The Vegan Autumn 1979

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VEGAN SOCIETY FOUNDED 1944—REGISTERED CHARITY V E G A N I S M is a way of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, animal milk and its derivatives and honey. It encourages the study and use of alternatives for all commodities normally derived wholly or partly from animals.

The objects of The Vegan Society are to further knowledge of, and interest in, sound nutrition and in the vegan method of agriculture and food production as a means of increasing the potential of the earth to the physical, moral and economic advantage of mankind.

President: Mr. J. Sanderson.

Deputy President: Mrs. S. Coles.

Vice-Presidents: Mrs. E. Batt, Mr. J. Dinshah, Dr. C. Nimmo, Miss W. Simmons, Miss M. Simmons.

Council: Mrs. E. Batt, Mrs. S. Coles, Mrs. K. Jannaway, Mr. A. Pay, Mr. J. Sanderson, Mrs. G. Smith, Mr. W. Wright.

Treasurer: Mrs. G. Smith, but all subscriptions, donations, etc., should be sent to the Secretary, 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey.

Hon. Secretary: Mrs. K. Jannaway, address as above.

Subscriptions: £1.25 yearly. Additional members at same address not requiring an extra Journal, pensioners and juniors, 63p.

THE VEGAN Quarterly Journal £1.25 per annum.

30p, post free. From the Secretary, address as above.

Editors: Mr. J. Sanderson and Mrs. K. Jannaway.

All advertisements to Leatherhead Office.

The Editorial Board does not necessarily agree with opinions expressed by contributors to this magazine, or endorse advertisements.

Published: March 21st, June 21st, September 21st, December 21st.

Copy dates: 1st of preceding months.

THE VEGAN SOCIETY was tormed in 1944 by a group of vegetarians who became aware of the suffering inseparable from the dairy industry.

In 1964, it was recognised as an educational charity and is now growing rapidly in influence and membership, as people realise its importance for their own health and for the wise use of resources as well as for the relief of cruelly exploited animals.

Free from commitment to any religious, political, philosophical, social, dietary or medical goup, the Vegan Society endeavours to co-operate with all who are seeking a positive way forward for mankind.

It challenges all those who preach love and compassion but still base their lives on cruel practices and the debasement of both man and beast involved in meat and milk production.

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There is a great variety of vegan diets, from the very simple and truly economical, based almost entirely on food that can be grown on small plots of land anywhere, or be bought in ordinary grocers, whole food shops and greengrocers, to those using the many vegan convenience foods sold In the Health Food Stores. The Vegan Society helps with all types of vegan diet.

MINIMUM SUBSCRIPTIONS are kept low - ÂŁ1.25 or 63 pence for pensioners, juniors and those sharing a journal - so that all who agree with the importance of the vegan way of life can register their support. Overseas members are asked to send International Money Orders or to send extra to cover Bank Charges (which are now very heavy).

FULL MEMBERSHIP is open to all vegans who live on the products of the plant kingdom only. (As honey is produced by insects, it was excluded by the Rules when Charity status was granted. Most commercial honey production involves ruthless exploitation, but since home production of honey need not involve cruelty and bees are essential to fruit production, the 1974 A. G. M. voted that the use of honey need not be a bar to full membership, but the Charity Commissioner has refused permission to alter the original wording.)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP is open to vegetarian sympathisers.

JOURNAL SUBSCRIBERS are welcomed at the same rate, especially those who agree with the Vegan Society's aims but are not able to follow, fully, the vegan or vegetarian way of life.

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"Last year a Dutch animal breeding centre sent me two chimpanzees as a gift. I killed one and cut its heart out. The other wept bitterly and was inconsolable. I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures and the memory of that weeping chimp has remained with me " Dr. Christian Barnard (heart transplanter) According to a letter in the "Guardian", August 21st 1979, in a survey carried out five years ago by a well known firm that deals with public opinion (Harris), the result showed that most respondents thought that experiments causing pain to animals should be prohibited. Furthermore this applied what " ever the reason for the experiment, expected medical benefit, commercial testing or otherwise. This contradicts the recent statement made on B. B. C. news on August 15th 1979 by Lord Halsbury that most people in this country believed that extensive medical experimentation on animals must continue. 11 may have been right one or two generations ago, but one would hope that the more enlightened generation of today would reject the notion that millions of animals must endure pain because of the frailties, wrong doing and wrong diet of man.

Over a century ago, there was only a minority concern for animal welfare.

The Vegetarian Society was founded in 1847 and a generation later there was much public concern at the hundreds of cruel experiments that were then being carried out on animals. The medical profession of that time and their supporters inside and outside the research laboratories outwitted the anti-experimentation group, for under the guise of bringing such work under public public control, the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act allowed the experimenters to carry on under the protection of the law. Despite the fifteen Home Office Inspectors not one conviction for cruelty has been secured. Now the laboratory doors are closed to the public and the experimenters have almost a blank cheque to carry on their cruelties.

Over five million experiments causing pain to animals were performed in 1977 in British laboratories alone. We can only guess what the world total must be. A proposed E. E. C. directive is likely to increase the number.

Human beings are often figuratively blinded by science, but some animals are really blinded by science. At Illinois University baby monkeys were taken from their mothers, both their eyes were removed surgically and then, using only smell and touch, they were timed in trying to find their way back to their mothers.

Other experiments have included carcrashing monkeys , dipping them into boiling water and breaking their spines. In Britain in 1977 over half a million animals died through the administration of poisonous substances and over twenty thousand died from burning, scalding or wounding.

In recent years publicity has been given to the facts of animal experimentation.

Reports of all kinds of cruelty have so aroused public opinion that in the 1979 general election the three major parties all pledged In their manifestos to work towards reform.

The Government is responsible for over one third of the experiments performed and of the thousands of post war acts of Parliament only three have affected the welfare of animals. So it was encouraging when last March, Prime Minister Callaghan announced the decision to set up a Council for Animal Welfare to review existing laws and recommend action and hopeful when Peter Walker, the new Minister of Agriculture .announced a few months later that the new Thatcher government intended to set up an Advisory Committee on Animal Experiments with the aim of ending cruel tests. Yet two weeks before this the Home Secretary, William Whitelaw rejected an appeal to end the dreadful LD50 tests. The lethal dose 50% test is a numerical index giving information about the acute toxicity of a chemical substance in experimental animals. It Is that single dose of a substance estimated to kill half the animals exposed to. it.

The LD50 is a standard toxicity test used to denote the comparative harmfulness of pharmceutical cosmestlcs, industrial chemicals, agricultural and horticultural dressings etc. Apart from death itself, some results of toxicity are paralysis, convulsions, diarrhoea and vomiting. For non-toxic preparations the quantity required to kill the animals may sometimes rupture their stomachs. In laboratories not serviced outside normal working hours, some animals endure pain and suffering during the long night hours,

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Following upon the presentation of a memorandum to the then Home Secretary, the Committee for the Reform of Animal Experimentation ( C. R. A. E . ) was formed in March 1977, and in August 1977 it submitted evidence to the Home Office Advisory Committee for the Administration of the Cruelty to Animals Act of 1876 recommending that the LD50 tests should be gradually phased out.

C. R. A. E. has had some minor beneficial effects during its two years of life but in June 1979 the Home Office Advisory Committee advised the Home Secretary, and he accepted their recommendation, that the LD50 tests should continue.

Lord Halsbury has produced the final draft of his "laboratory Animals Protection Bill" which, if passed through Parliament, will replace the i l l famed Cruelty to Animals Act 1876. But let us not forget that Lord Halsbury is the President of the Research Defence Society, the very people who hope to perpetuate and keep as secret as possible the status quo. We may well ask, who is this Bill to protect, the animals or those who misuse them.?

If we are not vigilant, no real progress will be made; the 1876 trick will be played again and, under the guise of protecting the animals, minor face lifts will be made here and there, but the essential permission to continue in secret to inflict pain and suffering on the animals will continue as a lawful procedure.

We cannot found a New Age on the slaughterhouse, neither can we produce a healthy society from the results of vivisection. , , _ .

Jack Sanderson.

President of the Vegan Society

The Darkest Hour . \ \ The cruel exploitation of highly sentient animals in "factory f a r m s " , in marketing and slaughtering and in vivisection laboratories continues to increase in intensity and pointlessness but there are hopeful signs that this maybe the darkest hour before the dawn.

The veil of secrecy is being broken by the activist groups and the many organisations spreading information. More and more people are becoming aware of the crimes being committed supposedly for their benefit. Though son® of the reports in the popular press may be lurid - with good reason! the justifications of those responsible are so unconvincing as to tip the balance against themselves.

Consider Mr. Voelcker of the Egg Authority describing the purpose of the battery cage as "to keep the birds in small units to avoid undue bullying, giving them individual space to feed, move and rest. " (20 inch battery cages for 4-5 hens! ) and "Drugs and antibiotics are never used except in rare cases of treating special diseases" ,Yet the New Scientist of 21 June 1979 says " the agricultural antibiotics market in Britain is worth £20 millicm a year" and " the data we do have - and lots of them - relate to the epidemic spread of drug resistance'.' i. e. the drugs used to combat infections in humans are being rendered useless because resistant strains of bacteria are being bred by the widespread use of those drugs on farms.

