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Food Innovation Challenge 2023

In 2021, ProVeg launched the first edition of the Food Innovation Challenge in China, inviting college students to take part in a unique and exciting competition to further develop plant-based products in conjunction…

Plant Milk Report

Milking history: five millennia of plant-based milks

Contrary to popular belief, plant-based milk is neither a recent innovation nor a fad, and its origins precede industrially produced cow’s milk by thousands of years. While it's true that plant-based milk alternatives…

Earth Overshoot Day: how eating the right food can help reduce our ecological footprint

This year, Earth Overshoot Day falls on 2 August. As this article explains, the earlier it falls in the year, the bigger our collective global footprint on the planet. By reducing our impact on the environment and…

Behind the scenes at Bonn, as we push to put plant-based food on the climate agenda

Every June, the idyllic city of Bonn, on the banks of the Rhine river in Germany, is transformed into an international hub of activity, as thousands of policymakers, government representatives, scientists, and civil-society…

COP28: Why all the hype around the Food4Climate Pavilion?

What’s all the buzz about the Food4Climate Pavilion at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP28)? This special forum is ProVeg International’s way of putting food-systems transformation front and centre on…

Connecting veganism, queerness and oppression

As part of our celebrations for Pride Month, Peter Machen spoke to Christopher Sebastian, a journalist, adjunct lecturer, and digital-media consultant who writes extensively about veganism and the relationship between…

Youth Board in Bonn, June 2023

World Environment Day: ProVeg Youth Board attends the Bonn Climate Change Conference

World Environment Day (5 June 2023) marks the first day of the Bonn Climate Change Conference. ProVeg International and members of the Youth Board will participate in the event over the next two weeks, advocating…

Preserving biodiversity – why it’s important!

To mark World Biodiversity Day, ProVeg's Peter Machen talks to renowned ecologist David Tilman about biodiversity, why it's important, the relationship between our diets and biodiversity, and what governments and…

ProVeg Nigeria team

Nigeria kicks off plant-based revolution with the launch of ProVeg Nigeria

We are excited to announce the newest member of the ProVeg family: ProVeg Nigeria! Building on their past achievements, the team comprises veteran Nigerian experts, who have already made a substantial mark in the…

Plant-based milk

Joint Position on EU School Milk

The Farm to Fork Strategy and the European Commission Report on Drivers of Food Security have both highlighted the need for a transition towards more sustainable consumption patterns and the fact that a shift to…

Tobias Leenaert

ProVeg’s co-founder named a food hero of 2023

V-Label has chosen ProVeg's co-founder Tobias Leenaert as one of its Food Heroes of 2023 – a group of innovative individuals who are creating a better and fairer world for animals and humans alike.The Food Heroes…

Plant-based tuna made from jackfruit arranged on a plate

World Tuna Day: an ocean of opportunities for sustainable and ethical tuna alternatives

May 2 is World Tuna Day, inaugurated in 2016 by the United Nations in order to raise awareness about the problem of tuna overfishing. The event was initiated by the United Nations General Assembly when it voted…

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