Farrming:

Veganism/Vegetarianism

Cultures & Movements That Embrace Plant-Based Living

Jainism (India) – One of the oldest traditions rooted in non-violence (ahimsa); follows strict vegetarianism and avoids harm even to insects.
**Buddhist & Taoist Monastic Diets (East Asia)** – Many monks and nuns follow vegetarian or vegan temple diets tied to spiritual clarity and compassion.
**Rastafarian Ital Diet (Caribbean)** – A spiritual plant-based diet avoiding processed foods and meat to stay in harmony with nature.
Indigenous Plant-Based Foodways – Many pre-colonial diets across Mesoamerica, the Andes, and parts of Africa were often mostly plant-based (e.g., maize, beans, amaranth, cassava, wild greens)
Food Not Bombs (Global) – A decentralized movement that distributes free vegan/vegetarian meals as mutual aid and protest against war and poverty.
**Decolonize Your Diet (Mexican American)** – A movement reclaiming ancestral plant-based foodways and rejecting colonial food systems.
Afro-Veganism – Cultural revival of African and Caribbean plant-based recipes, rooted in liberation, health, and ancestral wisdom.
Plant-Based Treaty (International) – A climate-focused campaign pushing governments to move toward plant-based policies.
**Mutual Aid Gardens (Global)** – Grassroots urban and rural gardens that grow free or shared food, often emphasizing plant-based abundance.
Climate Veganism – A growing shift among youth climate activists toward plant-based eating as a tool for climate action and ecological repair.

Cultured (Lab-Grown) Meat

GOOD Meat (Singapore/USA) – first company to get government approval to sell cultivated meat.
Upside Foods (USA) – develops lab-grown chicken and beef, aiming for commercial-scale production.
Mosa Meat (Netherlands) – home of the world’s first cultured hamburger.
Vow (Australia) - developing cultivated meat for meat eaters.