Consider Dr. Barry Cross, director of the Institute of Animal Physiology at Babraham where "goats have udders fitted to their necks, sheep metal pieces in their brains and cows holes fitted with metal plugs in their stomachs."

He said "After they recover from the operations - usually within a week - the animals live a cossetted life. The stress they suffer is then much less than in farm animals. 11 Few who saw the T. V. programme on June 24th "Down on the Factory F a r m " can find much comfort in that assurance. He also said " . . . 750 scientists have passed through the institute and none has made any c r i t i c i s m . " So much for the sensitivity of the scientists! \ Much more contorting was the National Farmers Union representative who said that the T. V. programme "Should this little pig go to market" and the Radio Times cover advertising it with the caption "Warning: meat and poultry may seriously damage your health" - had nullified their £ 2 § million meat promotion campaign.

Momentarily shocked though the majority may be by the sensational disclosures only comparatively few will be moved enough to change their life styles and help to take the profits out of cruelty. It is the fact that those profits are being whittled away by rising costs, and the growing absurdities of current policies that are likely to have more effect. The E. E. C. butter surplus could read 500,000 tons by the end of 1979 and it is estimated that

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there are 4 million excess dairy cows in Europe, and there is the expenditure of ÂŁ80 for each of the 25 million cows.

The Home Office Committees' report recommending the continuation of the LD 50 test may have been accepted by William Whitelaw but the Health and Safety Executive puts the cost of testing a single chemical for carcinogenity prohibitively high. (New Scientist 9.8.1979) So if laboratory animals continue to be fed toxic chemicals until 50 % of them die, at least cell tissue is likely to be used instead for first screening of cancer producing substances.

The long awaited conference on the Protection of Farm Animals (Amsterdam, April 1979) may have produced disappointingly weak resolutions to do more than "investigate" and "consider" but at least it was admitted that all is not well in the factory farm. Vegans will be interested to note that Hank Lambertz, representing Holland, placed the calfs' loss of mother-love as of more importance than cramped conditions and deficient food.

It is encouraging too that the European dairy industry felt it necessary to finance a "Symposium on Circulatory Diseases" in an effort to exonerate their products and that the Oxford nutritionist Janet Thome emphasised the disastrous effect that following the advice on fat consumption would have on farmers in the U. K. who have 74% of their land under grass.

Pupils taking S. C . E . higher grade in Food and Nutrition in Scotland are now required to study vegetarianism - "the reasons for it, how nutritional standards are met and how an increase in vegetarianism might be nationally beneficial." Many requests for information are arriving at Leatherhead. We must try to get English examination boards to include veganism in their syllabus.

The Ockenden Venture, as part of their contribution to the International of the Child, launched a competition 'A Chance for Tomorrow' and asked if they could list the Vegan Society as an organisation willing to supply background material.

Government publications, doctors and Health Authorities now usually admit that vegans can manage! The Society's co-operation is being sought in many ways and invitations to explain vegan living are Increasing.

The wastefulness of meat and milk production is now being widely recognised. A programme in the "Sideways Look" series, Radio 4, gave a powerful presentation of the case against the keeping of cows, telling listeners that they could certainly not afford to do so if they had to feed themselves from their fair share of available land.

With the growing concern over the fuel crisis the need to give more land over to forestry and to save costly imports of timber is becoming obvious.

Plenty of land will become available if we give up animal products and eat 6

plant foods first hand.

It is important for as many people as possible to show that health can be maintained on a small acreage using plant compost only. "Organically grown food" can mean food grown with bone, blood, hair and hoof and sometimes factory farm slurry and therefore can be more non-vegan than that produced with artificial fertilisers. It is hoped that vegans will keep careful records of their allotment and garden crops, their successes and their problems. There is very limited data available at the moment.

We hope to take part in a Self-Sufficiency Exhibition in London April 5-9 1980 and need information to counteract the idea that self-sufficiency living means dependence on animals.

Previous advances in human history have been made when the paths blazed by inspired individuals have been shown to be economically advantageous. Vegans have led the way to compassionate, healthy, living, now they must show that in veganism lies the solution of many of the economical and environmental problems that confront us. Every member of the Society has a contribution to make - it helps just to be a member so that an increasing total can be quoted. We must demonstrate that veganism is for "all manner and conditions of men. " K. Jannaway " PLANT FOODS FOR HUMAN HEALTH with special reference to DISEASES OF AFFLUENCE & THE NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD " The text of the first Frey Ellis Memorial Lecture by Dr. J . Dickerson, Prof Human Nutrition, University of Surrey, is now available, price 30p. incl. post packing from Vegan Society, 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey.

V * E* G *A N*

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The aim of Vegan Views is basically to act as a forum for readers' opinions, ideas and thoughts, and to increase contact between vegans.

It is composed almost entirely of what our readers send and comes out four times a year. In the current autumn issue we have produced the full up-to-date Contacts List of subscribers for those wishing to contact other readers in their area. We also have articles on writing for W , gardening problems, the Vegan Cafe at this year's summer festivals, a novel way to spread veganism, book reviews, poetry and lots of letters.

A subscription to W is ÂŁ1 for 4 issues or, alternatively 25p (stamps will do) for the current issue. All new subscribers' names will be put on the Contacts List revision in the winter issue unless they wish otherwise. Please write to Valerie and David, VEGAN VIEWS, 1 Gincroft Lane, Edenfield, Ramsbottom, BURY, Lanes. BLO OJW.

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In the Spring issue of the Vegan, an invitation was extended by Caroline Gilbert of the Animal Sanctuary, The Fund for Animals, South Carolina Chapter, to any interested vegans/vegetarians to see her project, now In its eleventh year. MARRION WELLS, director-artist of the Arion Theatre, Hastings, was fortunate enough between professional engagements, to take advantage of this offer: Stepping into the coolness of Caroline Gilbert's farmhouse hone, in a setting of green fields and distant hills reminiscent of South-West Ireland, one might be forgiven for thinking one had slipped back in time with Lewis Carroll's Alice, for there to greet one is the largest, smuggest most selfsatisfied White Rabbit. Pink eyes glinting, pristine whiskers twitching, this is Twlnkie, "house-rabbit" of the Sanctuary, his approval of visitors is determined by their alacrity in rattling his very own box of raisins . . . a margarine tub with embroidered lid, no less . . . at the merest rattle of which, Twinkle "goes into his act". Have YOU ever seen a rabbit sit up and beg.?

Like all but one of the animals who, after experiences varying from the upsetting to the unbelievable, have arrived at the Sanctuary, Twinkie eats only natural foods, pellets of corn and maize, and f n i i t , and drinks only water. (Even a kitten found injured and starving behind a supermarket, follows this regime). Sole exception is Gibber, a fox born in captivity and adopted by Mrs. Gilbert a year ago, for whom no satisfactory substitute has been found, to commercial cat food.

The farm compr ises thirty acres of fenced pasture and woodland throughout which the three inseperable horses, escorted at times by the goats, Tilly and Billy, roam at will. The temperate South Carolina climate necessitates only three months when their feed has to be augmented with hay . . . during the "winter" when the temperature may fall below 50 degrees F. Peanuts are in constant demand by Chirp, the tame chipmunk who visits the patio each morning for supplies, though feeding time for the three dogs, Dumpy, found twelve years ago by the Gilberts on a garbage dump, Leapacus, a black labrador-type who literally walked into the sanctuary, costing Mrs. Gilbert over eighty dollars (ÂŁ40) in inosculations and spaying fees, and Pepper, a Manchester terrier whom Mrs. Gilbert's youngest son rescued from a tunnel in a nearby ditch, is late afternoon.

This also is when the assorted family of rabbits . . . 44 at the last count, of most known breeds and two wild ones . . . dine from pellets, and receive fresh water, hay for the floor of their cages, and most important of all, a few kind words, a stroke or a cuddle, and "a little bit of love. "

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Home for each rabbit is a custom-built pen with attached name-plate, housed in an open sided bam with adjustable tarpaulin shutters to shade direct sunlight . . . created by courtesy of Mrs. Gilbert's "workaholic" husband. The does, with a tendency to middle-age spread, receive oatmeal as part of their diet, the dogs thriving on a mixture of cereal, beans and vegetables. In turn each rabbit has one day running free to seek adventure in the garden and join in family activities around the pool, Mrs. Gilbert's compensation to her human dependants for being tied by their animal charges to the home environment.

Chairman and elder statesman, a veritable Macmillan of the rabbitry is Frackett, whose twelve years . . . more than twice the "three score years and ten" of rabbit-dom . . . is testimony to Mrs. Gilbert's caring, who keeps a watchful eye over his domain, which includes the cages of the gerbils, guinea-pigs, and two white mice. For the past two years, the Fund for Animals, in New York City, has to some extent alleviated the fight for survival by paying feed bills and supplying construction materials, but the rare veterinary fees . . . herbal remedies are used whenever possible.. and other expenses are met by Mrs. Gilbert and her small band of volunteers, most of whom travel considerable distance to help. Like her, they are all vegetarians aiming towards veganism in itself no small achievement in a land dedicated to the cult of the cowl Mrs. Gilbert welcomes during the summer visitors from the U. K. , particularly anyone concerned with animal welfare, who would li ke to share albeit briefly, the peace of her sanctuary, a haven of tranquility after the bustle of New York City, Washingtoncr San Francisco . . . that is, until a turtle has to be rescued from the highway, or the goats have eaten through the fence, or the supplier has run out of pellets I know I did!

