JBS named Wesley Batista Filho as its next CEO, returning the founding family to power after a corruption scandal and a $102 million quarterly loss [107]
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Beyond Meat executed a 1-for-30 reverse stock split to keep its Nasdaq listing [94]
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Lawmakers introduced the bipartisan PRIMATE Act to ban US imports of monkeys for lab testing [135]
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Swedish startup Millow raised €2 million to scale its mycelium-and-oat protein for Nordic kitchens [118]
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A four-university study found plant protein preserved athletic strength and endurance in recreational athletes [114]
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WACKER won EU approval to sell its fermentation-made amino acids as an animal-free ingredient in pet food [117]
The movement today▲Activism & Animals▲Innovation▲Research & Nutrition▼Law & PolicyThe receipts →
$102 millionJBS's net loss in the second quarter, despite record revenue, driven by nonrecurring costs including an antitrust settlement [107]
almost 2,000politicians the Batista brothers admitted paying off in the 2017 corruption scandal that sent them to prison [107]
WatchWesley Batista Filho becomes global CEO in January 2027, when Gilberto Tomazoni steps aside to vice chairman [107]
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Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill banning US imports of lab monkeys
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By the numbers
nearly 285,000monkeys imported into the US for research between 2015 and 2025, nearly all sent to laboratories [135]
50 percentprojected decline in long-tailed macaque populations over the next three generations if current trends continue, per the IUCN [135]
about 95%of drugs that test safe and effective in animals go on to fail in humans, per the National Institutes of Health [135]
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03▲InnovationStory
Millow raises €2 million, clears patent for Nordic protein launch
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“The hard part is the technology, and that is what Millow has”
Magnus Emilson, investor and hospitality entrepreneur · [118]
By the numbers
€2 millionraised by Millow to expand production and build a Nordic foodservice sales team [118]
430+ tonsMillow's planned annual mycoprotein capacity across three fermentation units by year's end [95]
Company claim"roughly 98% lower" carbon footprint than Swedish beef (Millow, citing an independent RISE verification) [118]. The verification sits at a research institute; only Millow's account of the figure appears in the source.
WatchMillow expects to reach roughly 90% capacity utilization in late 2027 as Nordic foodservice sales ramp [95]
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04▲Research & NutritionStory
Four-university study finds plant protein preserves athletic performance
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“Popular social media claims frequently spread misinformation that plant-based diets fail to provide enough calories or protein to meet the demands of exercise.”
Peggy Policastro, Rutgers Director of Behavioral Nutrition · [114]
By the numbers
118 feetthe gap between the omnivore phase (8,720 feet) and plant-based phase (8,602 feet) on a 12-minute run test, not statistically significant [114]
4%lower combined strength score on the plant-based diet across chest press, lat pulldown and leg press, also not statistically significant [114]
71 gramsaverage daily protein on the plant-based phase versus 103 grams on the omnivore phase, both within recommendations for general fitness [114]
Solid"there were no statistically significant differences in athletic performance between the plant-based and omnivore phases" (Peggy Policastro, study co-author) [114]. A randomized crossover trial across four universities, though a small sample of 36 participants over four-week phases.
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Worth Knowing
Food & Recipes
Skip the dairy this weekend and make tiramisu with coconut cream or silken tofu instead of mascarpone; five dairy-free versions worth trying [89]
Wins & Culture
Bauer Group opened a new plant-based milk and yogurt production facility in Bavaria after years of sourcing the ingredients externally [163]
Innovation
Planted is doubling fermentation output at its German plant and weighing whether to supply its whole-cut protein to rival brands [113]
Dyadic signed a new European partnership to expand its animal-free precision-fermented dairy protein pipeline [109]
A survey of 17 experts found China's plant-based pork sector is bottlenecked by research funding and quality control, not consumer demand [112]
Slutty Vegan founder Aisha Cole Hayes rebuilt the chain through franchising, adding Ohio, Detroit, DC and Miami a year after nearly losing the company [116]
Singapore's Shell stations began stocking Prefer's bean-free coffee across all 56 locations after a tenfold sales jump [111]
Green Choice Proteins made its first US retail listing through the OneLavi wellness marketplace [115]
A global study found teens eat the most climate-polluting diets, but aging populations are now driving the fastest growth in food-related emissions [110]
The FDA again delayed its ultraprocessed food definition, proposing a food-additive transparency rule instead and leaving Congress to write its own [106]
Activism & Animals
PETA got a UMass Chan researcher banned from animal experiments for a year after she kept operating on mice while barred from surgery, the eighth such case the group has exposed at the school [134]
A Faunalytics review of 116 studies found compassion appeals alone rarely drive policy change for animals; pairing compassion with moral anger at corporations works better [132]
One Good Thing
Two years ago, Tanner Faaborg told a reporter what he hoped his family's former pig operation near Radcliffe, Iowa, could become: a mushroom farm, with the old waste lagoon turned into a freshwater pond. Saturday, it wasn't a plan anymore. The last pigs left in 2022; the converted barn now grows roughly 40 pounds of mushrooms a day, and the lagoon holds wildlife instead of manure. "It was intimidating at first, and still is, and a bit overwhelming," Faaborg said. "But that was the whole goal: to build this, have a proof of concept, be transparent, collect the data, share that, and we built it. And people have come." [133]
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