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Yannick Haldenwanger

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Hi, ich bin Yannick. Aufgewachsen im Schwarzwald, 2019 habe ich This Is Vegan gegründet, heute lebe ich auf Bali. Von hier aus treibe ich Tierschutzprojekte voran und reise um die Welt. Fleisch lag bei mir schon im Grundschulalter nicht mehr auf dem Teller, vegan lebe ich seit über 10 Jahren. Ein schlechtes Gewissen zu machen war nie mein Ansatz. Ich zeige lieber, wie einfach, lecker und entspannt das im Alltag funktioniert. Genau dafür gibt es dieses Online-Magazin und den Plantbased Podcast: Menschen inspirieren, sich für Tiere und Umwelt stark zu machen und vegan zu leben.

Four Weeks Vegan Shift Gene Regulation: What the Study Shows and What It Does Not

A randomised trial finds altered DNA methylation after one month on a vegan diet. What was measured, what follows from it, and what the same group found when they counted cells directly.

Schwein blickt aufmerksam in die Kamera, im Hintergrund eine Weide

6 min

Speciesism: Why We Stroke the Dog and Eat the Pig

29 August is the World Day for the End of Speciesism. The day is the occasion, the question underneath is bigger: what justifies stroking one animal and eating the other?

Tofuwürfel mit Sojasauce und Sesam auf einem Teller, daneben verstreute Sojabohnen

8 min

Who Owns Your Tofu? These Brands Are Still Independent [Overview]

Since Müller bought tofu pioneer Berief, many people look twice in the chiller aisle. Our traffic-light overview shows, with receipts, which tofu and plant-drink brands are independent and which belong to a meat or dairy corporation.

8 min

29 Cents for an Empty Shampoo Bottle: Inside Germany’s Return Scheme for Cosmetics Packaging

A start-up in Heilbronn takes empty cosmetics packaging back through beverage machines and pays 29 cents. What works already, what does not, and whether the four brands are vegan.

Das Gebäude des Europäischen Parlaments in Straßburg an einem bewölkten Tag

5 min

Three Times More Often Against: Study Reveals Agricultural Interests in the EU Parliament

Some studies prove what many already suspect. This is one of them, and it comes with a number: MEPs with private financial interests in the agricultural and food sector voted…

Zwei Polarfüchse sitzen in einem engen Drahtkäfig auf einer Pelzfarm

5 min

Bird Flu on a US Mink Farm: Why the Case Puts Pressure on the EU

In Salt Lake County, Utah, US authorities last week confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza on a mink farm for the first time. What sounds like a local notice is the…

Tiger liegt entspannt auf Naturboden im Außengehege des AAP-Rettungszentrums

5 min

Outside for the First Time: Tigress Saphira and Her Five Cubs Explore Their New Enclosure

Born in circus wagons on an industrial site, raised behind bars: six tigers from a private facility in northern Saxony have just experienced something entirely new. For the first time…

Wiebke Plasse, Leiterin Kommunikation der Welttierschutzgesellschaft, im Porträt

14 min

“The Perpetrators Are Completely Ordinary People”: Wiebke Plasse on Animal Cruelty on Social Media

Nobody would stand in a marketplace with a cat and shout: “I’m going to torture her now, who wants to watch?” On social media, exactly that happens every day, millions…

Luftaufnahme des Berief-Werks in Beckum mit Solardach und Lkw-Verladung

8 min

Müller Buys Berief: What the Takeover Means for Everyone Who Shops Plant-Based

For forty years, Berief from Beckum was one of Germany’s largest independent producers of plant-based foods. Since July 2026 that era is over: Berief Food GmbH now belongs entirely to…

Zwei weiße Laborratten in einem Glaskasten auf einem Labortisch

3 min

Two Mice, One Bloodstream: German Court Halts Parabiosis Experiment in Bonn

Two living mice, cut open at the flanks and stitched together, sharing a bloodstream for eight weeks, then separated and dissected. That was the experiment the LIMES Institute at the…

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