Marrion Wells FESTIVALS The former Vegan Cafe, from North London, took to the road this summer to provide vegan food at some of the summer festivals.

At Brighton Enviro Fair, held at Sussex University, on a sunny June 9th our food proved popular in spite of competition from another wholefood stall.

There was even more competition at Glastonbury Fayre, where we went over the mid-summer solsti ce 21st - 23rd. June. There were about forty other food stalls, most of them wholefood, and many mainly vegan. It was nice to see in microcosm what a wholefood orientated world would be like.

There; and at Bath Festival (19 - 22nd. July) a lot of interest was shown in the vegan leaflets we had on display. The emphasis at Bath this year was on extremely good street theatre.

Maggi Taylor

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YEAR OF THE CHILD YEAR OF THE CHILD

UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child The right to affection, love, and understanding The right to adequate nutrition and medical care.

The right to free education.

The right to full opportunity for play and recreation.

The right to a name and nationality.

The right to special care, if handicapped.

The right to be among the first to receive relief in times of disaster.

The right to learn to be a useful member of society and to develp individual abilities.

The right to be brought up in a spirit of peace and universal brotherhood.

The right to enjoy these rights, regardless of race, colour, sex, religion, national, or social origin.

The General Assembly of the United Nations has proclaimed 1979 the International Year of the Child, a year for a new committment to today's children and tomorrow's world.

The aim of the Year is to improve the lives of all children, but with special emphasis on children whose needs for love, food, health, a home and an education are not being met.

An introductory leaflet explains: "It is above all an opportunity for adults to put children in their rightful place - THE CENTRE OF WORLD CONCERN. "It is hoped that 1979, as well as continuing exciting work for children, will be a new beginning, serving as a launching-pad for a better future for children and so for the world," and adds that special emphasis would be given "to the child's prior need of a conserved, equable and disarmed world. " In this country the government has made a grant of ÂŁ100,000 over two years to fund a small secretariat in Whitehall and part-time staff in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which will promote action for the Year and act as a clearing house for relevant information.

Plans include a project for schools; a feasibility study on a centre for children's law; children's parliament on the Rights of the Child; a programme for preparation for parenthood; a project to help 'latchkey' children and to provide community-based facilities for children who commit violent acts.

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A competition organised for schools called ' A Chance for Tom o rrow ' offers an opportunity "for young people to show their sense of responsibility for the wsrld they will inherit by studying current problems in depth and considering ways in which we can all work together for a better and fairer world." The Vegan Society were asked if they could supply information.

There are also several fund raising projects concerned with child health and nutrition in various parts of the world, that individual UN branches are asked to support.

Lester Harwood, of Escondido, California, has sent us part of a newsletter from 'Meals for Millions', Santa Monica:"Meals for Millions is helping to meet the needs of children through its 'Foods for Small Children' course at its Training School and its Applied Nutrition Programme at Honduras, Ecuador, Korea and other parts of the world. Only through adequate nourishment in early years can children reach their full physical and mental potential. " The newsletter also explains the process of utilizing proteins and other nutrients from leaves and continues: "In a recent two year feeding programme in India involving 360 children aged 2 - 5 the concerirate was found highly nutritious. Since the product contains, in addition to protein, many vitamins, particularly Vitamin A and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron, the result was not unexpected. With appropriate technology it is possible to produce leaf protein concentrate almost anywhere in the world that green leafy crops can be grown, and the cost is far less than that of other comparable products."

Lester Harwood adds that on another page - "they said that a soy. milk drink has been manufactured in Japan. The sales of it are greater than Coca Cola."

The vegan way of life offers hope for today's children of growing up in a more compassionate world.

Maggi Taylor

(Information and picture from HIT Will. WITH tm CHtlS ?

United Nations Association 3 Whitehall Court, London S. W. 1A 2EL )

• The Chili ant mum This is officially "The Year of the Child" but for VEGFAM every year brings home to us the plight of children in pockets of need all over the world.

In situations of natural disasters, crop failures or wars, children are the most vulnerable. We have supported schemes both for the expansion of horticulture to improve food production and for the supply of full or supplementary feeding in emergencies.

Food plants need water - and we have responded where possible to irrigation needs. One project was a simple "Food for Work" scheme of well digging by hand in South India; another was a highly technical tube well boring programme; while a third comprised piped water for co-operative vegetable growing in Lesotho for unemployed families whose men-folk would otherwise drift into South Africa in search of non-existant work.

Children themselves can - and do - join in the planting of trees and this is a wonderful "insurance scheme" for future generations of children! In the New World, Vegfam has funded the planting of fruit and nut trees in Mexican Indian villages and walnut trees in Canadian Indian reserves. We are supporting a desert reclamation scheme in the Sudan for the planting of carob trees, which give highly nutritious "beans", while in Kenya we have financed the growing of some thousands of avocado pear and macadamia nut trees.

As regards direct feeding of children, Vegfam's aid for the famine in Bihar, India, covered the feeding of 66,000 nursing mothers and children, by field kitchens, for two weeks. Support was given to similar emergency feeding schemes in Nigeria and Bangladesh for child war victims.

Orphans in Vietnam received food from Vegfam for some years. In Bangladesh we support the feeding of refugee children in camps, while in India we have regularly aided destitute children and orphans for the past seven years.

Two supplementary feeding schemes have been funded. The first is the "Vegetables for Vitamins" scheme for refugee children in Bangladesh, which prevents much blindness caused by dietary deficiency. The second is the Leaf Protein Scheme in South India, now four years old, and this has proved very successful, gaining Government backing and U . N . attention. Some 3 0 0 children in several villages are fed in nursery schools and get leaf protein supplement for extra protein and vitamins.

This is made from locally grown lucerne by mincing and drying.

We are currently supporting the four feeding schemes for children in India and Bangladesh, and are considering support for further projects along the lines of others such as we have mentioned above.

Ruth Howard, Friedenstern Howard.

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Following the article in the last Vegan about the Bland family living in the country, this time we have featured by contrast Mick Miller, a vegan living in North London, whose work takes him out into the streets of London. He talks about being a vegan and the reactions of people he comes in contact with.

"I have been a vegan for about seven years. I had been a vegetarian since the age of 17 and almost vegetarian since I was 15. Becoming vegan seemed the logical thing to do. It was sudden - overnight - after I read that leaflet 'What Happens to the Calf' - that made my mind up. E had been at the back of my mind for a long time. I knew it was difficult to get genuinely free range eggs and for the last couple of years before I became vegan I had left off eggs, and was just having cheese. I didn't even like milk on its own I was just having it in tea. I was very partial to rennett free Cheshire cheese, but I can do soya cheeses that are just as good now, anyway.

Different but just as tasty.

Most savouries I cook now are based on something aromatic - like heavily spiced tomato puree, or fresh tomatoes when cheap enough, and a lot of garlic. And curries. See recipes pages 18 and 19 I use a lot of Indian foods, pea and lentil flours in particular, which I get from Indian food shops. Quite a lot of West Indian tinned food is also vegan. There is an amazing amount of vegan tinned stuff you can find.

Some people turn their noses up at tins because of the chemicals in them, but many foreign brands don't contain any chemicals at all. Provided you are not all that bothered about sugar - which I am not - I'm not all that bothered whether sugar is refined with animal bones because if you buy a packet of sugar, say, that isn't refined with animal bones, you are possibly buying it in a packet made with chemicals and the chemicals have been tested on animals - the ink that the label is printed on has been tested. I use very little sugar anyway. When you get into the realm of things where animals have been used as part of the process then you are getting a little bit . . . . I wouldn't say you are going too far because that criticises the people who do . . . . but I am satisfied with how far I take it.

This sounds a bit callous but I'm fed up with criticism from other people, most of whom go against their principles when it suits them but don't admit it. Funny thing is that for a tin of green beans without chemicals you can pay about 45p, whereas others around 19p have got colouring, sugar and preservative. )

When I can get fresh fruit and veg. I get it - but so many firms buy the ones I like most up and can and freeze them. My grocer over the road has had fresh peas only once. She told me she can't get hold of them, they are just not there. The same with all the berries - blackcurrants, redcurrants etc. - the fresh ones are either unobtainable or very dear.

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The best thing to do is to go out and pick them. On the outskirts of London you can get blackberries, rosehips and, around Bromley way, hazel nuts and sloes. I do that sometimes, 1 go out on my 'Motorbike'. I like picking rosehips,and whizz them up in a liquidizer, strain them through fine muslin because of the sharp spines inside that can damage your stomach, and add a bit of sugar or apple concentrate. It makes a nice syrup and is quite good to mix in with fruit when making pies, and its very rich in vitamin C, of course.

I reckon I'm reasonably healthy. I walk a lot in my job. I get colds and odd odd bouts of flu and I suffer a bit with migraine. I just sweat it out rather than take drugs. I don't weigh much for my height. Once I put on weight but I felt so terrible that I cut back my food intake a bit and took extra exercise and lost a couple of stone in a couple of months.

As for vitamin B12, I use a fair amount of Plamil and some protoveg, and I also take one "Veg-e-vit" tablet a day, and sometimes an iron supplement too: Ferrous Sulphate BP. I spend about E3-£4 a week on basic foodstuffs, and another £2 on luxuries liked tinned Sausolatas, T. V. P. and luxury vegetables like asparagas. But I could go down to living on about £2 a week if I had to.

