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China, a country that eats 28% of the world’s meat and half of all the world’s pork, is moving in a plant-based direction.
The Guardianreported on the recent changes in the country.
The Good Food Institute (GFI) reported that China’s plant-based meat market was projected to grow between 20 and 25% annually. The industry was worth $910 million in 2018. China’s perceived connection between wealth and meat is no longer as strong as it once was.
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A new generation of consumers, having lived through African swine fever and the coronavirus, are much more open to a plant-based diet. China is also a significant producer of plant-based products and has the capacity to expand to serve an eager, global plant-based market.
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If you’re a fan of fish and are wondering how to live a lifestyle without fish, this meal plan is from you. From fillets to sushi to crab cakes, this meal plan is filled with fish-less deliciousness. Usually, fish is eaten for lunch or dinner and not so much for dessert, and so these desserts are ones you can enjoy after any savory meal! Now, if you’re having sushi for dinner, you may want to make a couple of different kinds. So, on Wednesday’s dinner for sushi, there’s a variety to choose from. Feel free to make just one of them, or all of them! If you’re new to eating plant-based, you can recreate fish flavors using seasonings and a plant-based alternative to achieve the texture you’re looking for. For instance, tofu does well to create fillets, and oyster mushrooms are great for making scallops. Hearts of pal
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In a study that challenges perception about animal cognition and sentience, a cuttlefish has successfully passed a cognitive test originally designed for human children. The “marshmallow test”, coined by the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, was created to test children’s understanding of delayed gratification. A child would be presented with a marshmallow and the option to eat the treat immediately or wait fifteen minutes to earn two marshmallows; the ability to practice self-restraint in order to earn a greater reward is considered a sign of higher cognitive function. While corvids, primates, and cuttlefish have all passed modified versions of the marshmallow test, a new study has ruled out potential skepticism and made it incredibly clear that these strange animals are highly capable of comprehending the idea.
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WBUR recently reported on a business that’s working to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in another technology that’s aimed to help fight climate change. Running Tide Technologies, out of Portland, Maine, is using kelp to sequester carbon.
The technology grows significant amounts of seaweed and then buries it at the bottom of the ocean, where it sequesters carbon continually. Marty Odlin, the CEO of Running Tide Technologies, explained the company’s mission to WBUR, “Essentially what we have to do is run the oil industry in reverse,” he says, “The kelp will sink to the ocean bottom in the sediment, and become, essentially, part of the ocean floor. That gets you millions of years of sequestration. So that’s when you’re making oil. That’s got to be the ultimate goal.”
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In a shocking announcement earlier this week, Poland will be banning same-sex couples- as well as openly gay individuals- from adopting children. The change will require intensive screening of potential adopters and will prevent those with histories of same-sex relationships or cohabitation from providing homes for children in the foster care system. This follows years of increasing pushback from the Polish government towards the global queer rights movement, and the declaration of over 100 Polish towns and regions as “LGBT free zones”.