage composting
Good News Notes: “…Food scrap drop-off sites were cut during the pandemic because of funding issues, but now there are more sites than before the COVID-19 crisis. Bridget Anderson, DSNY’s deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Recycling and Sustainability, said when compostable material is in landfills not decomposed properly, it releases harmful toxins in the…
VINCI Airports begin new reforestation projects in Portugal
Editor’s Note: The subsidiary is ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, not ANA Nippon Airlines, Good News Notes: “Via its subsidiary All Nippon Airways (ANA), which holds the concessions for Portugal’s 10 airports, VINCI Airports recently launched two new reforestation projects near Faro Airport (FAO) in Algarve and Porto Santo Airport (PXO) in the archipelago of…
Reforestation project aids Great Cypress Swamp in southern Sussex
Good News Notes: “A large-scale reforestation project underway in southern Sussex County near the Maryland border. The project is a cooperative effort between Delaware Wild Lands and the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays. The 80-acre “Long Field” project site sits within Delaware Wild Lands’ 10,600-acre Great Cypress Swamp. Once an isolated, low-yield agricultural field, the Long Field…