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In This Issue f A Forum for Vegan Opinion No. 115 Summer 2008 £1 In this Issue: 4 Books 9 Letters 13 A Look at the News 5 News from Pat Reeves 10 Cartoon 14 Vegan Organic Growing 6 Space Cowboys 11 Vegan Help Third World 16 Recipes 8 Avoiding Dairy Cancer Risk 12 A Vision of a Vegan World 20 Mystical Transformation Animal groups Magazines VC&AC e-mail list. Independent of VC&AC at present but affiliated to the sport's governing The Vegan is published by the Vegan Society. Viva!, 8 York Court, Wilder Street, Bristol BS2 bodies. www.veganrunners.makessense.co.uk. 8QH. Tel: 0117 944 1000. Web: (See page 17) www.viva.org.uk. Publishes the magazine Arkangel An animal liberation magazine. £10 Vegan communities Viva!Life quarterly. They are very animal for 4 issues inc. p&p. Arkangel, BCM 9240, Tolstoyan Community Espouses Anarchism, oriented and are good for teenagers and young London WC1N 3XX. info*AT*arkangelweb.org. Pacifism and Veganism. 59 Chapel Road, people. Viva!Life published by Viva! www.viva.org.uk. Ramsgate, Kent CT11 OBS. Animal Aid. Web: www.animalaid.org.uk. The Welsh Vegan is a quarterly magazine in Vegan shops PETA. Web: www.peta-online.org. Welsh and English. Annual subscription £4.50 Vegonia Wholefoods, 49 High Street, Veggies Directory also known as the Animals from Bronyr Ysgol, Montpellier, Llandridnod Porthmadog, North Wales. Tel: 01766 515195. Contact Directory aims to encourage mutual Wells, Powys. Sells only vegan products. support and communications between the many Growing Green International is published by groups and individuals working for animal rights Vegan Organic Network. See page 17. Web: Unicorn Grocery, 89 Albion Rd, Chorlton, and welfare, as well as those working to protect www.veganorganic.net. Manchester, M21 0BN. Tel 0161 8610010. Web: www.unicorn-grocery.co.uk. the environment. Provides a means of groups to The Green Queen Twice yearly lesbian, gay, make contact and co-ordinate their work. See bisexual, vegan & veggie mag. K Bell, Green One Earth Shop, 54 Allison St, Digbeth, www.veggies.org.uk/acd. Queen, PO Box BM 5700 London WC1N 3XX. Birmingham, B5 5TH. Tel: 0121 6326909. Vegan owners. Animals Count - a political party to help create Vegan Voice Quarterly Australian magazine. a better world for people and animals. Promotes a non-violent way of living beneficial Sound Bites, 11 Morledge, Derby, DE1 2AW. www.animalscount.org. PO Box 51250 London to the planet, all animals and human health. 01332 291369. Wholefoods, eco cleaning SE11 4NU. Email info*AT*animalscount.org. Credit card facilities available, approx £18 for 4 products (discounted refills available when you bring back your empties), locally grown organic Charities issues (ie 1 year) PO Box 30, Nimbin, NSW2480, Australia. Web: http://veganic.net. veg, mini-café and deli. Free online quarterly HIPPO (Help International Plant Protein magazine. www.soundbitesderby.org.uk. 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