I also spend about £6 a week on meals at work, but they are a luxury.

I generally go to a nearby Indian restaurant - although one of the works canteens will do me chips, using vegetable oil, and salad.

At work there are two blokes who take the micky. One, I think, has a bit of a guilty conscience and tries to make a big joke out of it to cover up. The trouble is he's a nuisance if I bring in a petition to sign or something like that, he makes the whole thing into a joke and then the rest of the blokes won't even listen. The other one suffers from bronchitis - if he was to give up dairy products it would probably help cure his bronchitis. He has to rest two or three times as he climbs the stairs (we're on the third floor).

He keeps telling me I should eat more meat and I'll be big and strong! There are two blokes who have black tea - they have cut down on milk because of chest trouble - and an ex-boxer who has T. V. P. because it is cheap and easy to prepare. The rest of the blokes are Indifferent or reasonably sympathetic. Their attitude seems to be: "We know it makes sense but we like the meat." I say: "Well your preference and your taste seems a pretty trivial reason for taking an animals life away." They say - "You don't think about that though " As far as relatives are concerned it is just a blind spot with them - if there is something you don't like put a paper bag over your head. I've got a slogan: - "If something's unthinkable don't stop thinking about it - stop doing it I " „ , Maggi Taylor

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I lacked

Courage...

I was born on a farm, on the Welsh borders, and I grew up with the animals. They were my earliest friends and companions. I never had any doubts that they felt much as I did and now I am ever more convinced that the difference between other animals and ourselves is one of degree and balance not of essentials. Our development of speech has caused an overdevelopment of our mental faculties at expense of our feeling life. I believe that other mammals feel more intensely than we do just because they do not rationalise away their emotions.

One of my earliest memories was of a new born lamb brought in from its dead mother in the January snows to the warmth of the kitchen fire, beside which I was playing. Lifeless toys were forgotten as I was allowed to touch and help tend the newcomer. I shared to the full its joy in the comforts of food and warmth. We shared other experiences as the days went by, and I was long inconsolable when at last it "went away".

The realisation of what happened to the animals when they "went away" came much later. How could I have escaped the knowledge so long?

Perhaps there is some psychological mechanism that protects children from the knowledge of their parents duplicity. I only know that the realisation shook me to the core. It broke my faith not only in my parents but in the God that I had been taught was a loving father - and in life itself.

I did not doubt my parents so obviously knowledgable and efficient in the ways of the world when they told me that I would not grow up big and strong if I did not eat up my meat. I ate it, the minimum, but not chicken or duck , or pig, or anything that I had reason to believe might have shared my home. I ran like the wind when father caught a chicken to kill and when the cart was got ready to go to market. They made me go to market one day but I was so physically sick and ill afterwards that they gave in and decided to wait until I had grown out of my childishness. But I never did.

To this day the sight of the lorries going by with the noses pressed against the gaps, touches me to the quick.

Beyond my identification with the animals in their fear and suffering and loss of their right to live, was my horror iat the treachery of the adults who dominated our world. How could they tend the animals day by day with such apparent concern knowing the end they planned for them ? How could they call "Betsy" by name and help her deliver her calf and then rob her of it and send it to its death or worse? I could not forget the calf's appealing eyes and I lay sleepless night after night as "Betsy" cried for her baby. I knew overwhelming anger and temptation to violence when, visiting a neighbouring farm, I learned of the veal calf tethered in the dark shed and subjected to bleeding to make its flesh white enough to satisfy the fashions of the townsfolk.

We rightly denounce "factory farming" as an abomination of the devil but at least its perpetuators deceive themselves that animals are only machinelike systems of conditioned responses. When you've lived with animals and tended them personally you know they feel as you do and it is the basest treachery to kill and hurt them for profit.

Then came the war and Stephen to work on the farm. He was big and strong and my parents were glad to have his help in spite of his queer ideas about not killing - not even the wicked Germans. I discovered that Stephen did not eat meat nor drink milk nor take any of the the things that I had been taught were essential for my health and growth. He worked hard in the fields but quietly refused to have anything to do with exploiting the animals. He was so strong and quietly confident that people accepted his queer ideas and ways and left him alone. Of course my parents made a fuss when I wanted to follow his example and packed me off to boarding school hoping that my fellows and teachers would succeed in knocking the nonsense out of me. To my shame I lacked the courage to defy them and eat as I felt it right I should but I hugged to myself the comfort "11 wasn't necessary. Stephen managed without killing. When I was older and free to live my own life I would feed like Stephen."

Mine was a lonely life because I found no-one at school who shared my feelings. I took refuge in books but few writers showed sensitivity for animals' feelings. Then at last I discovered Schweitzer. I was given logic to support my intuitions and the comfort of contact with a manifestedly superior mind and character. " Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life. Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle - that good consists in maintaining, assisting and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm or to hinder life is evil.

Although the phrase reverence for life may perhaps seem a trifle unreal yet what it denotes is something that never lets go its hold of the man in whose thoughts it has once found a place. It works with restless vitality in the nature in which it has found a footing and flings this Into the restless activity of a responsibility that never ceases and stops nowhere.

To have reverence in the face of life is to be in the grip of the eternal, unoriginated, forward pushing will, which is the foundation of all being. " Only recently I discovered the Vegan Society. Help to a healthy balanced diet (I had just been leaving out the offensive items and "doing for myself" in a haphazard way) and the knowledge that there were many who shared my convictions and were hopefully and significantly active, has put new life and strength into me. I may yet manage to make a significant contribution.

A.N.

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FUTURE MEETINGS *

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An E X T R A O R D I N A R Y GENERAL M E E T I N G will be held on October 20th 1979 at 2.00pm (i. e. immediately before the A. G.M.) for the purpose of changing the Vegan Society into "The Vegan Society Limited" i. e. a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. This move is deemed necessary in view of the greatly increased size and financial responsibilities of the Society. It has already been taken by the Vegetarian Society, the Nature Cure Clinic, and many such. * * * * * * * * * * *

will be held on October 20th 1979 at 2. 30pm - immediately after the Extraordinary General Meeting - at Friends Meeting House, 52 St. Martins Lane, Westminster, few minutes walk north of St. Martin in the Fields Church, Trafalgar Square. Near Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square Underground stations.

Members are reminded that any resolutions must be received in writing not less than 42 days before the Annual General Meeting and that any nominations for Officers or Council must be received 21 days before the A. G. M. and be accompanied by statements by the nominees of their willingness to serve.

After tea there will be a panel of the Council members and other active members to answer A N Y Q U E S T I O N S .

Questions beforehand please to the Secretary, 47 Highlands Rd, Leatherhead, Surrey.

Prior announcement of these meetings was given in the Summer Journal.

CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS TEA AND OFFERS OF HELP IN SERVING URGENTLY REQUIRED. Please contact Secretary soon. Leatherhead 72389.

COOKERY COURSE Mabel Cluer and Kathleen Jannaway will be giving a series of demonstrations on the first and third Tuesdays of each month 7-9 p. m. beginning on November 6th (excluding January 1st) at the Nature Cure Clinic near Baker Street Underground Station, London W l .

For full details send a S. A. E. to 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey. Only 20 places are available so an early application is adviseable.

RICHMOND COURSE IN VEGAN NUTRITION The day course in Vegan Nutrition planned for November 20th is already overbooked. We hope to have another course in January. Write for details to 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead. Sy. LAST TUESDAYS OF THE MONTH meetings at the Nature Cure Clinic London W l See page 22 for details.

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RE PATRA 1 lb Vine leaves 2 cups Gram Flour (Chick Pea Flour) 1 cup Rice Flour 1 medium onion - finely chopped 1 heaped tsp. finelychopped fresh ginger 1 level tsp. ground cloves

1 heaped tsp. Garam Masala | level tsp. chilli p o w d e r j o j j ^ Juice of 5 lemon 1 level tsp. salt Veg. oil for roasting

Wash Vine leaves well in cold water. Spread out on board when dry, to form a mat of leaves overlapping, and with no gaps.

Add onions, spices, lemon juice, salt & 4 tbsp. of veg oil to flours and mix well. Add enough warm water to make a moderately stiff paste and leave to stand for 5 hour.

Spread this paste on the vine leaves, working from the back towards you and rolling the leaf mat in the process - tucking in the corners to stop the paste oozing out. Make rolls about 2" thick.

Carefully place in a shallow pyrex oven dish with J " layer of veg oil.

Coat rolls liberally with oil and roast at Gas 6 for about ÂŁ hour or until the outside layer goes hard. Turn rolls over and roast for further J hr.

Drain well, slice up and use as a side dish or as a cold snack, The official way of cooking patra is steaming, but roasting is quicker.

Don't be put of by the leaves changing from green to muddy brown during cooking. This is perfectly normal. Vine leaves can be obtained from Indian or Greek shops.

Mick Miller *

GREEN CHICK-PEA SOUP

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1 oz. Muesli Base 5 tsp. dried chives or j tsp. rosemary \ tsp. Dulse Ground Edible Seaweed

3 ozs. (dry weight) Chick Peas.

1 tsp. Vecon.

Bayleaf Pinch rock-salt or sea-salt 1 tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped Cup hot water.

