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Could hummus solve world hunger? Study examines chickpeas over meat as sustainable protein source

For many vegans, our love affair with the humble chickpea knows no bounds. Where would we be without our hummus, fresh falafel or chana masala? Chickpeas are an important and more sustainable source of protein for those who refuse to eat animals, but now a new study aims to show they could in fact feed the world and eliminate hunger completely.

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Environment, Vegan for the future Claire Hamlett Environment, Vegan for the future Claire Hamlett

Glasgow Climate Pact: Business-as-usual for animals

After two weeks of negotiations, speeches, industry lobbying and civil society actions, the UN Climate Summit COP26 has ended with the Glasgow Climate Pact, an agreement between almost 200 nations on how to keep the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement alive. Yet it’s business-as-usual for animals, writes Claire Hamlett.

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'Agents of protection': Children eat meat but don't want to eat animals, confirms new study

WEEKEND READ: Do children know what they’re eating when their parents give them bacon and eggs? According to a new study, children aged seven and younger frequently don’t understand that meat - and to a lesser extent eggs and dairy - comes from animals, yet often classify animals as “not OK to eat”.

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Farming, Dismantle Dairy, Environment Claire Hamlett Farming, Dismantle Dairy, Environment Claire Hamlett

Farmers boycotted Nestlé vegan chocolate but are silent on deforestation-linked cheese?

OPINION: The announcement by Nestlé of its new plant-based range was met with furious indignation from farmers who accused the food giant of ‘virtue signalling’. But where was their recognition of hypocrisy when dairy farming was linked to deforestation, asks Claire Hamlett.

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COP26 is underway, but where is animal agriculture on the agenda?!

The 26th UN Climate Summit in Glasgow is in full swing and world leaders are attempting to hash out a climate action plan commensurate with the scale of the crisis the world faces. But campaigners and activists have warned that without prioritising the reform of food systems and particularly animal agriculture - a major global contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and habitat destruction - plans will inevitably fall short.

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Faroes to “review” the grind after record dolphin massacre - but will it amount to anything?

OPINION: The mass killing of 1,428 white-sided dolphins in the Faroe Islands as part of the grind - a scale of slaughter so great as to turn the stomachs of locals who have previously supported the ‘tradition’ - has prompted the Faroese prime minister to pledge a review of the hunt. But after years of increasing worldwide attention and condemnation, why has it taken so long and will it amount to anything?

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