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Michelin 2021: Vegan restaurant first in France to win star

Chef Claire Vallée’s restaurant ONA has become the first vegan site to win a star, in a ‘difficult year’ for the restaurant world

Carrefour France trials a ‘vegan butcher’ product range

The meat substitutes – including mince and burgers – will be provided by popular brand the Vegetarian Butcher

More vegan and vegetarian food now in stores in France

Manufacturers are investing in the meat-free market as the percentage of vegans or vegetarians in France is now as high as 5%

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Michelin nod for French vegan restaurant is ‘call for peace'

Awarding the first star to vegan restaurant ONA in Arès is a truce call for uncivil war between vegans and meat eaters, writes Nabila Ramdani

Cheese shop in Paris vandalised by militant vegan activists

A cheese shop in Paris has been vandalised overnight by militant vegan activists, with explicit graffiti tags on the shop windows accusing farmers of being criminals.

Where to buy the juiciest melons in France this summer

Across France, you will see shoppers prodding and sniffing as they search for the perfect juicy melon. Connexion looks at the fruit’s history and meets a passionate producer.

Coronavirus: do plant-based supplements reduce immunity?

Some plant-based supplements people are taking in the hope of boosting immunity from Covid-19 may have the opposite effect.

France bans word ‘steak’ on vegetarian products

The words "steak", "escalope" and "sausage" ( saucisse ) can no longer be used to describe meat alternatives made from vegetable proteins, according to a new French law.

French company cracked making vegan eggs

We have vegan camembert, vegan burgers and even vegan ham and bacon... now the first vegan eggs have been created by two French biochemistry students.

'Cattle farmers in France subsidise vegan lifestyles'

Farmer Robert Rogers tells Connexion his is a tough line of work, not helped by regular ‘farmer bashing’ in the media

French climate change activists blockade McDonald’s

Young climate change activists have blockaded a McDonald’s restaurant in the city of Bordeaux (Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine), with a banner asking: “Why eat now, what will kill us tomorrow?”.

French anti-meat activists sentenced for shop attacks

Two anti-meat and activists have been jailed, and two others handed suspended sentences, for their part in attacking butcher’s shops, restaurants and businesses in the Hauts-de-France last year.

‘Sausage Street’ may change name

Rue de la Saucisse may be changing its name but it is not because vegans demanded it.

Butchers are ‘murderers’, say French vegan activists

Vegans in France have mounted further protests in a national day of “anti-speciesist” action, denouncing butchers as “murderers” and “food terrorists”.

Michelin-starred chef creates vegan 'faux gras'

A Michelin-starred chef has created a vegan alternative to foie gras, as a plant-based solution to welfare concerns over the original liver delicacy.

Shop boom is a boost for vegans and vegetarians

Along with the rise in people switching to organic food in France, some of the shops supplying them have also started to offer vegan and vegetarian foods – and this is a bonus for those who have long struggled to find supplies, especially vegan.

Vegans raise glass to wine without animal products

Vegans in France have long been missing out on one of the country’s most famous pleasures – wine.

Veganism

Michelin 2021: Vegan restaurant first in France to win star

Carrefour France trials a ‘vegan butcher’ product range

More vegan and vegetarian food now in stores in France

Michelin nod for French vegan restaurant is ‘call for peace'

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