Soak chick-peas overnight and cook gently until tender, adding bayleaf and salt shortly before end of cooking. Remove bayleaf. Dissolve Vecon in hot water. Liquidise chick-peas with cooking water, adding Vecon, muesli base, parsley and remaining ingredients. Add more water if needed.

Note: The Dulse seaweed is a source of B12.

Doris Celnik

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Please send us Festive Recipe

ES MUSHROOM AND LENTIL CURRY A reasonably mild but aromatic curry that will not blow your head off!

\ cup red lentils 5 white Cardamoms J cup Toor Dal (Pigeon peas) 1 lev. tsp. Corriander seed 1 medium sized sweet pepper (dried) 1 lev. tsp. Onion seed 1 medium onion - finely chopped 2 cloves garlic finely chopped (optional) 2 lb mushrooms 4-5 tbsp. tomato puree 1 heaped tsp. cummin powder soy sauce 1 tsp. paprika juice of § lemon.

Boil lentils with cummin powder until tender. Meanwhile fry the mushrooms face up in enough veg. oil to cover pan to depth of i " . When undersides golden brown turn up gas a fry vigo rously with the chopped garlic while stirring until mushrooms start to burn (this sounds drastic but it does produce a unique flavour.) Turn down gas and add the olnions and peppers.

When down to a gentle simmer add spices and simmer until onions and peppers are tender. Strain lentils and add to pan together with tomato puree.

Simmer gently for further 10-15 minutes adding the lemon juice and a good slug of soy sauce towards the end.

Serve with rice: Preferably Bismati rice boiled up with a small stick o f , y cinamon.

Mick Miller

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MANOR HOUSE SWEETS Recipe

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25 g. Wholewheat breadcrumbs ( loz) 25 g. finely chopped peanuts (1 oz) or other nuts 150 g. dried fruit - a mixture of any you like e. gdates raisins, prunes, apricots, bananas. (6 oz) Poppy seeds or finely chopped peanuts for coating.

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Mince the selected fruit using either a hand or electric mincer.

Place the fruit mixture in a large mixing bowl.

Add the wholewheat breadcrumbs and chopped peanuts.

Mix thoroughly using a fork.

Shape into sweets (into small rounds is very quick) Coat with either poppy seeds or finely chopped peanuts J i l l Davies

favourite recipes et available 5p + S. A. E.

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I " M P " 0 R T "A r T * *N X3-T E S

Vitamin B12 Those qualified to judge are agreed that plants contain all t he nutrients necessary for health save Vitamin D, which should be obtained by sensible exposure of the skin to sunlight, and Vitamin B12 which has not been identified in sufficient quantities in any plant. B12 is synthesised by bacteria that live in the soil, untreated water and the intestines of mammals, tt is believed that some people can use the B12 synthesised in their own intestines; others cannot. Very few vegans suffering from B12 deficiency have been reported (most cases are omnivores) but many people have become vegan during the last seven years. Some of these may be coming to the end of the B12 stored in their livers and they may need a dietary source.

Pregnant and nursing women especially need to be sure that they are not lacking B12. Unless you know you can manage without - blood tests will reveal deficiency - it is advisable to take supplemented foods or tablets.

Failure to dosa could result in poor health, serious anemia and nervous disorders. Recommended sources are the yeast extracts Tastex and Barmene (a teaspoonful daily) plantmilks - Plamil, Granogen, Velactin, tablets which can be had by post from G. R. Lane, Sisson Road, Gloucester or Rayner and Pennycock, Rayvit House, Govelt Avenue, Shepperton, Middlesex. Cytacon liquid from Boots is also a vegan source; Cytacon tablets have a non vegan coating. Only 3 micrograms daily are required, so the manufacturers have agreed to reduce the amount in their tablets.

Meanwhile take portions of a tablet daily not one at intervals.

The B12 in these products is synthesised by bacteria similar to those functioning in the environment but grown on a plant base in laboratories.

Those who object to such cultures as "unnatural," should go "back to Nature" where lack of hygiene will provide plenty of B12 - and other problems SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH - results of the research for which many members gave blood samples after last year's A . G . M. are not yet available. Most vegans and all Council members are strongly opposed to all vivisection. Most recognise that offering themselves for research is a practical way of relieving pressure on animals. Another way is to send donations to the D-. Frey Ellis Research Fund, The Secretary, 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, for research that uses human volunteers only.

PERSONAL CARDS The vegan diet is gaining increasing attention as not simply a healthy diet but a healing one. Nevertheless vegans do sometimes fall ill or are victims of accident. Personal Cards for them to carry with them so that those who treat them can be informed about their convictions and practices can be had from the Leatherhead office - 5p + S. A. E.

"VEGANS" la the different issues through each year, we try to give prominence to the different aspects of veganism: autumn- animal compassion, wiiiter- ethics, spring - ecological, summer - human health. Next issue will carry the Annual Report, a report of the research into the health of vegan children now being conducted from the Queen Elizabeth College, an interview with "a different sort of . vegan", an article giving a member's personal approach, cheap, lunch menus, list of wholefood co-ops please send us information, recipes -please send us your favourites,, "Shopping With Eva", etc.

THE BREAKTHROUGH TRUST , a registered charity which works to integrate deaf and hearing people, is organising a residential "Vegetarian Weekend" at the Roughmoor Centrei Shaw, near Swindon, Wiltshire, on November 24th&25th.

Open to all ideas will be shared on "communication and Vegetarianism".

All food will be vegetarian and vegan. Further information from Sandra Lowing, ;c/o the London Centre, Breakthrough Trust, 66/68 Greenwich South Street, London SE10 8UN ECONOMY LABELS . We would like to use this design by Maggi Taylor on envelope re-users if we could sell them at a price to cover costs. What would you be prepared to p a y ? How many would yoii,buy? s tf1 Can you recommend a printer ?

Kathleen Jannaway

"A WILTSHIRE WAY" (Mainroutes no. 2) is a 162-mile footpath route around Wiltshire, startiigaridfinishing at Salisbury Cathedral. It takes the pedestrian tourist on a route through scenery which varies from the chalk downlands to the Forest of Savernake and the tow-path Of the Kennet and, A von Canal. A number of interesting places are linked by this routes The ''Mainroutes" guide-book of 48 pages gives a clear description of the route and full information on public transport and all types of accommodation, including campsites and youth hostels. All "Mainroutes" guides are bi-lingual (EnglishFrench) and will be of interest to the French-speaking visitor. 90p. 6 10p; postage from 25 Kimmeridge Close, Nythe, Swindown, Wiltshire SN3 3PZ. (cheques/P. O. s payable to Mr. L. Main. ) Also available: M R ! The Thames Trail - 45p & lOp postage, MRS An Oxon Trek - 45p & lOp postage, MR4 A Somerset Way - 9Op & lOp postage, MR7 A Bristol Countryway - 9Op & lOp. p.

The Tao of Health and Longevity Da Liu, published by Routledge and Kegan Paul, ÂŁ2.95 paperback^ describes a self-relaxing exercise - the T'ai Chi Ch'uan - whose slow, even movements;are co-ordinated, with breathing and directed by a peaceful mind. The author gives a brief outline of Taoist and Confucian philosophy and also describes self-administered massage and acupressure techniques plus the benefits of a vegetarian diet (mainly organic Vegetables and fruit), herbal foods and teas.

Maggi Taylor

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PUBLIC MEETING in the Barnet area.

Lecture and refreshments proposed for early spring Will members willing to help please contact V. Mitchell, , Herts. Phone 01 440 3849

NORTH LONDON - Our latest public meeting, with films and discussion, was a success - with over 30 people turning up.

We're hoping to hold a Christmas bazaar in December if enough people are prepared to help. We need the help of somebody with a car or small van - and also is there anybody who can offer storage space for the bazaar items ?

At Earth Exchange (213 Archway Road, London N6; nearest tube Highgate) we've been holding a 'write-in' (writing to newspapers, MP's, etc, on animal welfare topics) on every second Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm.

These write-ins are continuing but we are now going to hold separate informal vegan group meetings at the same address on every third Tuesday of each month (7.30pm) - these will be open to the general public also.

Ideas and help to extend the group's activities always welcome; Alpay Torgut,

, London N19 5AS.

EDENFIELD, LANCASHIRE - New members are welcome at the Edenfieldbased group -

Ramsbottom, Bury,

Lancashire.

Write to Valerie at this address or telephone Ramsbottom 2532.

SOUTH LONDON - Anyone interested get in touch with Malcolm Pateman,

BOURNEMOUTH - Monthly meetings on the 3rd. Tuesday are being held at the new home of Eva Batt, Southbourne as well as at the Friends Meeting House, Wharncliffe Road on first Thursdays. A l l welcome.

The Bournemouth group always one of our mainstays is, as we expected, enjoying a new lease of life with the advent of Eva Batt.

MALVERN and District - John Chapman, , Worcester, is hoping to get a local group started in Malvern. those interested please contact him.

In SALISBURY

Will

An informal group is functioning

In LIVERPOOL we believe one is still getting going. For addresses please write to 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey. • L A S T TUESDAYS * * * * * * * * * * * *of the month 7.00-9.00 pm. at the Nature Cure Clinic, 15 Oldbury Place W. 1. 5 minutes Baker Street Underground - behind Maiylebone Church. Informal gatherings - opportunity to practise public speaking. Drinks provided. Anything you bring to share to eat.

