A Forum for Vegan Opinion No. 112 Autumn 2007 £1

In this Issue: 4 Books 8 Letters 13 The History of a Name 5 Cartoon: The Touring Vegan 10 Right Round the World 14 Vegan Organic Growing 6 - Blessing or Curse? 11 News from Vegfam 15 Recipes 7 Abolition of Meat 12 A Look at the News 20 What One Person Can Do

Animal groups from Bronyr Ysgol, Montpellier, Llandridnod Vegan communities Wells, Powys. Viva!, 8 York Court, Wilder Street, Bristol BS2 Growing Green International is published by Tolstoyan Community Espouses , 8QH. Tel: 0117 944 1000. Web: Vegan Organic Network. See page 17. Web: Pacifism and . 59 Chapel Road, www.viva.org.uk. Publishes the magazine www.veganorganic.net. Ramsgate, Kent CT11 OBS. Viva!Life quarterly. They are very Vegan shops oriented and are good for teenagers and young The Green Queen Twice yearly lesbian, gay, people. bisexual, vegan & veggie mag. K Bell, Green Vegonia Wholefoods, 49 High Street, Queen, PO Box BM 5700 London WC1N 3XX. . Web: www.animalaid.org.uk. Porthmadog, North Wales. Tel: 01766 515195. New Leaves is published by Movement for Sells only vegan products. PETA. Web: www.peta-online.org. Compassionate Living. See page 17. Web: Unicorn Grocery, 89 Albion Rd, Chorlton, Veggies Directory also known as the www.MCLveganway.org.uk. Manchester, M21 0BN. Tel 0161 8610010. Web: Contact Directory aims to encourage mutual Vegan Voice Quarterly Australian magazine. www.unicorn-grocery.co.uk. support and communications between the many Promotes a non-violent way of living beneficial groups and individuals working for One Earth Shop, 54 Allison St, Digbeth, to the planet, all animals and human health. and welfare, as well as those working to protect Birmingham, B5 5TH. Tel: 0121 6326909. Credit card facilities available, approx £18 for 4 the environment. Provides a means of groups to Vegan owners. issues (ie 1 year) PO Box 30, Nimbin, make contact and co-ordinate their work. See Sound Bites, 11 Morledge, Derby, DE1 2AW. NSW2480, AustraliaNSW2480 . Web: www.veggies.org.uk/acd. 01332 291369. Wholefoods, eco cleaning http://veganic.net. products (discounted refills available when you Charities Realfood Campaigns Available by subscription bring back your empties), locally grown organic HIPPO (Help International Protein of £8 for 6 editions. Contact Realfood, PO Box veg, mini-café and deli. Free online quarterly Organisation) is working around the world to 339, Wolverhampton WV10 7BZ. Web: magazine. www.soundbitesderby.org.uk. help hungry people to obtain or produce their www.realfood.org.uk. Website design/hosting own high protein from plant sources, Projects supporting projects run by local people in the Local Veggie Web (LVW) lets you create and developing world. Donations/enquiries to: Ancient Woodland Project a 29-acre host your own veggie campaigning website, is HIPPO, The Old Vicarage, Llangynog, woodland near Scarborough, run by a Vegan free to use, requires no web design knowledge Carmarthen SA33 5BS. Tel/Fax 01267 241547. Views subscriber who wants to convert it back and requires no software installation. Free Email: hippocharity*AT*aol.com. into a native woodland. Details: Louisa 01723 technical support provided. Details: 514525 or 07748 101117. Web: Vegfam has for 30 years provided short and www.lvw.makessense.co.uk. www.woodlandproject.org.uk. long-term Relief to People who have been the victims of drought, flood, cyclone or war. Religion + spiritual Website: www.veganvillage.co.uk/vegfam. A friendly network of vegetarians and vegans

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2 Vegan Views Vegan Views From the editor… Editor survival. animals are the cause of 18% of Harry Mather Humanity is at stake global warming whereas , about which The case for a vegan diet, which may have such a fuss is made, only accounts for 13% in appeared to be problematic or perhaps Web site total. This was reported by the UN Food & irrelevant some 60 years ago, has gradually John Curtis Agency (FAO) in 2006 but does been proved to be sound, not just as a matter of not seem to have permeated the general ethics, which was the basis of early veganism, Front cover picture thinking in the world in general. "Mini Market" by Liz Cook. Liz is the but has been shown by medical researchers to person who designs the colourful charts be adequate for health in the long term. Not There is a total blockage in the minds of the (eg , Women's Healing only does epidemiological research show that opinion formers in the media, politics, etc. who , Yoga, Natural Cleaning Solutions vegans are healthy but they are usually found have not the courage to look facts in the face, - see www.thevegancook.co.uk). Our to be healthier than vegetarians, who let alone dare to abandon their cosy, but thanks to Impact Foundation for letting themselves are found to be healthier than meat destructive lifestyles and fear to appear us use the picture. eaters. Vegan athletes compete on equal terms unpopular in their own circles. with other athletes. However, there is a strong feeling in the Post address The ethical argument has become more general that changes need to be Vegan Views, important as we see the cruel treatment of farm made and they are individually making those Flat A15, animals increasingly accepted as nothing more changes. Vegan events are well attended and 20 Dean Park Road, than objects created for use and abuse by often overcrowded as more and more people Bournemouth, humans. They are bred to unnatural sizes and are accepting this way of life that is not only BH1 1JB. functions and given unnatural diets or growth more humane, more healthy but also the most promoters. This has rebounded and resulted in important thing we can individually do to save Website: www.veganviews.org.uk increasing food scares: the planet. Email: editor*AT*veganviews.org.uk (replace *AT* with @) The terrible affliction of nvCJD caused by Now, as much as ever is the time for veganism feeding meat to , salmonella to progress. The fate of humanity is at stake. Sell Vegan Views: poisoning, drug resistant strains of bacteria cause problems in hospitals and there are even By Harry Mather Sell Vegan Views to friends, local shops, more problems. bazaars or at meetings. 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Vegan Views 3 Minnie's Dream - a story Beans - A History. by Ken Other Books of Interest Animal-Free Shopper 7th Edition (2005) for children Albala £4.99. ISBN 0907337287. Published by The by Clare Druce (for 8-12 year olds). Order www.bergpublishers.com/us/book_page.asp?B Vegan Society. A UK shopping guide to vegan online from www.lulu.com. KTitle=Beans products - both food and non-food. "A vivid story told from the heart, of the The story of the humble bean, the staple food Plant Based Nutrition and Health by Steven nightmare house of the battery hen house." cultivated by humans for over ten thousand Walsh. £7.95. ISBN 0907337260. Published by years. From the lentil to the soya bean, every The Vegan Society. Up-to-date and well Desmond Morris. civilisation on the planet has cultivated its own researched, covering the health advantages of species of bean. It has been scorned as 'the "Minni's dream provides teachers with the vegan diet, as well as the pitfalls and how poor man's meat' and praised as health-giving, complex scenarios to nurture high quality to avoid them. Clear advice given on vitamins even patriotic. Attitudes to this most basic of moral reasoning." B12 and D, and on Iron, Calcium, Zinc, Iodine foodstuffs has always revealed a great deal and Selenium. Also, advice on getting omega 3 Teaching Citizenship, Autumn 2005. about a society. The book takes the reader on a fatty acids from non-fish . "Clare Druce subtly weaves the cruel facts of fascinating journey across cultures. battery hen farming into a charming and Feeding Your Vegan Infant - with exciting children's story. A really important Vegan Poet Confidence by Sandra Hood. £9.99. ISBN read." I am writing to introduce my new site 0907337295. Published by The Vegan Society. www.veganpoet.com. Good infant nutritional advice from Sandra Martin Shaw. Hood, a state registered dietician. It is poems and pictures that speak about "Please read this super book and then do all animals, environment and human rights. The Vegan Passport £3.99. ISBN you can to make Minnie's dream come true." 0907337309. Published by The Vegan Society. I co-authored Incredibly Delicious, Recipes for A pocket Guide in 56 languages explaining David Bellamy. a new paradigm, by Gentle World. It contains what vegans eat and do not eat. over 500 vegan recipes, both raw and cooked. - a It also has information on how to feed dogs Growing Green - Techniques for a Practical Guide to Animal vegan, on vegan organic . Health Sustainable Future by Jenny Hall and Iain tips, etc. Almost every page has an Tolhurst. £18.99. ISBN 095522508. Published inspirational quote. I have been vegan for by The Vegan Organic Network (available by . Foreword by Bruce nearly 30 years. from October Books). Growing and veg Friedrich. without animal , blood fish & bone, M. Butterfly Katz. etc. To be published in January 2008. Planet Chicken Vegetarian Guides publishes a number of Information online at by Hattie Ellis useful restaurant + B&B/Hotel guides: www.strikingattheroots.com Vegetarian Britain 2006, Vegetarian London Published by Sceptre at £14.99 "A must-read for both the veteran activist and 2005, Vegetarian Europe, Vegetarian . the person who wants to get involved but isn't This book traces the chicken's development Details: www.vegetarianguides.co.uk. quite sure how to get started. It ranks with the and history in farming and reveals the horrid Vegetarian Visitor 2007 annually updated best guides to animal advocacy that have ever truth behind a broiler chicken's brief journey guide to places offering hospitality to the been written. through life and also its effect on our own vegetarian and vegan traveller and health. 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4 Vegan Views Our thanks to Brooke Gallupe for the mouthful, As you struggle to rise from your Poem shrinking 'seat', cartoon. Brooke says: "I drew about Earth's Fate Decided On Your Plate A VEGAN life will make you youthful, being vegan as a member of a touring Excuse me, What's that your (m)eating? To save the Earth, first give up your meat. band. All the places are in North Ah! the Planet's future on your plate. American, but I am sure your British You haven't heard, our Earth is heating? It's now humanity's state readers could use their imagination". As you chew or swallow, you seal life's fate. Because of the animals and fodder we freight, The band Brooke plays in is called That Planet Earth and all life's fate, Your…Lump of chicken, cow, pig or sheep, Will be decided on your plate! Costs the Earth, while you grow fat, (www.immaculatemachine.com) and The tide of blood laps at your feet. Denis Harrison, June 2007 they played a number of shows in The icebergs melt, life lifeline's flat. London at the end of June 2007. What can I do, you mumble through a meaty

