Water footprint is the total amount of water used to produce something or support an activity (Hogeboom, 2020). It includes all the water consumed during each step of the process. Many people assume that personal water use comes from things like showering, washing dishes, or watering the lawn. But in reality, only about 4% of humanity’s water footprint comes from …
VegWeek 2026 is here! Last week in Atlanta, organizer Nichole Dandrea-Russert, MS, RDN threw down at the Patagonia store with a VegWeek kickoff party that proved something we’ve always known: when you put delicious plant-based food in front of people, barriers dissolve. Plant-based sausage stuffed mushrooms. Vegan shrimp scampi bruschetta. Even the self-proclaimed picky eaters were blown away by …
WE ARE SUING. Animal Outlook just filed a lawsuit against Kroger and Ralphs for “humane-washing” and using these deceptive signs to trick shoppers into believing factory-farmed meat is higher quality than it actually is. Our investigation found Ralphs stores in California using signs like “Well Raised” and “No Antibiotics” over meat from some of the industry’s most notorious factory farming …
Bird flu is back in the headlines, but for millions of birds, it has never gone away. Behind the brief news alerts lies a crisis that affects chickens, turkeys, ducks, and wild birds across the country — and exposes deep cracks in how animals are treated in our food system. At Animal Outlook, we investigate what happens to animals out …
New York City has long been a dream destination for anyone who loves plant‑based food, and its vegan dining scene just keeps getting stronger. From serene, shoes‑off Korean temple cuisine to lively Mexican‑inspired cantinas and inventive fine dining, the city offers a depth and variety of vegan options that few places can match. This updated guide focuses on vegan restaurants …
Last Monday on Bruinwalk, we challenged UCLA students to identify vegan athletes from a lineup. The prize? Free plant protein snacks from Gym Snack. (shoutout to them for the donation—these samples absolutely crushed). 🌱💪 Nearby, an Effective Altruism group was running a fundraiser—do one push-up, they donate 10 cents to your chosen charity. Our regional chapter leader, Zachary Krauss and …
🚨 We just filed our first major lawsuit of 2026 ⚖️✊ On behalf of Plaintiff Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) and alongside our co-counsel Richman Law & Policy, we just filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Panera Bread and its parent company, JAB Holding Company. This case represents exactly the kind of strategic legal action that can create systemic change …
People often feel uncomfortable when they’re reminded that meat comes from animals. Psychologists call this meat-related cognitive dissonance (MRCD) (Rothgerber, 2020). It happens when our values, like caring about animals, conflict with our behavior, such as eating them. This discomfort can be triggered by seeing farm animals, learning about factory farming, realizing that meat once belonged to a living being, …
Undercover investigations in factory farms are often dismissed as extreme or sensational. But what these investigations reveal is not an overstatement, it is the everyday reality inside an industry that operates largely out of public view. Even when undercover investigations are a hard watch, at the end of the day we’re only exposing the literal, real, unfiltered truth. Not exaggerating. …