CPBA
California Plant Based Alliance
01/02/2023
This USDA Program Is Looking to Make Vegan Dairy, Plant-Based Foods More Accessible The USDA is looking to add vegan dairy and other plant-based products to their WIC program. Learn more and find out how you can weigh in!
13/07/2022
This is just another reason why its so important to pass the Child Nutrition Act of 2022, authored by Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian, which will help California schools serve more plant-based meals and beverages.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/07/plant-based-meat-by-far-the-best-climate-investment-report-finds
Plant-based meat by far the best climate investment, report finds Exclusive: Non-animal proteins can play critical role tackling climate crisis, says Boston Consulting Group
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23/08/2021
Scoreboard: Miyoko's 1, CDFA 0
Miyoko’s Creamery Wins Lawsuit Against California, Setting Precedent for Using “Dairy” Labels on Vegan Food Miyoko’s Creamery filed the lawsuit after the California Department of Food and Agriculture demanded the brand remove “dairy” and “butter” from its clearly vegan labeled packaging and take down a photo of a woman hugging a rescued cow from its website.
16/07/2021
Question: What can farmers do on their land to thrive without using animals?
The survival of our planet may well depend on helping farmers evolve to something better for them and for the planet.
On Saturday, July 24th, SCIL's own, Judie Mancuso, will join farmers, ranchers, scientists, food and agriculture experts, business leaders, activists, and technologists will converge to tackle this question. To join please visit RancherAdvocacy.org/Summit
23/05/2021
Can’t say we disagree with them. Takes all kinds of advocacy. https://apnews.com/article/960e82b27435408f32b641ac4b19e0a1
Activists blockade McDonald's distribution centers in UK LONDON (AP) — Animal rights protesters are blockading four McDonald's distribution centers in the U.K. in an attempt to get the burger chain to commit to becoming fully plant-based by 2025. Animal Rebellion said Saturday that trucks and bamboo structures are being used at the distribution sites in...
07/05/2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/29/biden-isnt-trying-cut-meat-consumption-he-should/
Opinion | Biden isn’t trying to cut meat consumption. But he should. Lowering meat consumption should be in the president’s climate agenda.
22/02/2021
California Wants To Help Farmers Transition To Growing Plant-Based Crops With The Introduction Of The Smart Climate Agriculture Program - World Animal News On Friday, Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose), along with cosponsors Social Compassion in Legislation and The Good Food Institute, introduced AB 1289, The Smart Climate Agriculture Program. Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) co-authored the bill which was created to support California....
29/01/2021
GAINESVILLE, Ga, (AP) — A liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant [bird slaughterhouse] killed six people Thursday and sent 11 others to the hospital, officials said.
At least three of those injured at the Foundation Food Group plant in Gainesville were reported in critical condition.
Poultry plants rely on refrigeration systems that can include liquid nitrogen. Sheriff’s deputies, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the state fire marshal were investigating the deaths and cause of the leak.
“It will be a lengthy process,” Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said. “It’s not something that’s quick.”
Foundation Food Group Vice President for Human Resources Nicholas Ancrum called the leak a tragic accident and said early indications are that a nitrogen line ruptured in the facility.
When leaked into the air, liquid nitrogen vaporizes into an odorless gas that’s capable of displacing oxygen. That means leaks in enclosed spaces can become deadly by pushing away breathable air, according to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.
Gainesville is the hub of Georgia’s poultry industry, which is the largest in the country. Thousands of employees work across multiple processing plants around the city and much of the workforce, like in many meat processing plants nationwide, is Latino.
Workers who had fled the plant were gathered outside when firefighters responded to the leak Thursday morning, Hall County Fire Department Division Chief Zach Brackett said.
“Once the units arrived, they found a large contingent of employees that had evacuated, along with multiple victims that were in that crowd that were also experiencing medical emergencies around the facility,” Brackett said.
Beth Downs, a spokesperson for Northeast Georgia Health System, said five people died at the plant and one person died in the emergency room.
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23/04/2020
https://apnews.com/3245fe475b5552e493cfeb288ce04131
Stopping virus a huge challenge at crowded US meat plants OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Daily reports of giant meat-processing plants closing because workers tested positive for the coronavirus have called into question whether slaughterhouses can remain...
One of the country's largest pork processing facilities is closing until further notice as employees fall ill with Covid-19. The closure puts the country's meat supply at risk, said the CEO of Smithfield, which operates the plant.
07/04/2020
Major U.S. meat plants are starting to take more drastic measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, fanning concerns of supply disruptions at a time when Americans are stocking up on food.
On Monday, Tyson Foods Inc. said it halted pork processing at a plant in Iowa after more than two dozen workers tested positive for Covid-19.... Other producers have seen everything from walkouts to hundreds of staff quarantined.
https://apple.news/Ah8zgwsYgRVGzxbjEmXwtpQ
Tyson Closure Shows Virus Hitting American Meat Production — Bloomberg Major U.S. meat plants are starting to take more drastic measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, fanning concerns of supply disruptions at a time when Americans are stocking up on food.
15/02/2020
leather from ! Genius!