Vegan Views 5 Meat - Blessing or Curse? Reader Margaret Woolford has sent us this World Watch Institute Environmental Protection Agency estimates leaflet from the Christian Vegetarian Growing demand for meat has become a that has polluted more than Association UK: "Working towards a Violence- driving force behind virtually every major 27,000 miles of rivers. free world" category of environmental damage now threatening the human future, write the editors and Global As vegetarians we expect to encounter of World Watch magazine in the July/August Warming opposition from the general public, they like 2006 issue. Total meat consumption has It takes far more fossil-fuel energy to produce their meat and nobody has the right to increased five-fold in the past half-century, and transport meat than to deliver equivalent condemn them for not being vegetarian, and putting extreme pressure on Earth's limited amounts of protein from plant sources. This that is true. But vegetarians do not expect to resources, including water, land, feed and fuel. heavy use of carbon-rich fuels also contributes find vegetarianism a contentious issue within a significantly to the emissions of global church based on the compassionate teachings In "Now, It's Not Personal!" a survey of each warming gases. of Jesus Christ or within and major category of environmental impact ecology groups, who continuously refuse to regarded as critical to the of Food Productivity of Farmland consider how the blessings of a vegetarian diet civilisation reveals how central a challenge this In the US 56 million acres of land produce hay could help their cause. once marginal issue has become. for livestock. Only 4 million acres produce for human consumption, reports the Our need to share our knowledge is not based and Grassland US Department of Commerce. Such inefficient on a desire for immediate results especially Destruction use of land means that food production will not when our own journey to vegetarianism The World's appetite for meat is razing forests keep up with population growth. probably took years. But vegetarian Christians at an accelerating rate. In Central America 40% in particular do want to sow the seeds of of all the rainforests have been cleared or burnt Diseases compassion and mercy in this very cruel and down in the last 40 years, mostly for The mass production of livestock has generated violent world. pasture. In the process, natural large-scale increases in both infectious diseases and degenerative or "lifestyle" diseases. Surely it is time to reject our barbaric where a variety of plant and animal species carnivorous past and embrace the altruistic thrive are destroyed and replaced with mono- Loss and Threat of abstinence of the new kingdom of God. We culture grass. Extinction stand at the crossroads, a hungry world where Fresh Water As earth becomes more crowded, poor cruelty and violence increases as resources Water experts calculate that humans are now are increasingly venturing into diminish, or a compassionate world of plenty, taking half the available fresh water on the reserves for meat. Poaching and black reflecting the image of our loving and merciful planet - leaving the other half to be divided marketeering of bush meat is decimating God. The choice is yours, I know which among a million or more species. Producing 8 remaining populations of gorillas, chimpanzees direction Jesus would take. ounces of beef requires 25,000 litres of water. and other primates. The curse: Global Meat Consumption Has Waste Disposal www.worldwatch.org/epublish/1/v/17n4 Far-Ranging Environmental Impacts. Waste from livestock production exceeds the capacity of the planet to absorb it. The US

The following chart [reproduced from an original Christian Vegetarian Association UK information sheet] will help demonstrate the physiological basis underlying the fact that human beings are, by nature, herbivores. It is a combination of several sources - including The Comparative Anatomy of Eating, by Milton R. Mills M.D. and Vegan Nutrition: Pure and Simple, by M.D. Physiological Comparisons Carnivores Herbivores Humans Teeth: Incisors Short and pointed Broad, flattened and spade shaped Broad, flattened and spade shaped Teeth: Canines Long, sharp and curved Dull and short or long (for defense), Short and blunt or none Teeth: Molars Sharp, jagged and blade shaped Flattened with cusps Flattened with Modular cusps Facial Muscles Reduced to allow wide mouth gape Well-developed Well-developed Jaw Type Angle not expanded Expanded angle Expanded angle Jaw Joint Location On same plane as molar teeth Above the plane of the molars Above the plane of the molars Jaw Motion Shearing; minimal side-to-side No shear; good side-to-side, front- No shear; good side-to-side, front- motion to-back motion to-back motion Major Jaw Muscles Temporalis Masseter and pterygoids Masseter and pterygoids Mouth Opening vs. Head Size Large Small Small Chewing None: swallows food whole Extensive chewing necessary Extensive chewing necessary Saliva No digestive enzymes Carbohydrate digestive enzymes Carbohydrate digestive enzymes Stomach Type Simple Simple or multiple Simple Stomach Acidity Less than or equal to pH 1 with food pH 4 to 5 with food in stomach pH 4 to 5 with food in stomach in stomach Stomach Capacity 60 to 70% of total volume of Less than 30% of total volume of 21 to 27% of total volume of digestive tract digestive tract digestive tract Length of Small Intestine 3 to 6 times body length 10 to more than 12 times body 10 to 11 times body length length Colon Simple, short and smooth Long, complex; may be sacculated Long, sacculated Liver Can detoxify Vitamin A Cannot detoxify Vitamin A Cannot detoxify Vitamin A Kidneys Extremely concentrated urine Moderately concentrated urine Moderately concentrated urine Nails Sharp claws Flattened nails or blunt hooves Flattened nails Pores No pores; perspires through tongue Perspires through pores Perspires through pores

6 Vegan Views The following UN Food and Agricultural Organisation document (November 2006) Movement for the Abolition of Meat verifies the above Worldwatch Report: We are a group of 40 people from different Each participant or group will choose their own Livestock's Long Shadow: backgrounds who have been working on a way of promoting the project, in the same way Environmental issues and options project for which we would like your advice that the demand for the abolition of slavery was and support. The project involves the supported by very different groups and Summary: This report aims to assess the full worldwide abolition of meat. individuals. impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and Meat causes more suffering and death than any Additional texts explaining the project are policy approaches to mitigation. The other form of human activity. Eating meat available on the personal website of one of us: assessment is based on the most recent and implies either a denial of the ability of animals http://meatabolition.blogspot.com complete data available, taking into account to suffer or simply an indifference to their suffering. This denial and indifference are You can read some questions and answers direct impacts, along with the impacts of feed here: http://en.m-eat.org/wiki/FAQ agriculture required for livestock reflected in the lack of consideration to production. in general, both human and non- Communication between the interested parties human. Meat eating has a negative influence on to this project is essential. Knowing each The livestock sector emerges as one of the top people's concern for animals in many contexts other's opinions and debating them enables the two or three most significant contributors to different members of the movement to keep the most serious environmental problems, at The history of human slavery, and campaign for its abolition in the 18th and 19th centuries, abreast of initiatives, strategies, problems, and every scale from local to global. The findings means, and if necessary to pool their effort. of this report suggest that it should be a major has convinced us of the need to formulate a policy focus when dealing with problems of demand for the abolition of meat. This could You are invited to join the French discussion , climate change and air take the form of a clear political demand, list: pollution, water shortage and , worded in a way that makes it acceptable to as http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/abolitiongroup and loss of biodiversity. many people as possible. Working together in a group online, we have agreed to use the or the international group (in English): Livestock's contribution to environmental following wording: problems is on a massive scale and its http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meatabolition potential contribution to their solution is Because meat production requires killing equally large. The impact is so significant that animals; We would be delighted if some of you were to it needs to be addressed with urgency. Major open lists or forms in other languages on the Because their living conditions and slaughter theme of the abolition of meat. reductions in impact could be achieved at cause many of them to suffer. reasonable cost. Looking forward to your questions and Because sentient beings shouldn't be reactions, either on one of the above mentioned For the full report or Executive Summary: mistreated or killed unnecessarily; www.virtualcentre.org/en/library/key_pub/longshad/A0701E00.htm lists or at this address: contact*AT*m-eat.org The above reports by respected secular Therefore, farming, and Yours sincerely, organisations confirm, beyond any reasonable animals for their flesh, as well as selling and French Committee for the launch of the doubt, that our carnivorous lifestyle is a curse eating animal flesh should be abolished. Movement for the Abolition of Meat: that is helping to destroy our world. This resolution is based on a widespread belief, common to most countries, that sentient beings Pour l'abolition de la viande, Ferme God's perfect diet: a Blessing on Marivieille, 26470 Bellegarde en Diois, France. humankind should neither be mistreated nor killed without necessity. 00 33 (0)475 21 44 91 God's initial diet for Adam and Eve is the perfect diet for all of humankind. Logically, meat requires the killing of animals It is a diet that is compassionate towards all of His creation. Would you really expect Meat isn't necessary; Global Warming otherwise? As vegetarians we see God's future Farmed Animals produce more kingdom manifesting itself within our Therefore meat should be abolished Gas emissions (18%) than the world's entire compassionate and merciful diet and naturally With your help, we hope to launch this demand transport system (13%). .Livestock control want to share that good news, in a loving way, in 2008, the 60th anniversary of the Universal accounts for over 8% of global human water with our fellow Christians. Declaration of the Rights of Man, which consumption, with the feeding of cattle being a particularly water-intensive process. And God said, Behold, I have given you every abolished human slavery worldwide. We are yielding seed, which is upon the face of hoping also that an international movement Eating lower down the food chain all the earth, and every tree, in which is the will be created to carry the message so that our uses fewer resources fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you it shall be goal is reached before the end of the century in for food (Gen. 1 v29). some countries. This will not mean the end of all animal exploitation, nor of , nor The virtuous Circle Human physiology confirms that God created of all animal suffering. However, it will be a "The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is us as fruitarian, our food should not require the real progress, and could be a basis on which a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it death of animals or , further progress can be achieved. seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may John Gilheany of the Vegetarian Christian We would be very pleased if you would murder a liar, but you cannot murder the lie, Association of the UK thinks that large support our resolution, and help us to publicise nor establish the truth. Through violence you numbers of people, young people in particular, it. may murder the hater, but you cannot murder have left the Church because of perceived hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So indifference to animal suffering. He points out We are planning an event to launch the project it goes on. Returning violence for violence that Western society is abundantly blessed to in Paris. Representatives of all sections of the multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to the point where any supermarket trolley could will be invited. They a night already devoid of stars. Darkness be filled ten times over without a drop of will undertake to support the Declaration for cannot drive out hate, only light can do that. animal blood being shed. See website: the Abolition of Meat, and will be able to Hate cannot drive out hate. Only LOVE can do www.christianvegetarian.co.uk express their opinions on the best ways to popularise the movement. Vegetarian that" Martin Luther King CVAUK, Foreste, Pines Road, Liphook GU30 personalities and the international media will [contributed by Chris Phillips] 7PL also attend the launch, which will take place in a Parisian location.

