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Feed the Planet December: The latest in food, planet & health
Published on Dec 11, 2020
Hello Chef,
The world is changing, and so are menus.
Plant-based alternatives are booming. This is more than a trend, it’s a social shift. The next generation is adapting to safeguard the future more than any other consumer, with more than 40% of millennials adopting plant-based diets.
It’s so important that chefs stay up-to-date with both consumer demands and how to satisfy them, and perhaps even more important to understand a key root cause for the shift: the climate crisis.
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