Good Vegan News: Climax Blue Drama, Impossible Ranch, France's Vegan Ban, EasyJet, and Tabitha Brown
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
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In today's Good Vegan News roundup, we're covering an array of topics including the Good Food Awards' Climax Blue vegan cheese controversy, the newly opened Impossible Ranch, the return of Tabitha Brown's Target line, EasyJet's commitment to animal welfare, and France's reversal of their ban on vegan product labeling.
Articles referenced:
A vegan cheese beat dairy in a big competition. Then the plot curdled:
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2...
After a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify it:
boingboing.net/2024/04/29/aft...
Tabitha Brown’s Food Collection Returns to Target:
vegoutmag.com/news/tabitha-br...
Impossible Ranch: Alt-Meat Giant to Transition Cattle Farm Into Crop Production for Plant-Based Meat:
www.greenqueen.com.hk/impossi...
EasyJet scraps animal-based attractions as it makes animal welfare a top priority:
www.veganfoodandliving.com/ne...
French Court Suspends Government Ban on Use of Meat-Related Terms on Plant-Based Food:
www.greenqueen.com.hk/france-...
Intro 00:00
Good Food Awards Climax Blue controversy 00:14
Tabitha Brown's Target Food Line 09:10
🎉Special Announcement! 10:15
Impossible Ranch 10:55
EasyJet scraps animal-based attractions 13:47
France suspends ban on plant-based terms 15:48
Outro 19:18 - Розваги
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I'm glad Climax Blue is getting attention, but I'm so angry about how the Good Food Awards handled this. A vegan product winning would have been a huge deal.
Yes it's wild! Unfortunately the story isn't super shocking as the awards seem to be veeeery animal ag-focused 🙄 Glad they are getting their deserved share of public ire!
Funny that dairy, the world #1 allergen, would be considered GRAS, but not a vegan cheese. 🤨
It's ok because most white people can eat it \s.
More than 60% of the world's population are lactose intolerant!
Your argument kind of falls apart when you consider that it only impacts 1-3% of infants, 90% of children outgrow that allergy, and nuts are the #3 food allergy while causing 1 in 2 anaphylaxis-induced de*ths
I'm all for more vegan products hitting the market, but that's just not a strong argument
YES! Also there was a SUPER sus line in the article that I didn't mention: "Not all ingredients need a GRAS certification: The FDA grandfathers those that have common use in food."...huh?! So an ingredient that's _not_ "generally regarded as safe" gets a pass by the FDA since they're *checks notes* "commonly used"? "Doesn't matter if they're safe, as long as they're common"--I FEEL SO TAKEN CARE OF BY MY GOVERNMENT! 🇺🇸
@@TotallyForkable Sometimes I remember nostalgically when I used to believe the government and its orgs worked for the betterment of society and the protection of its people. It was a long, long time ago. 😑
Each episode gets better and better. Keep em rolling
Thank you Sinnamon!! 🙏🏻
Who else thought Impossible Foods was making ranch dressing? That would have been good, but the actual ranch is good news too.
Lol That's the first thing I thought when I saw the thumbnail 😂
HAHA this seems to be a common theme. They absolutely should have debuted a ranch dressing at the same time.
One of my top ten reasons for going vegan was to escape ranch dressing specifically. The thumbnail induced an anxiety attack in me.
@@hclyrics 🤣 the only tantrum I vivedly remember throwing as a kid was once when my fam stopped at McDonald's to eat and I specifically told my mom I wanted the grilled chicken sandwich, WITHOUT RANCH. She comes back and I open the sandwich and it was smothered in ranch dressing. I was like, MOM! I repeated a million times! WITHOUT RANCH! And I pouted and refused to eat anything even though I was super hungry 🤷🏽♀️
My mom claims I never threw tantrums as a child, but I remember that one because I felt so bad afterwards and thought I should have just eaten it cause mom had already bought it and it was wasteful. Also, I was a pubescent, not a child, so maybe she's still correct that I didn't throw them as a young child, but I did throw a few as a teen. 🫤
A few updates on the Climax Blue drama:
1. Stephen Colbert did a segment on the controversy on The Late Show! There are some funny parts as well as some cringey, tired jokes (which I share my thoughts on on the first Patreon voice note podcast), but overall it's great to see this story getting even more mainstream coverage!
2. The comments on the WaPo article are OVERWHELMINGLY positive and supportive of Climax. People are clearly on their side, sharing ways to order and support them, etc. I didn’t see one comment siding with the GFA (I’m sure they're there, I just didn’t see any). Another win for Climax in this 🧀stinky🧀 situation.
