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07/24/2026

⏳ ONE WEEK LEFT! ⏳

The window is closing fast to submit your application for the DefaultVeg Student Internship.

Ready to turbocharge your career skills and help rewrite the menu for a greener, more sustainable future? 🌱✨ Now is your chance to catalyze real, massive change on your campus.

Applications officially close August 1st. Don’t sleep on this!
👉 Hit the link in our bio to apply now!

PlantBased StudentLeaders

07/23/2026

Legume vs. pulse — do you know the difference in plant proteins? 🫘

A legume is any plant in the bean-and-pea family, with pods, leaves, and seeds. Think fresh green beans, peanuts, soybeans, even clover.
A pulse is more specific: the dry, edible seed of a legume. Lentils, chickpeas, dry beans, and split peas.

So every pulse is a legume, but not every legume is a pulse.

Fresh peas ≠ pulse 🫛
Dried peas = pulse 🫘

👉 Here’s the good news: legume or pulse, it doesn’t really matter what you call it. Both are packed with protein and fiber, affordable and shelf-stable, and among the easiest, most sustainable things you can put on your plate. 🍽️

Get your beans, I mean pulses!😜

FoodFacts

07/17/2026

Campus dining is having a moment — and Gen Z & Gen Alpha are running it. 🙌

BFF’s Jessica Cohen, Program Coordinator, is joining Navin Durbhakula (Upgrade Dining), Dr. Joseph Tuminello (McNeese State University), and Keith Soster (Michigan Dining) to dig into exactly that. About how the next generation is completely rewriting food norms on campus.

If you’re there, find it at 4:55 PM today, July 17. If you’re not — stay tuned, because this conversation is just getting started.

StudentLife BetterFoodFoundation

07/02/2026

Ready to fire up the grill for the 4th of July? 🇺🇸🍔

This year, we’re rethinking the classic cookout with the NEW burger breakdown!

Whether you’re ready to switch to plant-based or want an easy swap, both help shrink your carbon emissions.
Swapping your protein has never been more delicious. Here are the two ways to upgrade your BBQ:
🌱 100% Plant-Based Burgers: Incredible, tasty textures with a fraction of the emissions. We love seeing whole-food options like the jackfruit patties from jack & annie's!

⚖️ The Balanced (Blended) Burgers: Not ready to ditch meat? Hybrid burgers blend beef with 30-50% veggies or mushrooms. Brands like and The Spare Food Co. are leading the charge, and chefs are even using fable shiitake mushrooms to craft their own custom blends!

Swapping just one serving of beef a day can cut your diet’s carbon emissions by up to 48%. 🌎💧
Ready to learn more? Check out the link in our bio and dive deep into food nudges and subtle swaps! 🔗✨

More info: https://www.balancedprotein.org/

HealthyBBQ FoodSystems FSI ClimateAction

07/01/2026

🎉 Congratulations to the DefaulVeg Fall 2025-Spring 2026 Internship graduates!

🎓 We celebrated our largest class yet over Zoom this past month because our interns cover over 27 campuses across the country.🌱

This exceptional cohort was unstoppable - achieving 32 plant-based food and drink nudges across 27 U.S. universities! From removing plant-milk surcharges at an HBC to hosting alternative protein cooking classes and passing student assembly bills for implementing plant-based nudges, their impact has been massive. 🌎💚

We couldn’t be prouder of these campus changemakers and can’t wait to see what they accomplish next! Join us in congratulating our grads:

Adriana Tofu Rebellion™ Ania Ting Balsamine 🌱 Chelsea 🤍 Emi 💌 ..... Joshua Robinson Kaitlyn Tobin ixmfiaa Kim Nguyen lillian Madison Maya Ro Sheila Kelly sklr susie sydney choi Tia Ty C Orchards zaryah

✨ Plus a massive shoutout to Alyssa, Ola, Polina, and Trevor!

06/29/2026

Many people don’t realize how their food choices impact the health of our oceans.

What often gets overlooked? The connection between our food system and ocean health. The ocean produces over half the oxygen we breathe and feeds over 3 billion people.

Yet, industrial animal agriculture is one of the leading causes of ocean dead zones, water pollution, and the collapse of marine ecosystems. And fish farming, like factory farming, spreads disease and pollutes our fragile coastlines. 🪸🐠

Shifting to plant-based defaults is one of the most effective ways to protect our oceans. Swipe through to discover how our food choices are more interconnected with ocean health than most people realize. 🌊🌱

Aquaculture Accountability Project

PlantForward BetterFoodFoundation ClimateAction DefaultVeg

06/24/2026

This isn’t your average coffee-run internship. 🚫☕

DefaultVeg interns actually move the needle on campus sustainability—and walk away with the receipts to prove it.

Here is what you get:
✅ Project management experience
✅ A portfolio of real campus-systems work
✅ A built-in network in sustainable food + advocacy
✅ Skills that translate to almost any career

Come to our Info Session tomorrow, June 25th, to hear more! RSVP at the link in our bio.

Applications close August 1st. Don’t wait! [Link in bio →]

ClimateAction

06/22/2026

World Rainforest Day is a reminder that the most powerful conservation tool might already be in your hands — or on your plate. 🌳🌍

Research shows that shifting toward plant-rich diets could reduce global agricultural land demand by up to 75%. That’s not a small number. That’s breathing room for the world’s most biodiverse forests to regenerate naturally.
We work to make that shift the path of least resistance by implementing plant-based defaults in universities, cafes, coffee shops, events, venues, and corporate cafeterias.

One changed default. Millions of acres given back to nature. 🌱✨

👉 Want to bring this to your campus or workplace? Join a free Nudge Training — link in bio.

Conservation FutureOfFood ClimateAction NudgeTheory BehavioralScience

06/19/2026

Plant-based eating isn’t new to Black culture. It’s been part of it all along.

Collard greens, black-eyed peas, sweet potatoes, okra stew. Some of the most iconic dishes in Black American food traditions have always centered plants.

This Juneteenth we’re celebrating that legacy, and talking about why it matters:
🔹 80% of Black Americans are lactose intolerant, the highest rate of any group in the U.S.
🔹 Black adults face significantly higher rates of hypertension and Type 2 diabetes
🔹 Plant centered diets can cut that risk by about 45%

In a food system that hasn’t always served Black communities well, eating plant based isn’t a trend. It’s a tool for health and for reclaiming tradition.

Let’s build food systems that center health and justice, and make plant forward food accessible for everyone. 💚

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