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ECONOMICAL

BREAKI

Some people say that they do not eat breakfast: Of course everybody does "break" their nights' "fast" but some do not do so first thing in the morning.

An investigation into the habits of factory workers revealed that those who left home without breakfast suffered a lowering of efficiency about half-way through the morning as compared with those who had had a "good" breakfast.

For housewives and others who work at home it maybe alright to postpone their first meal but for those who go out to school or work it is adviseable fro have a sustaining breakfast before they leave. They will find it easier to work through the morning and they will save themselves the expense of the food of doubtful origin and value that they would otherwise be tempted to buy for "elevenses."

A sustaining breakfast can be very simple and economical in both time, labour and money. Expensive packeted mueslis, though pleasant, are not necessary, neither are nuts or plantmilks for home-made mueslis. Rolled oats stirred with fruit and water just before eating can be very palatable.

The fruit can be dried fruit - raisins, sultanas, just washed, or prunes, apricots, figs soaked or perhaps cooked the night before. In summer fresh home-grown soft fruit can be used for a pleasant change. This is a good way to use the small quantities that ripen in gardens. Sugar should not be necessary. Ibod value can be increased by beating soya flour into the water (flat dessertspoonful to 5 pint water, or to taste) Oatmeal can be soaked overnight, but rolled I. e. porage oats, should be eaten soon after stirring with the water. The oats can be followed by bread and home-made seed or nut spreads, or Tomor, and marmalade or Tastex. An apple or other fruit can be taken to finish the meal.

Breakfast-biscuits can be used instead of "muesli", and have the advantage of needing chewing. It is all too easy to swallow muesli too quickly when late for school or work. Breakfast-biscuits can be eaten on the way!

Wholemeal toast with mushrooms, tomatoes, beans or cheese can be served when something extra is desired.

QUANTITIES AND COSTS Allowing 2 - 3 ozs of oats, l|oz raisins, 2 - 3 ozs wholemeal bread, 1 oz marmalade, £oz margarine per head, this simplest breakfast would supply about a third of the recommended intake of protein and of calories for between £1.00 and £1.51 ermarket prices in August 1979.

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In cold weather oats and raisins can be turned quickly into porage. Stir ozs. oats to cream with cold water. Pour on 8 OZB. boiling water. Simmer a few minutes. Serve with home-made milk or cream.

HOMEMADE SPREADS AND MILKS Grind nuts or dehulled sunflower or sesame seeds to fine powder. Mix to spreadable consistency with oil or whisk with water to make cream or milk.

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2 ozs.

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oil grated apple seeded raisii hot water

Soak raisins in hot water for 30 minutes, then chop finely, anu m m wen m the water. Stir in the oil and grated apple. Stir together flours and mix with other ingredients to make a spreadable dough, adding a little more water if necessary. Spread on baking tray and bake for 30 minutes at 350 F. Mark in squares while warm. Can of course be eaten any time of the day.

HOMEMADE

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These can be made by grinding nuts or seeds, de-hulled sunflower and sesame, and mixing to spreadable consistency with oil.

BULK

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Considerable saving can be made by buying in bulk; it costs less and resources are not wasted in unnecessary packaging. A cool dry storage space where goods can be kept off the ground is necessary. The more you buy the less it costs you per lb. , both in goods and in carriage.

"Real Foods", 37 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, will send anywhere in Scotland, England and Wales. Carriage prices are reasonable and orders are also sent by post. The selling of more reasonably priced goods to friends and acquahtances can help to spread vegan ideas. The formation of a bulk-buying group can be the beginning of a local vegan branch. The taking of a stall in the market place - perhaps only one day a week - where you can sell literature and display leaflets and posters, can be very good publicity for veganism, and a good way of raising money for local group activities. Why not send a stamped-addressed envelope at once to "Real Foods" - see above - for their price lists.

We will publish next issue a list of local bulk suppliers. If you know any in your neighbourhood, please let us know.

Kathleen Jannaway

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ANIMAL AID IN ACTION An all out attack by Animal Aid on the Institute of Psychiatry at Denmark Hill, London SE5, resulted in some fierce debating with scientists both outside on the steps of the Institute and within as we heard later from people who worked there. Thirty supporters were there with banners and leaflets on July 18th, and on the second demo on August 9th the numbers had increased to over forty, in spite of torrential rain.

The reason; for our choice of venue was the evidence from reports in scientific journals of very cruel experiments on monkeys, baboons and rats that are going on there; Epileptic seizures are being induced in baboons by drug injections and high-frequency light flashes close to the eyes. Rats are subjected to ' Classical Fear Conditioning', ,and' monkeys' brains are damaged by surgery.

A strongly worded letter of protest was handed in after the first demo and this has resulted in an appointment with, the Dean of the Institute on August 20th for Jean Pink and Margaret Heard.

The above action is just; One event in a long list of demonstrations in, recent months, including a 24-hour vigil outside the:Downing Street laboratories in Cambridge.

So far the most valuable result of all this activity has been the exposure of the Babraham laboratories in Cambridge. This evidence came to light after an employee at the labs (not a scientist) saw us marching on May 5th.

Consequently he wrote to Animal Aid giving details of horrific experiments he had witnessed. This was taken up first by the Cambridge Evening News and then by the Sunday Mirror, and soon everyone seemed to know about the goats with udders grafted under their chins and other horrors at Babraham.

Reports of the Press conference called by Dr. Cross, Director of the Institute could be read in most national newspapers.

Future events Institute of Neurology, Queens Square , London W. C. I. Demo in protest against horrific experiments on monkeys and rats. Wed. 10th October. 1p. m.-6p. m.

NATIONAL MARCH AND RALLY, OXFORD Saturday 27th October.

1.30 p. m.

Assemble in Angel Meadow (near Magdalen Bridge) __ 2.00 p . m .

March through city 4.00 p. m.

Meeting in Oxford Union Society Debating Hall.

Speakers to include:- Hans Ruesch, author of 'Slaughter of the Innocent' Spike Milligan (if he can make it). Return tickets for coach from central London (ÂŁ3) and further details from ANIMAL AID, 111 Estridge Way, Tonbridge, Kent. (0732) 364546 Jean Pink

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NIT - PICKING

LETTERS

"I feel that in someway we are putting the brake on the Vegan movement by occupying ourselves too much with the finer considerations of food origins like the use of bone charcoal in the refining processes of white sugar or lanoline in Cosmetics.

Our chief aim is to produce a feeling of revulsion in the ordinary citizen at the disgusting processes of Animal and Chicken farming, when it is pushed to the limit for Profit, without any regard whatsoever to the misery and suffering which they inflict on helpless dumb creatures.

I don't think our Farmers take any pleasure in their Intensive Animal Farming but as a gentle lady friend of mine sadly remarked with a great sigh - "It's the Money, you know."

But if we can produce a very Big reduction in the demands for Meat and Eggs and Fish the "cycle of Economics" will move in our direction.

We vegans don't want to be an Elite. After all, can one talk Veganism to an Eskimo or an Icelander or a Laplander or Greenlander or to some of the poorest African tribes who rely on Snails to keep body and soul together?

We belong to the Brotherhood of Man. picking".

Lets have a laugh at our "nitDonald Stewart

WHY WE'RE VEGAN (we have had several letters similar to those that follow) Jo and John Hicks state in their letter- 'WHY WE'RE VEGAN' (Summer issue), that their sole aim is to reduce suffering, and that what we eat is of no consequence provided it does not involve suffering or killing. However, in implying that the health of vegans does not matter they overlook three vital points, namely (a) If one's aim is to reduce suffering, then surely one wants to be as fit and active (and long-living) as possible in order to achieve the maximum possible from one's life-time. This means taking reasonable (but NOT time-consuming) care over what one eats.

By not doing one risks becoming unnecessarily ill so that one cannot work as well, or at all, for any cause - quit e apart from putting an unnecessary burden on others, and giving veganism a bad name.

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(b) We all know how the mass media pick out and over-emphasise (even to misquoting) any unhealthy consequence of. people who do not eat animal produce. Witness Mrs. Jannaway's article "Inadequate Diet For Growing Children ? ? ? " - spring Vegan.

In fact, it is far more important that vegans keep, healthy, than omnivores, as any irregularity to a vegan's health is automatically assigned to their type of diet, whatever the true reason. (c) Far from being cranky, true healthy eating is just the reverse of being fussy, as Jo and John should point out to their critics because it is based on whole fresh,foods as near as possible to their natural state. Surely it is those who want their food •refined, processed, flavoured, coloured or otherwise interfered with, who are the real fussers over their food.

In closing, though, I must congratulate them on their remark that "There is little or no difference' between killing a fox for' sport and killing a lamb for taste," which is very apt and to the point.

Baymond B Hudson

" I find the views expressed by Jo and John Hicks (in the Summer issue) rather strangle. Do they reailly think that treating people as second-class citizens or as outcasts is going to convert them ? Is this how they treat the flesh-eating friends, whom they introduce to Protoveg? Certainly they should proclaim their yeganism and the reasons for it , but taking a superior attitude could well put people off; who would otherwise take notice.