1. I like Stephen Colbert, but every time he covers something about animals rights or veganism, it's uber cringe.
2. That's awesome to hear!
@@thebowandbullet I agree with both points you made about Stephen Colbert.
Have you seen John Oliver's implied criticism of slaughtering animals on his recent show about "Pig Butchering?"
Colbert and Oliver were both reporters for The Daily Show when Jon Stewart was the host the first time.
Jon is vegan and owns a farm animal sanctuary, so maybe he influenced Oliver?
@@someguy2135 I did watch that John Oliver episode. Had never heard of that expression before. It would be awesome if Colbert and Oliver would go vegan!
@@thebowandbullet And more importantly, stay vegan for life! So many celebrities dabble in a plant based diet, and when they go back to eating animals and what comes out of them, too many people assume it can't be done sustainably, despite all of the vegans who never go back. I am surprised how few people know that Jon Stewart is vegan. He doesn't hide the fact, but it would be nice if he more often used his show to promote veganism. An interview Jon did years ago with Jean Baur about his farm animal sanctuary may have helped Jon to go vegan and create his own sanctuary later on.
@@someguy2135 I was surprised to learn about this a few years ago. Saw him interviewed about veganism. And yet, he'd been on Colbert's show many times and I had no idea. I agree, a lot of people go plant-based, think this diet is veganism, and like most diets, they eventually quit. Celebrities get more press for this than most people of course.
This is such a nice way of presenting vegan news!❤
I'm so glad you think so! 🤗
@@TotallyForkable And we are glad to have found your channel! 😃
This contest allowing vegan cheese entries then kicking them out of the winning spot is, *cough*, anticlimactic. Do better, Good Food!
They allowed them but then found a way to dis-allow them 🫠
Love the positive vibes Marielle!❤
Yes, this is what 'winning' looks like.
Your analogy to the California wine industry in the 70's was spot on!🙂
Thanks John! And in all fairness it was the author who drew the comparison, but I thought it was spot on!
Brilliant!
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Great work on this. Excellent stories, beautifully delivered. Thank you.
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That ending lmao. In the theme of "Is this good news?", I feel like the water crises in Arizona and on the Ogallala Aquifer due to unsustainable factory farming-often run by foreign or out-of-state entities-may hopefully spark some conversation on the inability to support animal agriculture at its current scale. Obviously locals running out of water is horrible news and heartbreaking, but I still think there is a disconnect between the presumed "need" to have these animal products and the very serious problems they are causing to local communities. I am a hydrologist and part of the reason I went vegan was because I could clearly see how animal agriculture was the major problem in water resources in my own research. However, most of my peers still consume meat and dairy despite seeing this themselves. I always find myself asking when is the tipping point for people to adjust their own behaviors. A great book related to these ideas is "Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains" by Lucas Bessire. I was able to talk with him about his research and it was a really great insight into the thoughts and feelings of locals affected by industrial farming and water resource problems. Great video once again!
This was such interesting insight; thank you for sharing! The topic of large-scale animal-ag damaging our natural waterways is so depressing and I personally feel a bit hopeless that it will get people to care. I kind of lost hope when a global pandemic didn't seem to change anything about the way we operate and then, of course, the terrifying threat of H5N1 looming large but people still contorting themselves to figure out how they can continue eating their favorite animal foods. BUT I'm heartened to hear that you observing these natural crises was the motivating factor for you to go vegan!
I didn't know about the situation in Arizona; thank you for calling my attention to it!
@@TotallyForkable More Perfect Union has a great 10 min video that gives a great overview on the issues in Arizona! ua-cam.com/video/DcLKp0vDBT0/v-deo.htmlsi=D_G2ZNhbc-8Fo8t4
@@TotallyForkable A huge amount of fresh water is wasted by growing so much alfalfa to feed to cows!
My brother moved from rural Arizona partially because he didn't want to be left high and dry if his well ran out of water.
Arizona is also affected by the shortaage of water from the Colorado River, as I am sure you know.
I live in Las Vegas and remember when I moved here that the spillways were used to prevent water from overflowing the top of the dam, and now look at Lake Mead!
Kudos for going vegan. There are so many other good reasons for doing so!
This was heartbreaking and infuriating but so informative! Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻
Friday morning breakfast entertainment again, thank you very much for the hard work! 😊 Looking forward to it.
