Aleph Farms: Bezos grant for a steak that isn’t meant to replace cattle
Aleph Farms and Mottainai Food Tech win grants with Bezos money. The Aleph CEO says his cell-cultured steak is meant to complement beef.
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Yannick Haldenwanger
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Hi, I'm Yannick. Meat has been off my plate since I was six, and I have lived vegan for more than ten years.
Animal protection has been part of my life for as long as I can remember, and I have always stood up against injustice, whether it hits people or animals. Guilt-tripping was never my approach. I would rather show how well vegan works day to day. At the same time I stay honest and show what happens behind the scenes of the industry.
With This Is Vegan and the Plantbased Podcast I want to make animal protection, veganism and environmental protection visible, so that more people get started themselves.
2.8 Million Wild Animals Killed: What the USDA Wildlife Services Data Shows
USDA Wildlife Services killed 2,833,285 wild animals in 2025. Almost all of the increase was starlings, which the agency links to protecting dairy farms.
Toblerone Sues Small Vegan Chocolate Maker Over the Shape of Its O’bar
Mondelēz says the vegan O’bar by Catherine’s Originals is too close to the Toblerone shape. The founder disagrees.
Öko-Test Barista Oat Milk Test: Oatly Barista Edition Comes Last
German consumer magazine Öko-Test frothed and lab-tested 27 barista oat drinks. 14 are very good, while the conventional Oatly Barista Edition came last because of its ingredients.
Survey: Most Meat Eaters in Germany Want an End to Cages
Germany’s 2026 Animal Welfare Barometer shows clear majorities of people who eat everything want cages phased out and clearer labels. What the numbers are worth.
Palantir cofounder backs plan to breed 30,000 monkeys for animal testing
Joe Lonsdale’s firm 8VC has put 20 million dollars into Safer Human Medicine, a startup that wants to breed up to 30,000 long-tailed macaques for animal testing in Georgia.
Animal testing for injuries: only 3 of 83 drugs made it to approval
A PLOS ONE review analysed 1,257 animal studies on acute injuries. Only 3.6% of the drugs were approved as a new class of drug.
Veganuary survey: 35 percent still vegan six months later
Six months after a vegan January, 35 percent of respondents are still vegan and 82 percent have at least halved animal products. What the numbers do and don’t show.
Netherlands to end dolphin captivity with a breeding ban at Harderwijk
The Dutch government wants to end dolphin captivity and ban breeding at the Dolfinarium Harderwijk. Its 22 bottlenose dolphins are to be the last generation.
Pythag Tech raises $4.25M for AI to make cultivated meat cheaper
New York start-up Pythag Tech raises $4.25 million to make cell-cultured meat cheaper with AI. What’s behind it and what it means for animals.