Once upon a time, the ‘meat-and-two-veg’ was a staple on the Australian dinner table. But as Australia changed, so did our eating habits. Now, more than 2 million Australians say they eat little to no meat and that number is only rising. President of the Australian Vegetarian Society Mark Berriman says that the main reason that Australians […]

Animal welfare is being neglected on long journeys across Europe amid a booming livestock trade, the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme found. Livestock hauliers were found to routinely break EU laws for the protection of animals in transit. It follows monitoring by welfare charities in Bulgaria, an EU entry point to Turkey and the Middle East. […]

The world’s richest man, Bill Gates, and fellow billionaire Richard Branson have joined other business giants investing in a nascent technology to make meat from self-producing animal cells. The Silicon Valley start-up they back hopes to tap rising consumer demand for protein that’s less reliant on feed, land and water. Memphis Meats produces beef, chicken and duck directly from animal cells […]