Yayyy! Perfect timing 💚
"What?... that can't be right. Can it?" Omg I died! I was googling fomented before you even mentioned it! I've never felt so understood :)
LOL! I'm glad I'm not the only one with an "SAT words" rolodex in my brain 🫠
The ending was perfection! I really like the way you curate this stuff, because it's not information that ever comes across my radar, otherwise. Lots of good news here; I especially find the first report interesting because last year I watched a long interview Joanne Molinaro (The Korean Vegan) did with the founder of Climax Foods where he discussed their manufacturing process at length. But all the news here was interesting, so keep doing these amusing and informative videos 🙂
So glad you enjoyed these stories Tamara! I tend to not be super impressed by the most commonly reported vegan news and have to dig a little deeper to get to the gems! Interesting about the interview with Climax's CEO. I actually realized after posting that I *think* Climax was the subject one of my stories from a past GVN video, but I have to go back to confirm!
Informative & entertaining. Loved it. 💚
So glad!! 🤗💖
This Cheese Gate story would be the fight part of "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you . . . and then you win."
Hopefully, one day soon, we'll see "then you win" part! ❣
Such a good point! Combined with the labeling laws and lab meat bans, theres lots of "fighting" going on right now!
@@TotallyForkable And make no mistake. This fight is gonna be long and hard . . . but we WILL win!
The good vegan news is definitely the highlight of this channel - it would be funny and awesome to make the interviews kind of have an in-depth news feel - like 60 minutes or nick news style - where there's a really serious intro followed by 'going in' on interviewing the people trying to be serious to make it appear that it will be really serious, but in then pulling a 180 interview and it being chill lol. It would really go with the whole theme of this channel being a serious news station.
That's an interesting idea! It's only pretty recently that the Good Vegan News videos have started to take off so I'm figuring out what's next. When you say "interviews," I'm assuming you're referring to the ones I've done with Miyoko, Dr. Barnard, etc?
@@TotallyForkable yes I am!! I see some intros in these, but an in-depth news-style intro where they talk about the situation with a brief overview of the entities is something. You already do the describing properly, it just needs the theming added in.
As for what's next, some 'on the ground' live journalism is an extra step, but it's an extra effort one. So I feel - if you did add anything, it would be a research one - looking in-depth as to what's going on, almost documentary style like Vice or DW news - to really examine individual news pieces in depth - the history, strides, failures, successes - like the regular GVW pieces - but for news pieces that had a cliffhanger that needed closer. Yeah - that's the one.
Sorry to sound cheesy, but you are really grate Ms Marielle. The last 10 seconds were special.
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Love this series ✨
I'm so glad! 💖
I think what this cheese contest did more than anything else is bring up the thoughts about how many good products that would be great for GRAS are not on the GRAS list, and which are. Veganism really opens up new avenues of thought that are usually not even talked about.
me wondering why you didnt talk about the impossible ranch dressing hahahhaha
looool they clickbaited us all!
Yay! My favorite time of the week!
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HOW did I just find out about your channel? This video is awesome and you are awesome 👏 ❤️ 🌱 I’m also located in New England…hello vegan neighbor 😂
So happy you found my channel! And hello fellow New Englander! 👋🏻
Great video. Thanks for all the vegan news.
You're so welcome, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I would not worry about you getting to 5K, because I know you will eventually get to 500K. I’d say millions if veganism were more popular. This was such a badass video! Never Quit!
Thank you so very much Stevie; your words mean a lot!! 💖🙏🏻
Vegan brands should just call their products names like "Plant based protein alternative to dead cow flesh" or "plant based alternative to mammary secretions," etc.
This made me lol 😆
but whats the point of that?
That's not going to win anyone over. And now you're associating your product with the phrase "dead cow flesh," even if it doesn't contain any. If you make people queasy when they look at your product, they're not going to be into it
Edit: I think an alternative that may be in that same spirit would be if you can get the "cruelty-free" label or something like that on your product
LOL! If they want us to be literal....
I agree with your take on the Climax Blue drama, it reminds me of the giant mayo producer who sued Just Mayo, lost, and now makes vegan mayo. Free advertising for vegan products is always good news, in my opinion.
I had forgotten about that! And yes, you're spot on. These controversies only act as free advertising!
Loved this, new subscriber!
So glad to hear, and welcome! 💖
This has become my fav thing on your channel now lol
So glad to hear!! 😊
Love your news !🌿🐖💚
I'm so glad!!! 🤗
Ha! Funny you said that at 17:07 because there are/was chicken nuggets(made with chicken meat) that has veggies mixed in, and I picked them up thinking they were veggie because the bag said "plant based", but clearly they were not. I believe they were Tyson brand. Then I heard they were making actually veggie nuggets also. But geez! The audacity!
