07 Dec 2023 --- With the intersection of lifestyle and diet being the crux of food innovation, plant-based proponents are drawing ties with tenets of the Catholic faith in an appeal to Pope Francis to encourage wider adoption of meat reduction to offset climate change. Due to illness, the Vatican sovereign was absent from this year’s COP28 summit in Dubai where he was anticipated to speak on environmental issues at the summit’s inaugural inter-religion Faith Pavilion.