cakes, pizzas, nut roasts, soups, etc. it's a great Vegan Carpets shop for second-hand and new books. A reply to Peter Wills' letter in VV111… Can anyone recommend anywhere in Crakow, Dear Peter, Poland, please? I have coir matting covering my stairs It has continue to send him more reading material in My brother, Dr. Michael Wilson Fox, has been down for 6 years and looks good, wears the future. It is his only contact with the written over a hundred books. He is a vet and well and is not too hard to keep clean and we outside world and I know it will be so much used to work for the Human Society of USA. are a busy household with lots of people and appreciated. He now writes for a column in the USA. His cats. last books were The Healing Touch for Dogs Kind regards, We have 34 steps and two landings and it cost and The Proven Massage Programme, £450.00 We had it nailed down as the usual Jean Worth. Newmarket Press, USA. method is to glue it down but the glue was of I've found a gorgeous shop-café near to King's unknown origin - so nails it had to be. The GM "Who Knows?" Cross Underground and station. It does Hope this helps. All good wishes, Syndrome vegan/organic raw food and is very reasonable. Dear Editor, The salad is weighed. They did mung bean Karen Dickinson. stew and a curry and raw chocolate (which was I start with the following statements which I dear as it's pure). They did smoothies £2-75ish. Cultured (In-Vitro) Meat believe to be true, having listened to the BBC Tony's Holistic Café, 10 Caledonian Road, Dear Mr Mather, and read parts of Wikipedia:- London N1 9DR. They sold hemp oil, which is I write to draw readers’ attention to the animal 1. EU Law states that if a product is GM or good to put over salads, etc. full of omega oils, welfare improvements over conventional meat contains a GM substance, it cannot be sold as apparently. production offered by cultured meat, which is "Organic". This law obviously pertains to the All this was advertised in 'Get Fresh' that I got also known as in-vitro meat. It is produced UK. at the Mind, Body and Spirit Festival. without the usual animal rearing. Instead, 2. All wheat in the UK is now GM (except www.fresh-network.com 0845 833 70717 animal muscle is grown from biological stem "Svelte"). But our shops are full of wheat based Editor Sarah Best. Raw Chocolate cells to give a product essentially the same as breads and wheat based breakfast - all Sales*AT*detoxyourworld.com. reared meat. marked "Organic". Surely, this is a breach of Very interesting articles in the mag, First Some vegans and vegetarians are reluctant to EU law? (I could also complain about lying to Annual Raw Film Festival in March. Raw for support in any way a product which is the public, but that seems to be an accepted 30 days filmed at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation associated with such misery in its usual form. practice nowadays). Centre in Arizona and showing the healing of a They also point out, rightly, that some cultured 3. Outside the EU, in practice principally the group of "incurable" diabetics using raw and meat production techniques use fluids from USA, any product can be, and is, described as living foods. Birth as we know it - a moving slaughtered animals, although not all "Organic" simply because it is GM - so that US documentary about the benefits of natural techniques do. They prefer to continue with the Sunflower seeds and Japanese may not be childbirth. Breakthrough - storm and jinjee traditional methods of promoting animal what you think - or perhaps in some cases they Talifero's inspiring footage of raising a raw welfare, like letter writing, public protests, and really are organic - who knows? family and Vegan to Raw Vegan - a couple's direct action. Unfortunately, the traditional journey from the cooked vegan world into methods on their own will be incapable of 4. All US corn is GM, so how come we have vibrant raw living. addressing the huge challenges presented by "Organic Cornflakes" - another breach of EU www.serenityspaces.com/filmfest.asp the meat industry. Around 80 billion animals law in our shops! are killed for meat every year. That’s 2,500 Saf means pure and innocent in Turkish simple every second, and the rate looks set to increase Other parts of the world that supply us with so- and authentic food. Saf Bistro & Martini Bar. as developing countries get richer and eat more called "Organic" products are:- China, Puerto Tel +90212 245 7871 www.safrestaurant.com meat. Rico, Brazil and Algeria to name but a few. Before choosing to buy these products, we Lifeco visit www.thelifeco.com If cultured meat can be made cheaper than should remember to ask ourselves "Whose Chad Sarno, raw gourmet recipes in next "Get reared meat - as seems possible - then it could code of practice are they following - the Fresh" magazine replace a large proportion of the reared meat American or the European? Again "Who sold, and could bring the murder rate down knows"? Monday 1st-4th October Detox Your World. sharply. It offers an unprecedented opportunity Annual Retreat. Oxon Hoath County Est. for reducing animal suffering. There are Which food is GM and which isn't is a highly Retreat, Hadlow, Near.Tonbridge, Kent (45 undoubtedly problems with making cultured guarded secret in our shops. Usually, the places only) 70 acres ground. meat work, on moral, technological, business, reason for hiding the truth is that something is www.detoxyourworld.com. Tel +44 8700 113 and campaigning fronts. Vegans have more wrong, as every 6 year old knows. 119. Friday 5th October 6.30 10.30pm. interest in its success than just about anyone Who knows if your tomatoes or are David Wolfe, Brighton venue to be announced. else, and could take a lead in trying to solve GM? You don’t know and I don't know, but the www.detoxyourworld.com. Tel +44 8700 113 them. government and do. 119 Yours Sincerely, David Parsley Please see mag for more articles. Too much for me to write really. James Waters News from Around Re a letter from Jail Dear All, Love and Light, Hello, I'm writing to tell you that an animal sanctuary Sue Fox. I was delighted you have sent reading material has opened in a shop in Deal, Kent. If anyone New Forest Animals to Michael Donery who wrote to you from an would like to help Linzi or Vic 07814 631127, Dear Editor, American jail (Letters page VV 111). The Hoppy Haven, 42 High Street, Deal, Kent conditions he has to endure are no exaggeration www.hoppys-haven.co.uk. (Pigs, cats, Having lived on the edge of the New Forest for as I have a pen friend who is in similar hamsters, , chipmunks, etc). The man 50 years or more and having read Verderers' circumstances in an Oklahoma jail. Prisoners seemed genuine. reports on animal deaths on the New Forest are humiliated at every opportunity and often Also at Scarthin books store in Cromford, roads - 30 or 40, the road deaths have gone up lose any earned privileges at the whim of a Derbyshire, they have a lot of vegan food: since the introduction of the 30mph speed stroppy warden. I do hope that you will limit. This is true. It's caused by cautious 8 Vegan Views drivers being so cautious that they spend all About a fortnight later, the lady went to the their time looking at the speedo instead of hospital for something and the same doctor saw World Animal Day looking in front of them. I don't know the her and said: "you know, I am a vegetarian like World Animal Day began in 1931 when answers. There are not just ponies that we have you. I unplugged the fridge and during fifteen ecologists at a Conference in Florence to look out for in the New Forest, but , days I have eaten only bread and cheese! nominated the 4th October (St. Francis of foxes, pigs, cows and donkeys too. So drivers; Fancy, a medical doctor eating with no fibre, Assisi's birthday), patron saint to animals, to be aware! no enzymes, no vitamins, and thinking that highlight the plight of . eating bread and cheese was vegetarian! In Having just read the article on Goats in what hands we fall when we are ill! The aim of World Day for Animals is to unite Snowdonia (VV111), reminded me of a the animal welfare movement by encouraging comment I made to my Ex around 15 years At present I am collecting articles on MILK, everybody interested in animals throughout the ago, when I read of goats being introduced to and will translate your "Cows' Milk" at once. world to use this special day to express their Snowdonia. I said that they would either have People are told by the doctors to drink milk. love and concern for animals and to celebrate to hunt or cull them in years to come. How They worry now that the prices have gone up their unique relationship with the animal right I was. So as the otter is doing quite nicely and sometimes there is no milk in the kingdom and the numerous ways in which in places up and down the country, I guess they supermarkets. animals enrich our lives. will have to suffer the same fate. There's no hope, is there, really. I was 90 on the 9th of June and they gave me a World Animal Day is not linked to any fine party. My son came from Buenos Aires individual, organisation or campaign, but Rob Ranger. PS. Hi to Sue Fox. with his six sons and his one daughter and four belongs to everyone and that means YOU grandchildren. My daughter came and so did Report from Pat Reeves her daughter, husband and children, and her Please visit the official World Animal Day Hi everyone! son, wife and baby. Besides there are 3 website: www.worldanimalday.org.uk for ideas children on the way to be born eventually. So of how to get involved and in resources section I'm SO amazingly pleased to still be in you see what a large family I once started. The you will find everything you need to organise a communication with you all. Apologies for the cake was made by one of my daughters in law successful World Animal Day event. Many of brevity of this particular communication - and had one candle! (I mean granddaughters in the ideas are relatively easy to organise but you stuck in a German clinic for a while. At present law). I am 1 metre 65 and weigh 40 kilos. I will also find ideas that require more time and time of writing, I have not only achieved work very hard all day and feel fine! There are effort success in Zurich but further broke this record. many people here with broken hips who have The website includes an event listing facility to British event also produced improved results - to use walking sticks or push what I call "a which I mentioned in my last write up. I have provide free publicity to any group or gate". Many are living in homes for old people. individual doing something special connected four further competitions to attend during the Many of these homes have burned down. One later stage of 2007 - beyond that I booked to with animals on or around World Animal Day of them had beds in a cellar and it rained so (4th October). fly to San Francisco to see my amazing hard that the cellar flooded and they were grandson once again and from there will fly to drowned. Some old people cannot even move. Sign the pledge board on the website to show Hawaii where I am booked to speak to the This happened in Buenos Aires. you care and to inspire others. Pass on the Hawaiian . Assume back in website address to anyone you know might be Britain just before Christmas. I hope I have given you a little local colour. interested. One is forced to accepts things with a sense of I am unfortunately battling a further tumour in humour here. My best wishes for the success of To get involved you just have to care. Email: my left lung - a metastasis from the clavicle Veganism throughout the world! info*AT*worldanimalday.org.uk or phone break two years ago. Presently awaiting results Caroline Baker on 01242 252871. of recent PDT in . I am determined to Leonora Z. de Olazabal www.worldanimalday.org.uk. Write to your keep going - both in my personal capacity - and Instituto Cultural Vegano. Argentina. local paper. Sponsor a sheltered animal. in my powerlifting sport - for as long as I may.- Volunteer as a dog walker or kennel helper. God willing. Re: a Legacy My Living Food Day events continue to go Re the proposed legacy in our Letters column from strength to strength - my next is early in VV111, this matter has now been concluded. September - and currently is completely booked up. I've offered support to a new group: www.veganmidlands.org.uk. Since I last All "Change!?" updated, I've definitely noticed an upsurge in ''Change' - a word we constantly hear at every turn now, linked to 'climate' ,and perhaps my patients already applying a vegetarian plan reminding us of those well-known words of Gandhi, when he encouraged us to "Be the change - which obviously has to be great news indeed! you wish to seein the world." It's now blindingly obvious that we all need to change aspects in the way we live, especially here in the affluent, gas-guzzling, crop-consuming West, if we are to Again apologies for brevity of this contact with stand any chance of averting the worst effects that climate change threatens to bring. you all. As if it's not scandalous enough, and grossly inequitable to poorer countries that so much of what Love, Light and Peace. is grown for food goes to animals for meat (that we don't actually need anyway) with no less than Pat Reeves. www.foodlive.org. 01384 270270. 70% of arable land in the UK used for this purpose, plans are now underway to use even more precious acreage for bio-fuels, so that we can continue to run around in our ever more precious Stories from Argentina cars! What an 'Inconvenient Truth' that we go on squandering vast acreages across the world to feed animals very inefficiently for unnecessary meat and now to fuel our transport, rather than Dear Harry Mather, try to reduce the plight of the many starving millions who are also part of our ONE human This is my anecdote: A lady of about 80 went family! to the hospital here in Mar del Plata for a Surely, the most significant change that we individually can make, is to become vegetarian, or general check up. When she went back to see better still vegan, resulting in very beneficial changes for humans, animals and the future of our the results, a lady doctor came out and said, planet - far better actually, than changing to an 'eco-friendly' car, although every little helps, of "We were all very impressed with your tests: course. no cholesterol, no high pressure, all clinical tests perfectly normal. What kind of life do you Finally, a question - What damages the Global Climate Most? is it: A Plane? A Car? no, none lead?" - "Well, I am a vegetarian, said the of these - IT IS MEAT EATING. Farm livestock cause more global warming than ALL forms of patient. She ended up by saying that she lived transport put together (according to the United Nations Food Agriculture Organisation Report: with her son and that they didn't even have a Livestock's Long Shadow. fridge. They had no meat and butter to keep. Alan Spinks. June 2007 Vegan Views 9 Right Round the World A raw vegan travels round the world. In 120 Another first class veggie restaurant. What can days. USA I say but praise. Bay City, Michigan This article is just to give anyone going to the Coffee House Express. Not exclusively veggie, There are other veggie places in Adelaide, but I same countries as I did some idea as to how I BUT served top quality vegan food. Willing to only had time to try these two. THRIVED on my diet. Though, generally make things fit your taste and diet. speaking I ate at the homes of internet friends I Alice Springs had made, or hotels, or on trains or a plane, this 916 North Water Street, Downtown, Bay City There was a vegetarian restaurant there but I is about the Veggie hotels or eating places that (617 893 8898). was not there at its opening times. It was recommended by the man in charge of the I can recommend. WONDERFUL little place. Backpackers hotel. Fort Worth, Texas. Perth Spiral Diner, 1314 West Magnolia Avenue, Guest Houses ORGANIC shop 3B Shafto Lane, 880 Hay Fort Worth. TX 76104. www.spiraldiner.com The only two Guest Houses I stayed in were Street, Perth 08 93 21 0345. Not 100% both in Canada and run by French Men! This was unbelievable. This must be one of the vegetarian but vegetarian and vegan friendly. They care about REAL GOOD GM AND The first was Chez Philippe, 2457 rue Sainte VERY BEST VEGGIE RESTAURANTS IN ORGANIC foods. Catharine, East Montreal, Quebec H2K 2J9. THE WORLD. Yes, in the heart of Texas. phn*AT*symatico.can, www.chexphilippe.info Huge variety. Large and always busy. Fresh Several other vegetarian places to eat in Perth. Vegan (soya) Ice Cream available at Galare's. I stayed there just one night, the owner was juices made on the spot. Vegan and Philippe who provided me with a lovely all veggie and various such diets catered for on fruit breakfast, just what I wanted! Highly request. I cannot fail to recommend this place recommended as highly as possible. If you go to Fort Only saw one actual veggie restaurant, but it Worth/Dallas you MUST GO THERE. (Closed had closed by the time we arrived. Seemed The second I stayed at was also veggie. Les Mondays). quite good. Amis - Vegetarian Bed and Breakfast, 31 Granby Street, Toronto M5B 1H8. California Hong kong Stockton (Near San Francisco) les-amis*AT*bbtoronto.com Life Organic Wholefoods, 10 Shelley Street, www.bbtorornto.com CoCo.ro 2105 Pacific Avenue Soho, Central. 852 2810 9777 Right in the centre of Toronto in an old info*AT*lifecafe.com.hk, Not veggie BUT they serve vegans well if you www.lifecafe.com.hk surrounded by NEW TALL ! ask. Japanese Bistro and Sushi Bar. I stayed here for three nights on the top (3rd) Another highly recommended veggie restaurant floor. Los Angeles right in the centre of Hong Kong. First class Casar de Souza Vegetarian Café. (sorry lost the Lovely breakfast each morning, always fresh food and service. details), but it is close to the main railway fruit, but made me some cooked vegan station in a very Spanish area. I loved this little Loads of places in Hong Kong serve veggie breakfasts as well, including vegan waffles! place. Lovely salads here. foods. One other place I went to: Evergreen Never had waffles before! Anyone vegetarian House, Flt B2 9/F, Kingston Building, 2 or vegan will do well to stay here. Highly Kingston Street, Causeway Bay 2882 3723. recommended. Argentina There were three vegetarian restaurants in Also most eating places at the Buddha Restaurants Buenos Aires, but were closed on Sundays, Sanctuary are vegetarian. Montreal. Was taken to a Vegetarian Thai sadly. We did visit one later in the week. I can't Restaurant where they specialise in Soya remember the name, but interesting and GOOD Singapore (vegan) meat-like foods. Sorry I have not got food Didn't visit any specific vegetarian restaurants the address. but MOST places serve veggie meals. A lot Toronto. There were LOADS of Veggie places stress that they did. It was difficult though in a Didn't actually go to any vegetarian restaurants here, But I only tried the two nearest to where I restaurant in Singapore to get raw food, BUT here. was staying. I recommend both HIGHLY: raw food and vegetables were plentiful in the shops. In general I found it quite easy to get Vegetarian Haven, 17 Baldwin Street Australia salads and fruit in most places so I certainly info*AT*vegetarianhaven.com, Sydney was able to eat healthily and things that I www.vegetarianhaven.com Lovely gourmet salad place. Make salad enjoyed. sandwiches to your choice. Near to the Everything here in fact VEGAN! Large restaurant - always seemed very busy with Botanical . HAPPY COW's vegetarian guides on the mainly young people. Good range of foods. Adelaide Highly recommended. internet are very useful. Most cities will have at This was an impressive city. Nice and clean least 3 or 4 veggie or veggie friendly places to Commensal. Fine vegan cuisine. and HOT! But they had a good range of eat in the lists. www.happycow.net www.commensal.ca vegetarian and Organic places and open markets. I only patronised two restaurants. This is by no means a FULL LIST of places, as Another fine place to eat. Instead of waitress THEY WERE BOTH EXCELLENT. I often ate my own raw food. I cooked one of service there was a buffet style pick your own my stir fries in 11 of my friends' homes. All food (all clearly labelled vegan and allergy free Bliss vegetarian/organic restaurants (very close vegan of course. The trains and planes all gave foods). You paid by the weight of the food on to market halls). Excellent food and owners. me passable GOOD service as a vegan. your plate, both main course and dessert. Always a vegan option and always eager to Lovely VEGAN cake. Yummy! serve what you want. VERY HIGHLY Love and Peace and "smiles" recommended. Both these places were not small and well Chris Phillips. patronised. Sprouts Gourmet Vegetarian Restaurant, 39 Hindmarsh Square 8232 6977 Sprouts*AT*acc.net.au

