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French farmers protest taking meat off Lyon school lunch menu

Mar 30, 2021
Green Party Mayor Grégory Doucet says adopting a single meatless menu helps to make social distancing easier during COVID-19.
Farmers protested the meat ban with a banner reading "Stop ideology in our plates."
Olivier Chassignole/AFP via Getty Images

How are plant-based meat companies faring during the pandemic?

Jul 27, 2020
Beyond Meat reports quarterly results Monday, which may offer a glimpse into how the sector is doing.
Packages of meat alternatives for sale in a New York market. Most customers are not vegetarians but people who eat less meat for health or environmental reasons.
Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Save the world by scaling down your Thanksgiving turkey

Nov 17, 2017
Mark Bittman talks vegetarian holiday recipes and how meat affects the environment.
Courtesy of Mark Bittman

Veggie Grill CEO Steve Heeley on expansion and 'veggie positivity'

Jan 6, 2017
The west coast vegan chain is gearing up for a $22 million expansion
The VG Beyond Burger is one of the vegan fast-casual options at West Coast chain Veggie Grill. 
Courtesy Veggie Grill

What's up with eggs from vegetarian hens?

Nov 29, 2016
Chickens aren't vegetarians. But there's a market for eggs from vegetarian-fed hens.
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Making it a meatless Thanksgiving with Tofurky

Nov 25, 2014
Kai Ryssdal talks to Seth Tibbott, founder and president of the Tofurky company.
Tofurky has been a vegan and vegetarian go-to for 20 years.
Courtesy of Tofurky

Plant-based hamburger leaves 'blood' on the plate

Oct 15, 2014
Impossible Foods aims to make traditional animal products by using plants

For public good, not for profit.

Getting America to eat more plants, one restaurant at a time

Feb 28, 2013
Former Baja Fresh CEO Greg Dollarhyde is slowly expanding his newest healthy fast-food chain Veggie Grill.

The Future Is... Fake Chicken

Apr 14, 2011
You may have heard Adriene Hill's story on fake chicken on the Marketplace Morning Report. But, why chow down on something fake when you can get...