Huge news this week: Foodservice giant Aramark announced with HSUS that it’s converting all of its liquid eggs to cage-free, reducing the suffering of 750,000 birds per year. (It’d already made a similar commitment for its shell eggs.) As Wayne Pacelle noted (see above link), this makes it clearer than ever that cage confinement has no place in the future of the egg industry.
Speaking of foodservice, the NY Times reports on the amazing deal Hampton Creek just signed with Compass Group to replace all its mayo and cookies with HC’s products.
If you’re interested in how eating less meat helps animals, my conversation with NPR (and with my friends Bruce and Alka!) may interest you.
And even steakhouses are getting on board with Meatless Monday! Check out what one in Connecticut is doing. Other good news: Subway is rolling out some pretty awesome vegan options in DC and LA.
Finally, with the historic news of Ringling’s impending retirement of elephants from its circus, I offer some thoughts on Common Dreams this week about what other advances our movement may next make.
Video of the week: Lewis Black’s hysterical segment on The Daily Show about Ringling, Seaworld, and McDonald’s.