10 Vegan Views News from Vegfam VEGFAM feeds the hungry without exploiting Funding provided four hundred 10-14 year olds Funding will be used to provide people with animals. with 3 nutritious meals a day (bread. dhal, fruit, seeds to grow , vegetables and wheat. nut/soya milk and water to drink). Basic agricultural tools will be supplied and This significant work for humanity and the fruit trees planted (providing food and animals was carried out by Frieden Howard Financed through Pastor Jesudoss (Madurai, containing adverse impacts of future until his recent death and is now taken up and South ) £400. landslides). All agricultural methods used will continued by Simon Good and Sandra Ozalins INDIA build on awareness of environmental who were already trustees of the Charity. They conservation and sustainable use of natural do this by supporting projects in poor countries Emergency food supply to survivors of floods which submerged 1,500 villages. 150,000 resources. 900 persons will be supplied with Here is a review of the projects they were able people were evacuated with no where to live. kitchen inputs of seeds and tools. to finance in 2006: Funding provided vegan food packets for 400 Financed by CONCERN WORLDWIDE INDIA. Madurai, Palapatty and people (London, UK) in partnership with HAASHAR surrounding villages (Pakistan) £5,000. Finance through Pastor Jesudoss (Madurai). Seeds and Tools distribution to poor families. PAKISTAN, North West Frontier £400 For three years farmers were not able to grow Province. because of lack of rain. This year there ZAMBIA. Kitwe. Rehabilitation of Gravity Water Supply was but more than a thousand families had no Vegan Project. Scheme in earthquake affected Siran province. money for seeds Each family was supplied Restoring this water supply will benefit 800 with 30kg of seed to grow rice, ragi, corn and Finance for organic seeds and initial , tools, storage facilities and training for HIV persons. Maintenance of the water supply will vegetables. After the harvest, seeds will be be provided as part of the project. stored and surrounding villages will in turn be infected affected vulnerable households. About given seed. More than 10,000 people should one in four people in this area are HIV positive. Financed by CONCERN WORLDWIDE benefit from this 3 year project. Governments are overwhelmed by the scale of (London, UK). £5,000 the crisis. A nutritionally balanced diet is Financed through Pastor Jesudoss. (Madurai, crucial to people who have HIV/AIDS, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S South India) £5,000 prolonging the length and quality of their lives. REPUBLIC OF KOREA. [popularly INDIA. Uttaranchai, Kanalichena. The project will provide training in organic known as North Korea] - South Livelihood Improvements programme for 200 farming techniques, composting, marketing etc. Pyongan Province families of poor marginalised tribal and dalit and a demonstration plot will be set up. Each Since the mid 1990s, North Korea has relied (untouchable) families living without nutritious beneficiary group (women and young people) heavily on international food aid to feed its food in villages in the foothills of the will be provided with vegetable and fruit population of 23 million. 42% of children Himalayas. In spite of India's recent economic seeds/plants (avocado, beans, carrots, cow under 7 years of age are stunted and 70,000 growth, 1/4 of the world's poor live there. peas, ground nuts, papaya, rape, ) acutely malnourished. The mountainous 1,000 fruit trees will be planted: bananas, and (amaranthus, garlic, topography of the country means that only 20% guavas, mangoes, oranges and pears. A plant ginger and turmeric). They will also receive a of the area is available for agriculture. The land nursery will be set up and compost pits will be basic set of agricultural tools. is very fertile and heavily cultivated. established and training given to use The project will benefit more than 200 However, there is a need to assist farming sustainable vegan-organic farming methods. communities in achieving adequate and Self-sufficiency will be improved. households (1,000 people). Dietary diversity will be increased, food security maintained and sustainable access to diversified food Financed through Find Your Feet, UK. income generated through sale of vegetables production; to increase livelihood security in South Pyongan Province. The longer term £1,730 Financed through Action Against Hunger programme will (London, UK) working with local partner NIGERIA. Cross River State. directly benefit 18,000 people in six farming CINDI (Children in Distress, Kitwe). £8,500. communities (project ). It will increase Integrated Rural Water Supply and the production of vegetables as a source of Environmental Sanitation Project. PAKISTAN. North West Frontier food and income for the communities. They This part of Nigeria has the lowest percentage Province. will include aubergines, cabbage, cucumber, of population with access to safe water (30%). Livelihood Rehabilitation Project In lettuce and . Soya bean cake, noodles Many women and children have to travel up to Earthquake affected Siran Valley and and vegetable oils will be produced. Basic 5km to access water. Most of that water is Manchera Districts. Provision of seeds, tools agro-processing machinery will remove the polluted and unsafe. and fruit trees for kitchen gardens. physically heavy burden from women Funding will enable 7 broken down boreholes As a result of the earthquake in October 2005 Financed by CONCERN WORLDWIDE to be rehabilitated, alleviating the prevalence of approximately 750,000 people severely injured (London, UK). £6,800. waterborne diseases. and 800,00 people have died. 2.8 million were left without shelter. Whilst there was an initial Total Projects financed by VEGFAM in 2006 - Financed through Concern Universal rapid response to the disaster, the longer term £35,983. (Hereford, UK) £3,150. help that is needed has not been forthcoming as For Further details about VEGFAM contact: public donations have dwindled. Thousands of INDIA. Madurai. displaced persons are still living in temporary VEGFAM c/o Cwm Cottage, Cwmynys, Communities Development Support shelters and tents with no compensation or Cilycwm, Llandovery, Carmarthenhire SA20 Programme. Nutritious food for street children. financial assistance in sight. OEU, Wales UK. Telephone 01550 721197. To place a secure online donation go to: Orphans and children of hut dwellers and Pakistan now has the largest number of people who live in slums, scavenge through Internally Displaced Persons in the world. www.charitychoice.co.uk/vegfam bins for food or live on leftovers from hotels. Many areas are still affected by landslides and Their parents suffer from HIV/AIDS, leprosy are without roads, basic infrastructure, water and are unable to work because of disabilities supplies or sanitation. Around 50% of the men DON'T ROAST THE OX - are unable to work as a result of the earthquake. HAVE A BEANFEAST