Edit: I looked it up and couldn't find it. Perdue has a similar product with chicken plus veggies, it might have been them. I distinctly remember picking up a bag that said "plant based" and showing my husband to complain how misleading it was lol. I know it was one of those big chicken companies.
Anyway, Tyson now has actually plant based nuggets. I have tried the spicey ones. They're not amazing or anything, just like regular junk food "chicken nuggets", but I enjoyed them.
That's such an odd choice... seems like they didn't do their research, or maybe the FDA doesn't have a standardized definition yet? They really ought to at this point
I wouldn't trust a shady chicken slaughtering company to produce an alternative that rivaled what they already sell. They are clearly more invested in the wrong option.
@1auntievenom they're doing it because people are generally reducing meat consumption and they don't want to lose market shares. If they can't get consumers to trust them, then they're losing money. If meat stopped selling, they'd stop producing. That's their motivation
Ugh! Honestly I had some weird recollection of a company doing that which is partially why I made that joke. Definitely something I could see manufacturers doing, especially since adding cheap plant proteins can cut their costs.
@@1auntievenom meat consumption is going down. It makes sense to invest in changing diets. A lot of institutions that you think of as normal have shady pasts and not just in the food industry
the ending cracked me up, love this channel
🤣 so glad to hear that!
I did mix the dill pickle and garlic Parmesan popcorn. It was awesome! They’re amazing on their own too.
You made the snack mix of my dreams, lol! I hope to try it soon.
And don't fork-et to like the video guys! 😅
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great video! and perfect blazer-would love to know where you found it!
Thank you!! This was actually my mom's blazer from the '80s--she had a bunch of them that we had tailored to fit me several years ago. The tag on this one says "Swingles by Character" if you want to try your luck on some thrifting sites! 😊
@@TotallyForkable fabulous! and thank you for replying! ☺️ are you a stickler for vegan materials when you shop or wear vintage? def no shade either way, i have and wear some of my mother’s stuff too even if there’s some wool. and for a long time i wore vintage leather shoes that i loved. i felt conflicted about it but wore them anyway. curious of your thoughts. i support you either way, and hope others do too! ❤️❤️
16:28 how is "grilled" exclusive to animal products at all, people are crazy
Right?! Grilled veggies are like 👀
14:52 what if we train seals in the wild. Like, no cages, just free fish and acrobatics
Haha, I guess if they were having fun and it wasn't harming them or their ecosystem...?!
Ya the dairy industry is not going to be receptive to publicly acknowledging the idea that you can make good cheese without dairy
🙈 so true!
19:45. 26 seconds 😂🤣
Nothing if not committed to the bit 😅
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imagine if an illegal cheese, like the one with maggots, was wowing crowds for its scandalous nature and won just for that, but not the kokum butter lol - that would be super controversial.
You’re an absolute fucking delight. I am laughing so much. You have a great stage presence.
Thank you so very much; this brings me joy!! 💖
Good news.
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I feel like I know you from some other media platform - like buzzfeed or something. I just can't figure it out, but I'm getting there.
Lol. Let me know if you find out! I was never on Buzzfeed tho 🤔
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13:45 what if impossible foods expanded to include clothing, handbags, boots
Not sure that'll happen anytime soon lol
Nice video lass fair play.🌱🌅🍀
Thank you!! ☘️🙏🏻
First time viewing your channel. You are hilarious and informative, Thank You
So happy you enjoyed it, and you are welcome!!
The "regular" cheese maker guy on the picture (who possibly was a complainer) looks a lot like the guy who was in the Netflix Stanford twin study... No? to me, he looks just like that guy 🤔
Ok I had the EXACT same thought, but turns out it's not him! I guess all these cheese dudes look alike? 🤷🏻♀️
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Great video!
So glad you liked it!!
Ah New Ing Land, where the gerunds roam wild and free on the participle plateaus.
You know, I had my doubts whether or not you were a real reporter, but maintaining that ending smile at the camera could have only been pulled by a true professional.
🤣 A level of composure only a seasoned reporter like me could display!
But does EasyJet now only serve vegan foods on board, or is that too extreme? 🙃
HA! Right?! That may be a bridge too far...