I do not challenge the Hicks' right to eat a "trash diet" if they want to (although I thihk- it unwise) but it seems they think: one ought not to have the "self-interest" to be interested in one's health. I quite agree it ought not to become an obsession, but giving a little more thought than is usual, to what one eats is not cranky but common sense. Most flesh-eaters to whom I have spoken about yeganism immediately want to know how you make up for the nourishment of animal products. If you tell them that you don't bother about that and that you just eat "trash" but without the animal products which prop up most people, that is when you will give the impression of being "cranky" and "weird".

Jo and John may well wish to follow their version of a vegan diet , regardless of its effects on their health, but I thihk most people have too much of the undesirable "self-interest" to be influenced purely by the cruelty arguments into changing their diet to something even less to althy than their present, one."

Moira Carlyle.

THE FELLOWSHIP OF LIFE I have noticed your request in the summer issue for Christians and others to spread veganism among their fellows. Doubtless many do not know of the work of the Fellowship of Life which was founded in 1973 to do just that. The stated aim of the Fellowship is "to unite believers of all religions, or none, in a way of life which neither hurts nor destroys needlessly any part of creation, human, animal or environmental". The founder is a "product" of the Church of Scotland so that primarily the work aims at establishing vegetarianism as a Christian virtue, vegetarianism in its widest sense, that i a A telling leaflet, "Calling All Christians" illustrating various animal cruelties most of which are the result of killing for food, is available free, and is distributed by contacts all over the country. Enquirers also receive vegetarian and vegan , and Beauty Without Cruelty leaflets, and our interest is now spreading to The Healing Research Trust for information on healing methods which do not include the use of drugs.

A newsletter is sent out around Christmas -last year's included the Vegan Society's Christmas leaflet, and this year we hope to have our own leaflet/poster, calling on Christians to make this Christmas a wholly holy one by refraining from the products of cruelty and killing.

It must be emphasised that the Fellowship is not an animal welfare society, neither is it a political or pressure group, but rather a religious/ spiritual, vegetarian/vegan fellowship and surely worthy of the support of vegetarians and vegans who deplore the attit ude of the established churches and of most spiritual groups.

Margaret E . Lawson F o u n d e r s e c r e t a r y ' HOPE FOR EVERYONE " I a m dumbfounded at the results of my new way of life. I can look the farm animals squarely in the face! - and can press on without guilt for the abolition of factory farming and vivisection, without feeling quite so hopeless - for if I at nearly 60 can change, there is hope for everyone. " Yolanda Alexander Howard Owen Griffiths, of North Yorkshire has produced two booklets of poetry, mainly on environmental themes. TANNERS AND MARTINS, which includes an epitaph to craftsmen, is 3Op + 9p. stamp; SOL-AXIS is 20p + 9p. stamp, available by post from Howard (or 40p. for both books). A third of that he is donating to York Ecology Party. He also has 10 postcard size wild life sketches which he is selling at 1 fV> each or 75p the set.

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SHOPPING WITH EVA The C.W. S. have been most co-operative (no pun intended) in supplying us with lists showing the ingredients in their foods. It does require a bit of working out of course because the sheets headed 'CONTAINING NO MILK IN ANY FORM' for instance, while they could be useful to orthodox Jewish people, include meat, fish, gelatine products and those containing suet, such as mincemeat.

Other pages, designed for lacto-vegs, contain plenty of eggs and milk naturally, but they are quickly passed over. When we have excluded all items containing meat, fish, suet, gelatine, eggs, cheese, lecithin, milk, honey and unidentified fats and oils we are, once again, left with precious little other that the obvious dried fruit, vegs., cereals and flours - plus co-op marzipan and Instant Dessert Whip.

All CWS biscuits, like most makes, contain unidentified fats, and Potato Cakes contain egg.

Really sad news Co-op Slimmers Spread, recently guaranteed vegan, is no longer available. (Ask for it to be brought back, chaps: ) We may one day be able to persuade the food processors to compile a list of foods suitable for vegans but as this will require them to find out, from their suppliers - often overseas, exactly what is in the 'edible fats' and whether the lecithin is of animal or vegetable origin plus a considerable amount of research into the emulsifiers, preservatives, flavouring and colouring etc etc. it is unlikely to happen for a long time yet. (Although this is what some of our enquirers expect the Society to be able to do! ) Nevertheless, if other Companies will be as helpful as the C. W. S. it will help a great deal. At least we shall then know for sure exactly what is NOT vegan. Naturally the right to alter the ingredients without prior notification is reserved by THEM as usual.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food sent us some, guardedly, hopeful news in July. It is possible that changes in the Food Labelling Laws may be made (due to an EEC Directive) so that the source of fats in a product must be stated on the label (animal, vegetable or mixed). This will bring the Flour Products within the labelling laws. (There will be quite a long list on some breads if it happens! ) With regard to the shopping problems of vegans the Ministry is optimistic and feels that manufacturers "may be able to assist in the promotion of general guidance on labels such as 'Suitable for Vegans' to assist such minority consumer groups."

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VEGAN CONFECTIONERY We rarely list sweets & chocolate, partly because we cannot recommend the use of sugar, particularly white. However, we occasionally come across items which, though not obviously vegan, are O. K. Discounting the sugar of course : Also we do get enquiries about vegan chocolate etc.

Although sugar contains no animal products some white sugar has been bleached over animal bones. In a commercial product it is impossible to tell what sort of white sugar has been used.

Maynard'a AMERICAN HARD GUMS, J E L L Y BEANS, MAPLE BRAZILS, VANILLA FUDGE, PLAIN CHOCOLATE MARZIPAN. Rowntree Mackintosh: AFTER 8 MINTS, FRUIT GUMS (in tubes only), POLO FRUITS, and from the Black Magic range only CHOCOLATE BRAZILS, HAZEL CLUSTERS and MARZIPAN, are vegan.

Tobler Suchard: NEW BERRY FRUITS, TURKISH DELIGHT - ROSE & LEMON and CREME DE MENTHE, PLAIN CHOCOLATE TABLETS. In the Mars range, only SPANGLES are listed.

ANSWERS TO ENQUIRIES. The following are not vegan : Alfonal Margarines: (these all contain whey which is milk sugar (lactose) and a by-product of cheese manufacture).

Marks & Spencer: All breads, margarines and potato cakes contain milk or milk solids.

Coca-Cola Co: Tenco Flavourcharm Coffee Whitener contains caseinate (from milk).

Larkhall Labs:

Cemac Vitamin B12 tablets (contain lactose)

Faith Products: Hair Conditioner contains lanolin.

Eva Batt SCHOOL

DINNERS

TEACHERS Dr. Turner is investigating into the value of school meals. Will teachers willing to give detail of menus please write to me for a form. No names of schools to be mentioned.

Kathleen Jannaway

We hope everyone will follow up this suggestion ( a tip from the horse's mouth?) and write to as many food processors as you can, making this point about labelling suitable products as 'Suitable for Vegans'. Or even ' Not suitable for Vegans' on everything else!

Perhaps I am looking too far ahead but i t is possible, if we really work at it, that some of you will live to see not only stews but shoes and glues marked with a 'vegan' assurance - or warning!

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Associated Biscuits: Peek Frean's VITA WEAT, RYE CRISPBREAD, BARGAIN BAKE NEAPOLITAN WAFERS. Boots Co. Foods: CUSTARD POWDER, DATE & MUESLI BARS, DRINKING CHOCOLATE, LOW CALORIE TOMATO SOUP, SAVOURY SPREAD, PEANUT BUTTER. Baby Foods: APPLE CEREAL, BANANA CEREAL, MIXED FRUIT PUDDING, STRAWBERRY CEREAL, BABY RICE. Heinz: CANNED APPLE JUICE, BAKED BEANS with TOMATO SAUCE. CURRIED BEANS & SULTANAS. Kenco Coffee: KENCO COFFEE TOP. milk substitute.

Safeway s: LOW FAT SPREAD. Springhill Bakery A L L BREAD INCLUDING COUNTRY, COUNTRY & RYE. COUNTRY & LINSEED, COUNTRY & CARAWAY. ESSENE BREAD. PUMPERNICKEL. Also BIOBRED GRISTY. BRAN PLUS & MALT. Available in the South.

Wander Pharmaceuticals : VELACTIN - powdered soya milk recommended for babies obtainable from Boots.

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There can be few Members living far from a 'K' Shoes stockist; which is fortunate as they have a good quality shoe for ladies which will replace the lightweights we have been wearing thru' the summer. They are laceup, broad fitting, with soft uppers, pliable soles and low heels. Entirely leather-free of course! A sensible shoe yet neat enough for any occasion.

I found mine in the local Co-Op, they were not cheap. The name of this particular shoe is Selka.

All Clark's Shoes, in Peter Lord shops and elsewhere, are now marked with the materials used. Now that so many manufacturers are voluntarily marking their footwear this shopping problem is disappearing - for women at least.

T. Elliott & Son, 112 Westbourne Grove, London W2 deal mostly in leather but are currently producing a few non-leather shoes & thigh-high fashion boots with uppers of a simulated leather they call 'Living Skin'.

Made for the fashion conscious they are rather expensive. ( News for leather-shod friends who are yet concerned for the whales; the manufacturers of 'K' brand shoes discontinued the use of sperm whale oil some time ago and have replaced it with a petroleum derivative.)

Hydrophane Leather Dressing contains no whale oil.

