MilitantVegan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoAfter a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify itboingboing.netexternal-linkmessage-square298fedilinkarrow-up1882arrow-down176cross-posted to: vegan@lemmy.mlgoodlongread@lemmy.world
arrow-up1806arrow-down1external-linkAfter a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify itboingboing.netMilitantVegan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square298fedilinkcross-posted to: vegan@lemmy.mlgoodlongread@lemmy.world
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down8·edit-27 months agoIf we can define plant products as milk then we could also define cows as plants. It would make vegan chili contests more interesting.
minus-squareMilitantVegan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoGood luck with that.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoLikewise, good luck with vegan “cheese”.
minus-squareMilitantVegan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoClearly it doesn’t need luck - it’s already winning awards despite underhanded tricks.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoAccording to the article, they didn’t win. EDIT: Actually I guess they did, see below.
minus-squareMilitantVegan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThey were slated to win, close enough.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-27 months agoThey were selected as finalists, but not every finalist is an award winner.
minus-squareMilitantVegan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoNo, they had advance warning that they were the winners. That victory was stolen from them based on rules that were added after the fact.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoHmm, OK turns out you’re right that they were slated to win.
If we can define plant products as milk then we could also define cows as plants. It would make vegan chili contests more interesting.
Good luck with that.
Likewise, good luck with vegan “cheese”.
Clearly it doesn’t need luck - it’s already winning awards despite underhanded tricks.
According to the article, they didn’t win.
EDIT:
Actually I guess they did, see below.
They were slated to win, close enough.
They were selected as finalists, but not every finalist is an award winner.
No, they had advance warning that they were the winners. That victory was stolen from them based on rules that were added after the fact.
Hmm, OK turns out you’re right that they were slated to win.