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Guardian: Swedish supermarkets replace sticky labels with laser marking
Food retailers aiming to cut plastic packaging by ditching stickers on fruits and vegetables, instead using hi-tech ‘natural branding’. The humble fruit sticker may seem an unlikely cause for environmental concern but removing it from produce could create huge savings in plastic, energy and CO2 emissions. In response to consumer demand for less packaging, Dutch […]
As More Jews Go Vegan, So Does Birthright
Written by Lisa Schoenfein for the Forward This summer, for the first time, American young adults will have the opportunity to take a Birthright trip that’s specifically vegan. Jewish Veg, a U.S. nonprofit that encourages Jews to transition toward plant-based diets, announced today that it is organizing the trip with Mayanot Israel, a leading organizer […]
BBC: The vegan trying to make the perfect burger
By Katie Hope for BBC News “My company’s goal is to wipe out the animal farming industry and take them down,” Patrick Brown tells me. The grey-haired, former paediatrician turned professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, now turned start-up founder, may be softly spoken but he doesn’t mince his words. A vegan, he’s come […]
Special event: Tu b’shvat seder & party at the Sadeh Farm in Kent, 4th Feb 2017
We are delighted to be teaming up with the UK’s first Jewish Farm The Sadeh for a joint Tu B’shevat celebration, with an enchanted indoor forest theme. This is the first event on the farm at Skeet Hill House in Kent: 4 February, 2017 @ 7:45 pm (with an option to stay over night)– 5 […]
France passes bill ordering CCTV in slaughterhouses
From Animal Aid: Calls for UK to follow France by introducing mandatory, independently-monitored CCTV in slaughterhouses to combat unlawful animal cruelty. France has passed a bill ordering slaughterhouses to install CCTV cameras, following an outcry over animal cruelty. Members of the French National Assembly were informed that lawbreaking is a widespread problem in the nation’s […]
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vegetarianism and Veganism meets for the first time
The first meeting of the prospective All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vegetarianism and Veganism was held last month, the focus of which was Britain’s exit from the European Union and what it may mean for vegetarians and vegans. Read the minutes of the meeting here.
First ever vegan Birthright Israel trip launched by Jewish Veg
NEW YORK (January 11, 2017) — The national nonprofit organization Jewish Veg announced today that it is organizing the first-ever vegan Birthright trip, in conjunction with Mayanot Israel. “This is an historic step in the evolution of the Birthright program,” Jewish Veg Executive Director Jeffrey Cohan said. “We’re excited about showcasing the exciting growth […]
America and UK initiatives encourage ‘ethical eating’ (Jewish Chronicle feature on Limmud Conference)
In the photograph on the screen, Rabbi Marc Soloway, the British-born leader of a Conservative synagogue in Boulder, Colorado, is cradling a young goat in his arms – writes Simon Rocker for the Jewish Chronicle Members of his congregation have set up Beit Izim, an urban goat co-operative, where volunteers take it in turns to […]
JVS winter magazine out now!
Welcome to the WINTER 2016 issue of the Jewish Vegetarian. What a year it has been! Highlights of 2016 include: · Raising £50,000 for a brand new community centre dedicated to promoting animal welfare. (See page 4 for an update on the building work). · Marking 50 years of this publication with a special edition in […]
Animal welfare on the menu at Limmud Conference
We are just a few weeks away from Limmud Conference – an annual festival, which attracts over 3,000 people to discuss culture, history, politics, art, food and lots more. There is a fantastic line-up on speakers, including international ones, presenting on animal welfare, vegetarianism and veganism: Praying with four feet: animals in prayer and Jewish […]