Stella McCartney, Bryan Adams and plant-based food

London - Fashion house leader Stella McCartney is set to increase its cruelty-free range once again.

The UK-based company, which aims to produce sustainable clothing and accessories, will release its new vegan Reclypse sneakers later this month.

The shoes feature lining created from econyl, a regenerated nylon which is sourced from pre-and post-consumer waste like fishing nets and carpet.

The sneakers, handmade in Italy, have a recycled polyester upper, as well as a tractor sole containing plant-based and renewable materials. They also feature contrast panels of vegan leather and mesh.

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London - Iconic musician and vegan Bryan Adams has described the link between the coronavirus and factory farming as sickening.

The star, who recently called for all wet markets to be shut, made the comment in a recent Instagram video to his 759,000 followers.

Humans are to blame for covid, he said. “Until we wake up and stop taking from the animal kingdom, these viruses are gonna keep coming and nature will have its pandemic way,” Adams said.

“Look up any of the pandemics in the past 1000 years, even the bubonic plague is said to have come from Asia and from animals.

Covid is believed to have originated from a wet market, where live animals are slaughtered and sold alongside dead ones, in Wuhan, China.

Adams isn’t the only vegan celebrity to point out the correlation. Actors Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara penned an op-ed for The Washington Post blasting factory farms for ‘breeding contagions like the coronavirus’.

“These factory farms warehouse thousands of animals that wallow in their own waste with limited or no airspace, routinely creating conditions for the proliferation of superbugs and zoonotic pathogens.

According to the World Health Organisation, bubonic plagues are caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, a zoonotic bacteria, usually found in small mammals and their fleas. It is transmitted between animals through fleas and can infect humans.

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New York - A new report by Bloomberg Intelligence has found that the plant-based meat and dairy sectors are growing at an unprecedented rate

The report has predicted that the plant-based food market will exceed $162 billion within the next decade. A growing preference for sustainable, healthier foods is pushing the movement.

The plant-based food market was valued at $29.4 billion in 2020. This means if BI’s predictions are correct, the market will soar by 451 percent.

The meat-free movement isn’t slowing down. Food-related consumer habits often come and go as fads, but plant-based alternatives are here to stay – and grow.

The expanding set of product options in the plant-based industry is contributing to plant alternatives becoming a long-term option for consumers around the world.

A 2018 study published in Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene found that we already grow enough food to feed the 9.7 billion people that are anticipated to be on Earth by 2050. But large amounts of it are funnelled into animal agriculture.