Two Guys In Mexico Just Created Vegan Leather From Cactus A pair of young inventors from Mexico will unveil the very first organic leather made entirely from the nopal—or prickly-pear cactus this week—offering a sustainable, stylish, and eco-friendly alternative to leather. The two innovators, Adrian Lopez and Marte Cazarez, will be travelling from the...
14/02/2020
The dairy industry is launching a dairy "dispensary" in Venice Beach in hopes of promoting sales. "The California Milk Advisory Board says the pop-up 'dispensary' will focus on promoting the mood-enhancing properties of California dairy foods such as cheese, micro-dosed butter, flavor-infused yogurts, and rolled ice cream which they say has “all the TLC without the THC.”
CPBA founder Judie Mancuso responds to this new attempt to save a dying industry in this article by the Beet.
California Dairy Launches Dispensary for Milk. Really? California Dairy to open the World's First Dairy Dispensary In Los Angeles in an effort to make milk cool. So far it's not working.
14/02/2020
Another consumer packaged goods (CPG) giant is attempting to challenge Beyond Meat (BYND) with a line of meatless meat-like products.
Kellogg’s (K) Morningstar brand teased its new Incogmeato line in early September 2019, and now consumers will actually get to try the new products when they hit store shelves soon.
The Incogmeato burgers will be available in March, and bratwurst and Italian sausages will be available in June. All of the products can be found in the fresh meat aisle of select Kroger (KR), Meijer, Weis, Albertsons and Safeway locations.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kelloggs-incogmeato-plantbased-meat-products-look-to-challenge-beyond-meat-201241228.html
07/02/2020
The Center for Consumer Freedom, an advocacy group run by corporate lobbyist Rick Berman, that also has run campaigns promoting to***co and alcohol, has been upping its attacks on the science behind proteins in the past few months. Its latest: a Super Bowl commercial alleging plant-based meats contain a chemical laxative. Impossible Foods immediately shot back with a mock ad featuring its CEO Pat Brown, claiming there’s “poop in the ground beef we make from cows.”
Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods face a new 'fake meat' foe with long, controversial history Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have faced attacks from the food, restaurant and cattle industry, and now spinmaster Richard Berman is upping his ad campaign, questioning the alternative protein industry.
07/02/2020
company Miyoko’s Creamery sues California over labeling restrictions.
Vegan company Miyoko's Creamery sues California over labeling restrictions The California Department of Food and Agriculture told Sonoma County’s Miyoko’s Creamery to stop using dairy words and imagery.
31/01/2020
The California Plant Based Alliance, CPBA, will sponsor legislative change intended to give California consumers access to plant-based products and to provide equal access and fair opportunities for companies that make plant-based products.
https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/15311-new-alliance-to-lobby-for-plant-based-interests-in-california
New alliance to lobby for plant-based interests in California The California Plant Based Alliance will sponsor legislative change.
27/01/2020
27/01/2020
From The Beet: California Becomes the First State to Have a Plant-Based Lobbying Group: CPBA is the first-ever state-level political advocacy group to protect the rights of plant-based businesses and consumers.
https://thebeet.com/california-becomes-the-first-state-to-have-a-plant-based-lobbying-group/
California Becomes the First State to Have a Plant-Based Lobbying Group Meat and dairy interests have been fighting to get the name milk off of dairy-alternatives like almond milk and oat milk. Now they'll have some
24/01/2020
CPBA in Politico’s morning Ag Newsletter! Click link and scroll down.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-agriculture/2020/01/24/epa-inks-new-wotus-rule-784635
EPA inks new WOTUS rule California gets a plant-based food lobby — Poultry plant deaths prompt calls for slower line speeds
24/01/2020
https://www.livekindly.co/vegan-meat-sales-1-billion-2020/
U.S. Vegan Meat Sales Set to Hit $1 Billion for the First Time Ever The Good Food Institute predicts that U.S. vegan meat sales will reach $1 billion in 2020. Vegan meat is particularly popular with flexitarians.
23/01/2020
Starbucks CEO Pledges to Add More Plant-Based Food Options, Looking Into Vegan Meat for Breakfast The nearly 50-year-old coffee chain aims to become “resource positive” with new sustainability commitments such as adding more vegan options, ditching single-use packaging, and improving waste management.
23/01/2020
USA: New Political Organization is Launched - The California Plant Based Alliance - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine CPBA, a new political advocacy organization, was formed in Sacramento this Monday. The group will lobby to create sustainable jobs for California workers and farmers, citing California-based companies like Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, and Miyoko’s [...]
23/01/2020
Greenland’s Ice Melt Rate Has Now Accelerated To A Whopping 234 Billion Tons Of Ice Lost Per Year Greenland’s current rate of ice loss has accelerated from 25 billion to 234 billion tons per year, a whopping nine times increase in faster melt rate.
23/01/2020
22/01/2020
New Lobby Group Launches to Advance the Plant-Based Industry in California The California Plant Based Alliance will ensure that the state—home to popular companies such as Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, and Miyoko’s Kitchen—will lead the way to a plant-based future.
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