ACTUALLY--found this handy dandy blog post and it seems like they rival US-based airlines for vegan options! *Actually* having a "plant-based snack box" instead of "box where most of the things are vegan but oops there's one cheese item, too bad"? Also having a delicious-looking chickpea and mango wrap? Once again UK outshines the US in acknowledging vegans are not squirrels 🙃
myveggietravels.com/plant-based-travel-a-guide-to-easyjets-vegan-food-offerings/
@@TotallyForkable Now that's some good vegan news! Thank you
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I think we should call vegan imitation products something trollish that at least sticks in people's memories. I don't know if I have any good ideas for names. Maybe something like chickless as an imitation egg product with messaging on the packet about how chicks are thrown in a blender in the egg industry. I think people interested in these sorts of products are smart enough to find them through their social networks.
I really like the idea of this--activism while promoting vegan products at the same time!
I'd love me some kokum butter 'cheese' - but honestly - imagine how many great foods that haven't been made GRAS that are just waiting to? Sad how toxins like yellow 5 and Orange B are GRAS - even though they were called 'coal tar colors' and now sourced from petroleum - which comes from crude oil (from what I know). But I don't see how kokum butter could be GRAS - due to the high saturated fat content. Not sure how even coconut oil is gras, but that is, so is cocoa butter, so we got to make up our minds.
I mentioned this in another comment, but there was this fishy line in the article: "Not all ingredients need a GRAS certification: The FDA grandfathers those that have common use in food." So basically, even though many ingredients aren't "regarded as safe," even "generally," the FDA will look the other way because they're "common." 🤔🚩🇺🇸
@@TotallyForkable ah - I didn't see it. I'll look harder next time. There definitely is something strange happening - since it might not be about safety, but even if the FDA isn't perfect, there might be some level of push for making everything as equally qualifiable as possible - so I can see why they raised this concern, and maybe it's the competition itself that might've not thought it through on letting any ingredient in, when they probably should've made it only GRAS for safety reasons. So I think it's a good thing to raise the concern, and every competition starts somewhere. This seems like a new one, so they'll likely refine it for next time, but it seems they're still not quite paying attention to it all. Maybe they will later? Who knows. At least there's others that are if they aren't, and with enough complaints will make the competition as fair as possible.
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I see how this competition makes sense that they're trying to keep out vegan cheeses, because the whole point of the competition is for real cheese. I don't really believe in injecting the vegan products into animal based initiatives, because it's too forced. Why not just have vegan competitions of one's own and call it a day? I bet veganism would increase substantially that way instead of waiting around for better, only to see 'better' being in reality 'worse'.
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I can never find Tabitha brown products at the 3 targets I live near it sucks
Ugh; that's really frustrating! I hate how these things get "selectively debuted." I haven't checked ours yet but hoping I will find them there!
chemicals, not cheese. impossible.
What do you mean? That the Climax Blue is chemicals?
The creators of that cheese deserve accolades (yes, pretentious) for their accomplishment. I certainly wish them and all other "vegan substitute food" manufacturers well. But I personally want to leave my animal product eating history in the past and not be reminded of it. I can't see myself buying vegan sausages, hamburger, and cheese. Okay, soy yogurt and soy milk have become breakfast staples for me. I guess that makes me a liar... a stupid question: Is your mother Andie MacDowell? I recently flew on United Airlines from Tokyo to San Francisco and had ordered the vegan special meal. Not only did I get my inflight dinner as soon as the seatbelt light went off after takeoff, it wasn't that bad at all! It was curry based with I believe puffed rice or barley and some roasted tofu bits. The salad was the same one that everyone got. But my poor non-vegan wife looked so longingly at my special meal while she waited for hers to be deliviered that I gave her a taste and she pronounced it edible!
Edible: High marks, lol!
Your vegan in-flight meal sounds great! Better than what I had going to London on Delta--a tasty assortment of veggies, rice and curry sauce but...zero extra protein (chickpeas or tofu would have been obvious additions). But yes, given I had a "special" meal, I got mine before everyone which was a huge perk! I totally respect your wishes to leave animal-based foods in the past; I think everyone has their own opinions and journeys on this which I think is great. I personally appreciate how appealing some of these companies are making vegan foods look to carnists--my mom (not named Andie hehe), a huge dairy lover, actually expressed interest in the Climax Blue cheese 🤷🏻♀️
"good food cheese" is an oxymoron. saturated fats are bad even if they come from coconut oil
"Good" is a bit of an ambiguous term. It could mean "good for you," or it could mean "tastes good," or "the practices to make it are good/ethical." Obviously there is a ton of humane-washing in these awards bc they act like ethics are so important yet a third of the categories are animal ag-centric 😑
I was expecting Impossible Ranch to be a salad dressing.
😂 That's what the author of the article said too.