đź‘‹ Hi, everybody! This week, we’re looking at the boom and more recent bust of vegan (or “plant-based”) restaurants, brands, and products — from Impossible Burgers to Eleven Madison Park — and what these trends mean for the future of sustainable eating.Â
We’ve also got some news about electric buses, a pipeline battle in the courts, and a carbon-storing plant known as sea lavender.
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A new era for plant-forward cuisineKimberly Elliott / Grist
As a longtime vegetarian, I watched with some excitement when brands like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat started hitting the scene in the late 2010s — their hearty burgers were a major glow-up from the lackluster veggie patties I’d grown accustomed to. Then again, I wasn’t really their target audience. The lofty goal of these plant-based meat companies was to create an offering so delicious, so comparable to real meat, that omnivores would happily choose it. And their products did get a lot of peo... Read more
