01 Sep 2021 --- Europe’s livestock sector has hit back at a rising tide of vegan activism, which has spurred the launch of the international Plant Based Treaty and a protest blockade of Arla’s key milk factory in England that took place yesterday. Climate activists are demanding that the Danish multinational food conglomerate – churning out an annual turnover of around €10 billion (US$11.8 billion) – goes fully plant-based by 2025.