Eva Batt PLAMIL FOODS LTD Time brings changes and having had our well-known green and orange labels in existence for seven years, we are now bringing out a different styled green/yellow label. The pictorial presentation will give some visual ideas how the plantmilk may be used. Unfortunately two proof stage corrections reached the printer too late and cannot now be corrected until there is another print run in a few months time. Therefore to save confusion would readers kindly note that where on the label it states under the claims per 100 mis. Riboflavin should read 0.63 mg (not meg) and calcium 80 mg (not meg). A subsequent test has also shown more Vitamin A to be present than claimed and also that Vitamin E is present in the plantmilk.

For those who will still be buying our tins of the green and orange label of Plamil for some time, may we say that the contents keep for years.

Arthur Ling

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ADVERTISEMENTS Please send to tteSecretary, 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, by November 1st. for the next issue. Rate - 4p a word. Box Number lOp. PLEJBE SAVE "GOOD EARTH". Good Earth is an endangered species, please help by SWscribing (0^©ood Earth'and keep the newspaper from extinction.

EnvironflWhtSVnews:- whales, seals, factory-farming, nu-killer poweY-, pollution, waste and more. Yearly subscription (four issues) £1. OOp or send 25p for sample copy to: The Circulation Manager, 18 Cofton Lake Road, Birmingham, B45 8PL.

AN ASSOCIATE VEGAN offers to invest in genuine vegan or humanitarian venture. Active or sleeping partnership. West Midlands preferred. Mr. Wolverhampton, Tel 732883.

BACKSTRAP LOOMS for sale. 12" wide. £7. 50 including delivery.

Colwyn Bay, Clwyd. Allow 28 days for delivery.

MEDICAL, CULINARY herbs for sale. Most varieties available. Send for lists. Stamped envelope please. C . A . P . (Herbalist) 9 Eden Terrace, Newlyn, Penzance.

"AHIMSA" - quarterly magazine of the American Vegan Society. VeganismNatural Living - Reverence for Life. Calendar year subscription - $8 or £4 includes 5 issues of North American Vegetarian Society's "Vegetarian Voice".

VEGFAM feeds the hungry via plant-based foodstuffs, leaf protein, seeds, irrigation, etc. Trustees, The Sanctuary, Lydford, Okehampton, Devon.

Visitors welcome. Tel: Lydford 203.

MAKE BREAD WITHOUT YEAST? Read: THE PRISTINE LOAF. The therapeutic benefits of Sourdough Bread. With recipes. From Healthfood shops or: LEEDS 8. Send 50 pence

VEGAN LADY (48) requires self-contained accommodation. Would do wojfc.,, in return, or rent, if desired. Would prefer semi-isolated cottage ( or similar) - away from roads, etc. Anywhere considered, providing pets (cat and dog) welcome. Husband, self-employed groundsman/gardener and experienced in market gardening. I am an experienced secretary, but fond of housework, cooking (strictly vegan), and gardening. Do not drive.

Quiet Uving, clean, tee-total. Please reply to Box number 44.

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS with slogans. "If you like animals, why eat them. " Also anti circus and real furs. 3 for 20p. Animal Activists. P O Box 1, BlgtfeHUl. Kent.

WHY NOT DO SOMETHING about circuses, fur shops, vivisection etp.

Actively fight all animal abuse with Animal Activists, the only animal welfare society to restrict membership to vegans and vegetarians. P O Box 1, Biggin Hill, Kent.

THE ISLE OF WIGHT VEGAN GROUP is open to all vegans, and welcomes all associates. We wish to entrench the serious implications of this subject and enhance the necessity and advisabiUty in everyday lives. Address below.

THE ISLE OF WIGHT ANIMAL PRESERVATION AND ACTION GROUP wishes to free any animal whatsoever from cruelty and death if it can.

Welcomes all adhesion to vegan ideals.

Atherfield, Ventnor, P038 2LQ, Isle of Wight.

CARAVAN ACCOMMODATION and vegetable plot offered to couple in return for approximately 2 hours help a day on very small organic holding. Kent not far from Tunbridge Wells.

Box 45.

Saturday 27th OCTOBER "Compassion in World Farming " march & film show in Brighton. Phone Lancing 62661 for details.

LEFT-HANDED ? If so please send own and mother's date of birth.

I'm trying to see whether left-handedness can be co-related with bio-rtythms.

In return I will send you a month's bio -rhythms chart free. Please enclose S.A.E , Courtlands, Sheen Road, 34 • Richmond, Surrey.

HOLIDAYS SCARBOROUGH. Self-contained two-bedroomed flats steeping up to four comfortably. Very near sea. Self-catering. Vegans/vegetarians preferred.

Reduced terms off-peak weeks. S. A. E. to 18 Bar St., Scarborough, or telephone 71976.

TORQUAY. Brookesby Hall Hotel. Hesketh Road, Meadfoot Beach. Tel 0803 22194. Glorious sea views. Peaceful woodland surroundings. Close to beach and town centre. Suntrap gardens. Fully centrally heated.

Delicious wholefood meals. Home baking. Vegans and vegetarians welcome. Colour brochure from vegan proprietress Mrs. Hilda Baker.

INVERNESS. Vegan/vegetarian accommodation in charming cottage on high road between Inverness and Nairn. Good tourist centre, walking, golf course, sea, beach near by. Guests welcome all year. Croy 352 SOUTH PORT, LANCS. VEGETARIAN/VEGAN meals and accommodation in modern bungalow. Open over Christmas. Southport 78776.

D E V O N , Ilfracombe, "Fairwynds", Vegetarian Guest House offers healthful holidays with natural whole foods, compost grown produce and home-baking.

Vegans are welcome. Elizabeth Burton, VCA member. " Tel. 62085

Should Christmas be the

When man kills no longer Love and Peace shall reign.

VEGANS LIVE ON PLANT PRODUCTS ONLY Send for their Christmas Recipe Sheet. 5p. plus S. A. E. Posters 12" x 8" 2p each and leaflets 8" x 5^" lp each (to use instead of Xmas cards?) will help to spread the message. Picture a s above.

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COME

THE NATURAL HEALTH CLINIC

SAILING

with Wendy & Brian Burnett on their 6-berth ketch 'Peanut'.

NON-RESIDENTIAL under the personal supervision of the Principal

Vegan/vegetarian diet.

Optional instruction in Seamanship/Navigation, Photography, Natural History, Painting/Sketching.

NORMAN EDDIE The clinic specialises in the Naturopathic approach to health problems including:

Gynaecology Arthritis Skin complaints Gastro Intestinal Degenerative Diseases and all forms of disease affecting the Nervous System.

Visit Iona, Staffa, Skye and other beautiful islands.

See Dolphins, Porpoises, Seals and Seabirds.

Sleep on board in secluded anchorages.

Sea-sailing for the adventurous or canal/ loch cruising for the sea-wary!

Why not write or telephone our receptionist for appointment:-

£50-*£70 p. w. Children welcome.

THE N A T U R A L H E A L T H C L I N I C 133, GATLEY ROAD, GATLEY, CHEADLE, CHESHIRE SK84P1 Telephone: 061-428-4980

S.a. e. 51 Main Road, Kinnerton, Chester CH4 9AJ.

CORNWALL. "WOODCOTE", THE SALTINGS, LELANT, ST. IVES.

Tel: HAYLE 3147

Vegetarian/Vegan Holiday Centre overlooking Hayle Estuary.

C. H. and H. & C. in all rooms SPIRITUAL HEALING by arrangement (John Blackaller D. C.H. A . ) Brochure etc. from vegan Proprietors- John & Miss Hazel Blackaller.

GREENWAYS GUESTHOUSE 24 Marian Ave., Mablethorpe,

MITRE OAK INN

Lines. (Tel. 7508)

Christine and Christopher Phillips, active members of the Vegan Society, specially welcome vegans. Homebaking, wholefoods, safe sandy beach for children.

Send

S A E for brochure.

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Crossways Green Stourport-on-Severn Worcester VEGAN MEALS SERVED nut-roasts, casseroles,etc.

Tues- Sat. 7.30 - 9.30pm

BEAUTY WITHOUT

CRUELTY

Natural Fragrant Flower Creations

PERFUME : ROSE PETAL SKIN FRESHENER AVOCADO SATIN LOTION : PINE FOAM BATH LOTUS FLOWER SHAMPOO : EYE MAKE-UP TOILET SOAPS : DEODORANT FACE POWDER & TALCUM CUCUMBER CLEANSING MILK & AFTER SHAVE NEW: GENERAL PURPOSE SOAP & WASHING-UP LIQUID Obtainable from Health Stores or Beauty without Cruelty Boutiques in:

ENFIELD . LEEDS . LONDON . EDINBURGH . DUNDEE & STANFORD (Lincolnshire)

BWC. 1 CALVERLY PARK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

It's 100% vegetable ... made from the soya bean and packed with protein and goodness. Its production involves no exploitation of animals. The flavour is quite delicious—all the family, particularly the children will love it. You can drink it on its own as a super health drink or use it on breakfast cereals, in coffee or tea or in dishes such as milk puddings and custards. What's more it will keep in tue can just as long as you want to keep it. A wonderfully versatile and nutritious food ... Golden Archer Beanmilk by Itona. It's at your health food store.

'Golden Archer'

BEANMILK

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CRANKS RESTAURANT, SHINNERS BRIDGE, DARTINGTON, DEVON.

PLAMIL

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