Vegan Views 11 A Look at the News Fishy Stories The White Stuff? Milk Machines Stocks of anchovy in the Bay of Biscay have Surprising new research from Dairy Farmers of There is a tendency in the UK towards a been declining in the last three years, The EU Britain reveals that almost one in ten of 8 to 15 system known as 'zero ', where cows has banned anchovy fishing in European waters year olds believe that if a cow ate grass, the are kept indoors all year round, sometimes with and has also restricted the fishing of red tuna. milk produced would no longer be white (8%), access to a concrete yard. In the US three out There are still anchovy off the coast of more than one in three of these believing that it of four cows never graze on pasture. Morocco. would be green. Perhaps more surprising is that three per cent of children living in rural areas Grazing doesn't supply enough concentrated European fishing boats are trawling further think that cows do not eat grass. nutrients to produce the huge quantities that are south off the coast of Senegal, where local increasing demand from each cow. small boats provide a conventional and much needed source of nutrition. This deprives the School Dinners New school standard will mean that more Mountain Sheep Cause Senegalese who are driven in desperation to healthy. good quality food will be available to seek a new life in Europe in crowded unsafe Flooding all school children. The standards clearly state boats to the Canary Islands (a part of and The city of Shrewsbury suffered severe damage that "schools are encouraged to cater for therefore in the EU). Many drown on the way from flooding last year when the river Severn children with special dietary needs." Vegan and those who safely survive the ordeal are overflowed its banks. Expensive precautions children should therefore be able make their deported back to Senegal. but wait for a fresh are being taken against future possible needs known. For more information visit: opportunity. emergencies. www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk. www.foodinschools.org Up in the Welsh hills from which the Severn Water Everywhere www.healthyschools.gov.uk rises, farmers have been expensively subsidised This summer was marked with heavy flooding to keep sheep and sometimes cattle. These of the river Severn. We reported some years compact the so that rainwater flows down ago on the effect of in the hills Foot and Mouth Again There was panic this summer when foot and quickly and swells the mountain streams to of Wales resulting in floods down the valleys. mouth disease was discovered in a farm in very high levels. Sheep trample the fields and compact the soil Surrey in the South of . The public resulting in the rain running off fast. Fencing As an experiment and with the willing memory was still vivid to the sight of mass off some areas and letting shrubs and trees cooperation of local farmers, an area has been burnings up and down the country from the last grow, showed that the rain was held back, fenced off to keep out the sheep, and trees have outbreak. The Veterinarian Association and the reducing the chance of flooding lower down. been encouraged to grow by planting a few Government swiftly imposed restrictions on the Flooding has also affected plant based farming. saplings. Sheep will nibble at any available movement of farm animals. Wheat prices have risen and as a result the vegetation and in the area where they have price of pig-meat is also increased. The probable source of the infection was traced been excluded the trees grow, wild flowers and to a nearby research station that held stocks of wildlife soon return to the newly wooded area. Foie Gras the disease for use in vaccines, the problem More importantly, the soil has become very Production of pate de Foie Gras is still thriving was traced to a cracked waste pipe, flooding in much lighter and spongier. There it absorbs the in France. This cruel delicacy which involves July and a contractor's vehicle that drove near a water when it rains, thus checking the rapid stuffing food in geese or ducks until their livers local farm. As we go to press, the disease has build up of water that was the cause of are hugely enlarged is also produced in Israel been confirmed on a farm 15 miles from the flooding. The trees also check the rainfall with and China. However, it is now banned in original outbreak. their leaves, slowing the build up of water and Chicago and California will ban it in 2012. absorb the water in the soil through their roots Animal Experiments which draw up water from the soil and pump it Turtles The British Union for the Abolition of back into the clouds. Human indifference to the idea that animals (BUAV) produced an undercover may have feelings and that we could be aware video which filmed experiments on marmosets To replace sheep which help swell the rapid of them is shown in the treatment of turtles as a showing a breach of the Home Office flow off of the rainwater and put in their place source of food. Now that supermarkets like regulations and took the Home Office to court. trees which check the run off of water seems an Tesco have expanded to the developing parts of The court agreed with BUAV. obvious solution to the problem of occasional Asia, they are selling turtles in their stores. disastrous floods far downstream. They are stored live in tanks, and either killed Sacred Cows Long ago, some vegans suggested that nut trees on the spot by having their heads chopped off Monks in a Hindu Temple in the UK kept a should be planted to replace the mountain or sold live to the consumer who will kill them cattle that was found to have developed TB. In sheep, particularly in Wales. If this idea had by equally brutal methods. VIVA! accordance with regulations aimed at been taken up long ago, the hills would be campaigning group is exposing and fighting eradicating Bovine Tuberculosis which is an abounding with trees and the people of against this unnecessary brutality. endemic problem in the UK, the authorities Shrewsbury and other affected towns along the ordered that it should be slaughtered much to valley of the river Severn would not have Bullfights the distress of its owners. A court order had suffered the floods of recent years. This cruel form of animal abuse is held to be a eventually to be obtained and the animal was strong tradition in Spain, but most Spaniards taken away. It is not reported whether the Trees will seed themselves and spread, if the are much more passionate about football. monks were vegetarian. sheep go. Sheep hill farming is very Bullfights have spread to the South of France. uneconomical and has been given large In the earlier days of the last century, macho Unsafe Meat government subsidies which have been strongly criticised. The farmers could grow nut men would face a charging bull and leap aside E.coli affected a number of people in Scotland, trees and visitors would be encouraged to or over the bull at the last minute, as appeared which was traced to cooked meat that had been ramble over the hills, providing income from to have been the practice in ancient Minoan insufficiently cooked. Carnivores eat meat they tourists for the local population. Crete. But lately thy have copied the Spanish have freshly killed and their digestive systems matador - a word that means 'butcher'. Many are designed with higher concentrations of Harry Mather (info about the experiment of French people are campaigning against this and hydrochloric acid to break this down quickly fencing off an area to exclude sheep from a who protest vigorously. A Cabinet minister and with shorter intestines to expel toxins more Radio 4 programme). who had planned to visit a bullfight found it quickly. Plant foods are better designed for the more prudent not to attend. human digestion. 12 Vegan Views The History of a Name The following is taken from The Vegan response to which 30 readers sent one shilling Small in number, the vegan pioneers lived to magazine of Autumn 1981: to cover the first four quarterly issues of a bring up healthy vegan children and to news-sheet on "non-dairy vegetarianism" encourage others by their example. Members There have probably always been people who which Donald had offered to publish. Donald were attracted from all over the world, for have lived entirely on plant foods. The soon coined the word "vegan" to replace this Donald Watson had founded "The Vegan majority of the present population of the world long cumbersome title. Vegan was a Society" and this was never confined to Great have little choice about what they eat because contraction of VEGetariAN. This seemed a Britain but was intended for all people, they simply cannot afford animal foods. It is logical choice because veganism began in everywhere. only within living memory, however, that vegetarianism and carried all its arguments to people in the affluent West have decided to their logical conclusion. Rather less logically, An was formed in both practice and promote a diet which the new word was pronounced with a long E. 1960 by H. Jay Dinshah, to be followed by excluded all animal foods. The logic of this In his first edition of "The Vegan News", in Vegan Societies in Sweden and in Australia, extension of the more established vegetarian duplicated form of four pages, in November each with their own magazines and diet has come to the fore now that animal 1944, Donald had invited his new readers to publications. Vegan Society literature has been farming has become so cruelly exploitive that it suggest an alternative name for their new translated into Swedish, Danish, Dutch and cannot be accepted by an increasing number of group. Replies included "Allvega", "Neo- German, with some Danish vegans holding an sensitive people. Past ignorance about nutrition vegetarians", "Dairybans", "Vitans", international camp this summer (1981). has been replaced by knowledge that is "Benevore", and "Sanivore". Not surprisingly, Individual members are dotted around the favourable to the vegan cause and many are "Vegan" won the day! globe in 36 countries, including such exotic now abstaining from animal foods on health places as the Seychelles, Tonga, Zimbabwe and grounds. The economic and ecological benefits The early vegans tried at first to work within Venezuela. Enquiries from universities, doctors of a vegan system of agriculture are now being the Vegetarian Society, but the latter decided and ordinary people are received from all over recognised as a positive response to the world- that its full must continue to be the world, while contact is being made with wide problems of pollution, waste and hunger. applied to the task of abolishing flesh-eating, other significant movements which thus leaving the vegans the freedom of acting similarly don't allow political boundaries to The first reference to vegetarians who rejected as an independent body. restrict them reaching their fellow humans. all animal products, including butter, cheese, There has been a tremendous increase in milk and eggs, was made by a Frenchman, Dr. George Bernard Shaw wrote to the vegan interest in veganism in the last ten years, and Jules Lefèvre, whose book "A Scientific pioneers to say that: "I can do without eggs, the circulation of The Vegan has jumped from Investigation into Vegetarianism" was milk and cheese without being any the worse. 500 to nearly 4,000. published in French in 1920. In order to They have never been an important part of my distinguish these strict vegetarians from the diet." As Kathleen Jannaway, Secretary of The conventional vegetarians who simply refrained Vegan Society, wrote in the Summer 1981 from flesh, fish and fowl Dr. Lefèvre coined One major obstacle to the acceptance of issue of the "The Vegan", "Vegans have taken the word "végétalien" and the French might veganism even by vegetarians was that there all plea of necessity from animal farming and rightfully ask what business the English had in was a question mark over the vegan diet's thus introduced a whole new chapter in human coining another word for the same meaning! effect on health. The Government used this history." Perhaps the greatest "végétalien" was Henri- excuse to refuse to give extra rations of vegan Charles Geffroy, the legendary founder of "la food to the vegan pioneers despite allowing And as Jack Sanderson pointed out in "The Vie Claire", who died this year [1981] at the vegetarians extra rations of dairy produce in Vegan" of Spring 1974: "…because of what it age of 86. Henri-Charles Geffroy was a man place of meat. The vegans rose to the challenge [the word vegan] implies, it will soon become a ahead of his time. Gassed during the First and worked out a diet that is now being widely word in common use. Those who chose it, World War, the conventional doctors had given recognised as in some respects at least healthier chose well. It is perhaps not without him up before he made a spectacular recovery than the conventional diet and at the same time significance that for the word 'vegan' one by following ancient methods of nature cure. more economical in basic resources. dictionary gives the definition 'an extensive, From then on. he devoted his life and fortune fertile and grass covered plain' and another 'the Gandhi's example must have encouraged many brightest star in the firmament'." to the cause of sane eating. His first book. to become vegetarian but when knowledge of "Nourris ton corps" [Nourish your body], was the cruel treatment of cows and calves made Laurence Main. published in 1941 and was the fore-runner of a him take "the further step" it was followed by whole series of books and pamphlets on natural illness and he compromised and took goat's Editor's note: Since that was written, Barmene health, wholefoods, pollution and nuclear milk. and La Vie Claire have ceased operations. power. The first edition of his monthly magazine "La Vie Claire" was published in As if in answer to a prayer, the founding of the August 1946, and is now a leading part of "La Vegan Society in 1944, was followed by the Vie Claire's" educational programme, which discovery of vitamin B12 by Lester Smith in Escape includes free public lectures. "La Vie Claire" England and by a team led by Folkers in the Here I sit among the trees, shops are found in every major town in France, USA. Dr Frank Wokes, using his contacts in Bathed in warm winter light, as well as in French-speaking Switzerland and the Vegan Society, did much to further On a bed of autumn leaves. Belgium. Their customers know that these research into this important vitamin and it was The wood is still. The air is quiet. shops guarantee fresh, organically grown made available to vegans in a form they could wholefoods with the French equivalent of take (e.g. Barmene). While some people seem A train rumbles far away. Tartex and Barmene being "La Vie Claire's" to need little or no dietary source, reports from Back to the city, toil and strife. own brand of yeasty foods which contain those experiencing difficulty are frequent But this is where I'll stay, vitamin B12. enough to make it wise to have regular supplies This is where I'll live my life. - or regular blood tests. If B12 products had Isolated from France by Hitler's forces, people been available to Gandhi, he might have John Sephton. in England were responsible for, perhaps, the avoided the compromise that, as he wrote, most significant event to further the cause of caused him so much mental suffering. "végétaliens" or, as they were first called in Similarly, George Bernard Shaw might have You can help lessen the World 1944, vegans. Donald Watson (who was to avoided the liver prescribed at the end of his become the first secretary of the Vegan Society life. water crisis - and the first editor of "The Vegan") wrote a Refuse to eat meat, fish and dairy letter to the "Vegan Messenger" in 1944 in Vegan Views 13 Vegan Organic Growing - an Unusual Year and hearing about what you are doing. It has been particularly good to meet many young people starting out with their first or garden and that enthusiasm for growing plants even with little space sometimes. Concerns about , how food is grown and freshness and quality are driving this and this year it was announced that for the first time since the 1940s sales of vegetable seeds have overtaken those of flower seeds. However, in a worrying trend, allotment sites everywhere are under threat from being grabbed for building houses with tiny gardens at a time when huge numbers of people are wanting allotment space to grow food. They have to be defended and several successful local campaigns have been fought and saved the sites. Unfortunately two long established sites in Eastleigh, Hampshire have failed to be saved even after court hearings, and often local politicians who say they are green are behind these moves after pressure from builders. If any of you have growing questions or problems please feel free to write to me c/o By Graham Cole - pictured here with "Fortune" apples in his garden, 8th September 2007 Vegan Views and I will try to reply to them

