NEWS: In case you missed it, there’s a rebellion happening in London. Activists from XR-offshoot Animal Rebellion and the Scrap Factory Farming campaign were arrested today after spelling out a stark message on the pavement outside Defra HQ.

INVESTIGATIONS: The video of YouTube influencer Niko, paid to visit a farm that supplies KFC with supposedly ‘high welfare’ chickens, went viral in December last year garnering around one million views on Twitter. But as an investigation by VFC has revealed, the claims made by the fast-food giant were anything but genuine.

OPINION: Apart from burgers, nothing quite sums up fast food like the humble chicken nugget. Claire Hamlett discusses whether the buzz surrounding Burger King’s new vegan-friendly version could be signalling the end of intensively reared chickens.

Norwegian food group Kavli has washed its hands of St Helen’s Farm dairy and its stake in Yorkshire Dairy Goats, the supplier at the centre of an animal welfare scandal uncovered by Surge in 2020, selling it all back to its original owners.

BLOG: Prolific chicken abuser KFC recently paid off social media influencer ‘Niko’ and publisher JOE to give viewers an insight into conditions at a UK chicken farm as part of its ‘behind the bucket’ ad campaign. What we saw instead was a bucket of lies.

Several industry reports released in the last fortnight, concerning the onward march of the plant-based food sector, have generated some truly attention-grabbing headlines. There is no denying that the increase in products is great news for consumers who choose not to eat animal products some of the time, but as ethical vegans, are we celebrating a little too much?