Vegan summer

As the ground temperature warms our feet and we wait patiently for the odd balmy evening to come our way, it’s nearing the season for outdoor gatherings. With this in mind, I thought it was time I looked at a handful of summer essentials that would make up my perfect vegan garden party. I found some ground-breaking motivational stories behind the emerging brands that are helping to shape a new generation and get the conversation started about compassionate living.

GREENFORCE

First up is GREENFORCE, a Germany-based company founded in Munich in 2020 by Thomas Isermann as a food tech start-up, developing and providing plant-based food products that are good for people and the environment. They are on a mission to produce the most sustainable vegan ‘meat’ products in the world. They developed an enzymatic process that will be able to convert almost any plant into high-quality, protein-rich products. 100g of GREENFORCE pea protein use eight times less water, 48 times less land, and has a greenhouse, and GREENFORCE ambassador, Patrik Baboumian, spoke out recently about his passion for this product. “The environmental impact of modern, meat-heavy diets is massive. This means we have a great opportunity to make big savings in our carbon footprints, as well as our land and water footprints by altering our food choices. Just by switching a few meals a week to plant-based options, we can make an incredibly positive impact for our climate and help preserve our land, soils and water systems. Of course, it gets easier for people to switch if the plantbased meals that are available are tasty, easy-to-make and healthy. So, that’s exactly why we, GREENFORCE, have put almost a decade of research into creating meals that are not only sustainable but also delicious, practical and highly nutritional. We can all make a big change, one meal at a time!”