through these pages and it may be of help to What a summer! Certainly the most If a garden has room for only one raspberry other gardeners. challenging for me in 30 years of growing and then "Autumn Bliss" is the one to grow - no gardening. We went from the extremes of netting needed as the birds are not that VON now has 5 certified commercial growers about the warmest and sunniest April ever into interested at this time of year. If you have a in the UK and the film we have been making is endless days of rain and lack of sunshine. north facing wall or fence then consider the now almost completed and will be out as a Some areas of the country were under water large, juicy and tasty Blackberry "Fantasia"- DVD soon. which was, from a growing point of view, give it some space though, it is vigorous and disastrous, but even those of us away from thorny! Contacts rivers and on higher ground have suffered bad Vegan Organic Network (VON) Still time with the days left to do late sowings results. www.veganorganic.net. See p 17 for full of Green such as Field Beans, Broad details. Yields have been down-Sweet Corn, Courgette, Beans to over-winter and crop earlier next year fewer Squashes setting on the plants, even in and from November onwards on well drained Research Trust cold frames Cantaloupe Melons have sunny site Garlic corms can be planted as they www.agroforestry.co.uk. Tel: 01803 840776. performed less well. I found Broad Beans set like a long growing period. For plants and seeds. fewer pods, probably due to lack of pollinating Tamar Organics www.tamarorganics.co.uk. at the crucial times when the rain was Vegan Organic Network Cartha Martha Farm, Rezare, Launceston, continually lashing down. blight hit It has been a busy year doing VON stalls at the Cornwall PL15 9NX. 01579 371087. For all most of us but if you cut the foliage back to the various vegan/cruelty free festivals here in the seeds and Animal-Free Fertilisers. ground before it gets down to the then South and really great meeting a few of you the crop is okay. On lifting I found they had set a very good size crop - due to all that extra moisture! I also found yields were down on Black, White and Redcurrants. However there is always a plus side, and yields of carrots, runner beans, raspberries, blackberries, tayberries and all our tree fruit has been excellent. In the fine spring weather good pollination and fruit set occurred and now our , pear, gage and peaches trees that have reached the age of 5 years are starting to crop really well. The grass has never stopped growing and this has provided a lot more material for compost heap activator layers. As I write in early September, we are in a lovely most welcome spell of settled high pressure conditions with lots of warm sunshine taking us into the season of mellow fruitfulness. Apple colours are superb and the reliable Autumn raspberries yellow "Fallgold" and the red "Autumn Bliss" are regularly picked and will continue well into the autumn.

14 Vegan Views Stuffed Marrow Rice Pudding Have you been growing marrows? Here is a Ingredients suggestions of how to cook one. - 1/2 pint Rice flakes Ingredients - 1 litre soya milk - 2-3 oz raisins - 1 large Marrow, cut into rings 3 inches wide, Austerity Cauliflower - 1 teaspoon brown sugar with seeds removed - 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon - 2 mugs cooked brown rice 'Cheese' - 1/4 grated nutmeg - 1 tablespoon chopped mixed nuts How to make one very small cauliflower go a 2 teaspoons marg. - 1 tablespoon sultanas long way. - 1 chopped onion Method - 1 stick celery, chopped Ingredients - 1 pint garlic sauce (see below) Mix all ingredients together in an ovenproof - 1 onion, sliced casserole dish Method - 1lb potatoes, sliced in rounds - 1 small head of cauliflower, divided into Cook in a medium/hot oven for approx. one Pre-cook the marrow rings in a steamer for no florets hour more than 7 minutes, then arrange them upright - 1 teaspoon nutmeg in a large, oiled baking dish. - 1 pint garlic sauce (see above) Peppers stuffed with Rice Ingredients Mix the rice, nuts, sultanas, onion and celery, - 2oz grated (if desired) or other 'spread' like Tartex. and spoon this into the centres of the marrow - 4 Peppers rings. Any excess can be heaped in the baking Method - 2 tablespoons Olive Oil dish. Pour over this one pint of garlic sauce and - 1 onion, finely chopped the whole uncovered in a pre-heated Lightly sauté the onion, potatoes and - 1 clove of garlic, peeled and finely chopped (375ºF/Mark5) oven for 20 minutes cauliflower with the nutmeg in a little oil for 15 - 200 grams basmati rice minutes, then arrange them in a casserole dish. - 1 teaspoon dried parsley Garlic Sauce Prepare 1 pint garlic sauce and pour this over - 1 teaspoon dried oregano Ingredients the vegetables in the casserole. Sprinkle grated - Salt and pepper to taste cheese and bake for 20 minutes in a pre-heated - 1 tin chopped tomatoes - 2oz good vegetable oil - Boiling water - 1 clove garlic, crushed oven at 200ºC (400F) Mark 6. Then uncover - salt and black pepper to taste and bake 5 minutes more. Method - 2oz wholemeal flour - 1 pint soya milk Carrot and Cashew Soup Preheat oven to 190°C Ingredients Method Using a sharp knife, carefully cut a lid out of - 3lb carrots the top of each pepper around the stalk and Heat the oil in the bottom of a 'milk saucepan', - 6 cups vegetable stock trim out any white parts and seeds. then fry the crushed garlic for a few minutes - 1 1/2 cups chopped Onions Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat and till golden and transparent. Then add first the - 3 cloves crushed garlic salt and pepper (if used) and then the flour, and add a tablespoon of olive oil. Add onions and - 1/2 cup cashew nuts (not salted or roasted) cook for 5 minutes until translucent but not stir while it cooks and absorbs the oil (about 3 - 4 tablespoons marg minutes). Now gradually dribble in the soya brown. Add garlic and cook for another - 2 cups unsweetened soya milk minute. milk allowing the flour to thicken smoothly at - 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger each stage till you have an even, beige - Salt and black pepper to taste Meanwhile, strain the tomatoes into a coloured sauce. Simmer for five minutes. measuring jug and make juice up to 300 ml Method with boiling water. and put aside. Aubergines Stuffed With Bring stock to the boil with carrots, cover and Add the rice and herbs to the onions and garlic. Millet simmer 15 minutes. Season as required. Add the water and tomato juice and bring to For 4 people prepare 4 medium sized Saute onions, cashews and garlic until onions the boil. Put lid on pan and reduce heat. aubergines as follows. Prick them all over with look clear and whiz everything in blender until Simmer for 6-7 minutes. Allow to stand for 6 a fork and immerse in boiling water. Lower the very smooth. Return puree to saucepan. Add mins till water absorbed. Season. heat and simmer till they are still firm but the milk, ginger and pepper to taste. flesh feels tender to a fork (usually about 25 Stuff mixture into peppers and add the lids. minutes depending on their ripeness). remove Date and Orange Flan Drizzle with olive oil. put on baking tray with a and cool. Slice them in half lengthwise and Ingredients little water on the bottom scoop out some of the flesh. 10" wholewheat pastry case Bake for about 30 minutes till peppers are soft. Stuffing 1lb dates

- A little vegetable oil 12oz eating apples - 1 onion, finely chopped 3 oranges One Man's Meat is - 2oz mushrooms. chopped Method - salt and black pepper to taste Another Man's Starvation - 1 mug pre-cooked millet Bake the pastry case 'blind'. Farm animals waste food. 90% of what they consume is used to maintain or replace their Heat the oil, fry the onion till transparent, add Chop the dates and simmer in juice and grated body cells and to produce energy, warmth, the mushrooms, salt and pepper (if used) and rind of two oranges until dates are soft. Finely skin, hair, horn, bone, and methane. Only 10% fry for 3 minutes. chop the apples and add to the dates. is recoverable as meat or milk. Fry in the scooped-out aubergine flesh. Now Simmer until apples are soft. Britain imports over 30 million tonnes per year spoon the mixture into the aubergines, and put Spoon into pastry case and decorate with slices of vegetable protein foods to support its farm them in an oven pan or under the grill on high of peeled orange. livestock - enough to provide protein needs of heat for 15 to 20 minutes. This makes the at least 3 million human beings. centre of a fine meal with salad and unleavened Serve warm with custard or soy cream. bread such as pitta. chapattis or tortillas. Can also be served chilled.

Vegan Views 15 Animal, Mineral or Plant Homeopathic remedies are produced primarily reduce our chances of going down with life www.beyondflatearth.com or if you prefer to from three kingdoms: animal, mineral and threatening and debilitating diseases in the have a book in your hand then this can be plant, though for a vegan the distinction isn’t future, so you are not just looking to cure the purchased from www.homeopathicbooks.co.uk always as clear cut. Calc-carb is defined as a present symptoms, you are also stopping future or telephone 01476 550754. The book costs £7. mineral remedy but is produced from oyster disease or lessening its severity. shell which a vegan would consider to be of animal origin. The fact that some homeopathic Though each of us has the option of saying no remedies are produced from animal sources to treatment for ourselves, we don’t have that obviously produces an ethical dilemma for option for our children and the animals in our vegans. care. How many of us would be brave enough to refuse all allopathic treatment when we are To be able to make informed choices about our suffering from serious disease? Homeopathy health it is important to understand disease and can work miracles and cure horrendous how the different approaches affect it. From a diseases such as cancer; I have seen this first homeopathic perspective, disease is considered hand with two of my own animals. I have a pig to be a mistunement of the Vital Force that that developed a very aggressive form of each living organism contains. What we mammary tumour and in his case homeopathy consider to be disease are the signs and really did work miracles: it cleared the tumour symptoms produced by the mistunement of the in just over two months. Vital Force. Modern medicine looks upon each symptom as a separate disease, but It is nearly three years since his cure and he is This image shows the tumour at the start of homeopathy considers each symptom to be part still well. treatment and parcel of the one disease that affects the The other case is one of my dogs who organism. To give an example, imagine that developed a skin tumour that rapidly grew to you had the following symptoms: arthritis in the size of a large grape. After twelve months your left knee, eczema on your right hip, of treatment her tumour has practically toothache that came and went for no apparent disappeared and is now just a small raised area reason, fear of crowds, headaches that appeared on the skin. Twelve months to two years is a periodically and your mind was permanently more realistic time scale for clearing cancer occupied by past arguments that you just and my pig’s case was the exception rather couldn’t leave behind. All this stems from the than the norm. one source: the mistunement of the Vital Force, but modern medicine, and even herbal One of my cats had repeated attacks of cystitis medicine, would view all these as separate that would take a three week course of entities. Homeopathy would use these signs antibiotics to clear. The homeopathic remedy and symptoms to find your remedy. Cantharis produced from the Spanish Fly Beetle cleared the cystitis in a matter of hours. Think of disease as a pernicious weed and the Not only did homeopathy work much more symptoms as the shoots, stems and leaves. effectively than allopathic medicine, it also Modern medicine and even herbal medicine cured the problem permanently and stopped will remove the symptom (stem, leaf, shoots) future attacks. One Spanish Fly Beetle This image shows the tumour five weeks later but the roots are still there ready to put up new produces enough doses of remedy to treat shoots in other parts of the body. The more we many millions of individuals. When we deny the Vital Force the opportunity to express compare that to the number of insects killed in the mistunement by removing the symptoms plant production and the animals that suffer in and signs, then the more serious the disease laboratories for the production of antibiotics, it becomes. is in my opinion, the lesser of two evils. From my perspective I try to take the route of We all have to follow our conscience but can least harm to others on this planet and I feel only choose which direction to take when we that homeopathy, even from animal sources, are fully informed about all options and the provides that route. Herbal medicine might impact that those options have on the other appear to be less harmful as it is produced from beings on this planet. the plant kingdom, but it is important to realise that any form of plant production has the For those wanting to read more about potential to produce great harm to other living homeopathy, a good starting point is a book called Beyond Flat Earth. The first edition can This is eight weeks later with the tumour species. Any will tell you that the best practically gone. time to see a fox is on the night that a crop has be downloaded free of charge at this website: been harvested, as the field will be littered with By Kerry dead and dying rodents, birds, amphibians or reptiles depending on the local animal population. Machinery is lethal and does great Farming consumes 70% of the fresh harm whether that is in the initial ploughing or water taken from the world's lakes, the subsequent care and harvesting. Insects by rivers and and demand the thousand are killed during production of from farmers is set to increase by Vegan Camp any crop whether that is intentional or 14% in the next 30 years About 150 people attended this year's vegan accidental. camp in Wales at the foot of the Brecon Beacons. While homeopathy can prevent future disease While humans drink between 2 and and one remedy has the potential to treat all 5 litres of water a day, it takes 1,000- The first week seems to have enjoyed symptoms, many different herbal or allopathic 2,000 litres to produce one kilo of acceptable weather but the second week was drugs will be needed to treat the same range of -fed beef. in line with this year's wet weather in symptoms. Homeopathy has the ability to August. lessen our burden of inherited disease and to 16 Vegan Views Vegans in your area

SOUTH To publicise your meetings, appeal North Riding Vegetarians & Vegans Meals, Vegan Bristol help people of all backgrounds to meet vegans or request penpals, walks, theatre etc. Patricia, tel/fax 0845 458 4714 (BT local rate). Email: patricia*AT*p-m- and experience access all aspects of vegan please send details for this page. t.freeserve.co.uk. lifestyle in the area, including information about The Vegan Society have their own the Bristol Vegan Fayre. Web: Cumbrian Vegans Are you interested in joining www.veganbristol.makessense.co.uk. local contacts - see the Vegan a local group for shared information/support? If magazine for details, or their website London Vegan & Vegetarian Families Group you are then please call Mandy on 01900 If interested contact Lesley on 020 8941 8075 or at www.vegansociety.com for a list. 817038. email Lesley*AT*vegan4life.org.uk. 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Vegan Views 19 What One Person Can Do be argued that God blessed the calves, giving Peter Roberts them four legs and the good earth to walk Neil Lea upon, but the wooden crates that imprison them now do not permit the calves to walk, nor exercise, nor even so much as to turn round. On their all-milk diet, the only fibre they find is hair plucked from their own bodies, or splinters from their wooden crates… The monks say that their Scriptures allow them to do these things and that anyway animals cannot really suffer." He took the monks to court. He lost the case but the publicity led to widespread reactions and protests to the Papal Nuncio and to the Pope. The British Government, to Peter's immense surprise and great joy, announced that it would ban the keeping of calves in narrow He attended an Agricultural College and later crates. A ban which became law in 1990. The settled down with his wife Anna to dairy ban has now been extended to the whole of the farming in Hampshire. They were concerned European Union. about the welfare of their animals, refusing to If you had an incurable disabilitating illness send their surplus calves to market because The next campaign was to persuade an MP (Sir and were largely confined to a wheelchair you they knew they would end up being confined Richard Body) to table a Bill outlawing the might well conclude that you could only play a for life in foreign veal crates. They soon also keeping of sows in narrow stalls throughout minor role in defending animal rights, but Neil became aware of the fate of broiler chickens their pregnancy. CIWF supporters undertook a Lea was made of sterner stuff and devoted and battery hens, following the revelations of mass letter writing campaign to their MPs and much time and energy into promoting animal Ruth Harrison's book Animal Machines in the the practice became illegal in 1999. rights and veganism. 1960s. He approached animal welfare societies, Legally in general, no distinction seems to be urging them to action, but without results. So He founded the Animal Rights Coalition made between animals and any other inanimate he decided he would have to do something (ARC) to co-ordinate activities, producing a goods. Peter campaigned to the European about it himself. leaflet, ARC News, announcing future events Parliament to have animals classified as so that these could be best supported, and It must have been the early 70s when Peter 'sentient beings' as they clearly are. In 1988 he encouraging groups to work together and avoid Roberts spoke to our local vegetarian group launched a petition across Europe which by clashing on dates of events. with pictures of the conditions in foreign veal 1991 had raised a million signatures, the crates. He showed us pictures of the cruel largest petition the MEPs had ever received, With his wife , he produced a magazine conditions of modern farming and also more and it was endorsed by the European called Realfoods and had it widely and cheaply positive pictures of beautiful cornfields. It was Parliament in 1994. distributed. He founded Vegan Buddies to put impressive and persuasive. He was obviously new vegans in touch with more experienced However, the EU Parliament does not have dedicated to spreading the message. vegans and a website www.isitvegan.info. executive powers so British MPs were lobbied He and Anna founded Compassion in World to persuade them to persuade the European In a bolder scheme, he decided to organise Farming (CIWF) and produced a simple Prime Ministers to action. As a result the food sampling that would draw in the general magazine AGscene (now Farm Animal Voice). Protocol for the Protection of Animals, which public in the city centres. By hiring a hall near recognised them as 'sentient beings', was where many of the public would pass and But he did more than expose cruelty, he attached to the Treaty of Amsterdam. Since 1st carefully arranging the food sampling, he had promoted vegetarianism by supplying meat January 2007, veal crates have been banned people outside inviting them to come in and try analogues. He founded Direct Foods that sold throughout the European Union and battery the food. Many were astonished to find that TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) that enabled cages are due to be phased out by 2012. vegan food was tasty and appetising and were people to enjoy the chewy texture of meat in given further information to enable them to chunks or in mince with nutritional value. This Peter Roberts' work was exceptional and he take up a vegan lifestyle. proved popular and is still on the market, received many awards acknowledging this. although it has been sold on to another These tastings were carefully prepared and Sadly, he developed Parkinson's disease, which company. were repeated in several cities, encouraged and gradually eroded his capability for action. He guided by Neil, but it was his determination Peter had by now developed a strong died on 15th November 2006, but he left and attention to detail that made them such a campaigning team promoting CIWF including behind a strong team and a strong organisation success. These events have been followed up celebrities like models Celia Hammond and that continues to campaign for the Welfare of by many other organisations. Joanna Lumley who stood in London's Farm Animals. Piccadilly Circus in cages to show the cramped He died this year on 10th July 2007 before his H. Mather. conditions battery hens had to endure. 50th year - a shortened life in difficult physical conditions - but he left the world and veganism His campaigns were based on his own sound I am also reminded of Jean Pink who in the better than he found it. agricultural experiences and were always high 1970s was appalled at the treatment resulting from modern practices. She produced home profile. HM. made leaflets which she handed out in the His attention was drawn to the religious group London Tube. This soon escalated into a nation of the Norbertine Canons of Storrington Priory wide movement with well attended who kept 650 veal calves in crates and chained demonstrations. This has now become the well Simple Choices can by the neck. He wrote: "The monks of established group ANIMAL AID which Storrington Priory in West Sussex do not keep successfully campaigns to prevent the abuse of Change the World a fatted calf; they keep 650 which they rear for animals. white veal in narrow and barren crates. It may

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