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General Secretary: Richard Farhall Office Manager: Amanda Rofe Administrative Assistant: Kathy McCormack Employment Trainee: Keith Bird Hospital Liaison Officer:* Tim Powell Prison Liaison Officer:* Sandra Battram Local Contacts Co-ordinator:* Carl Turner * Denotes voluntary posts Veganism may be defined as a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as possible and practical, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose. In dietary terms it refers to the practice of dispensing with all animal produce â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including meat, fish, poultry, eggs, animal milks, honey, and their derivatives. Abhorrence of the cruel practices inherent in dairy, livestock and poultry farming is probably the single most common reason for the adoption of veganism, but many people are drawn to it for health, ecological, spiritual and other reasons. If you would like more information on veganism a free Information Pack is available from the Society's office in exchange for an SAE. The Vegan Society was formed in England in November 1944 by a group of vegetarians who had recognized and come to reject the ethical compromises implicit in lacto-(i.e. dairy-dependent)vegetarianism and consequently decided to renounce the use of all animal products. If you are already a vegan or vegan sympathizer please support the Society and help increase its influence by joining. Increased membership means more resources to educate and inform. Full membership is restricted to practising vegans, as defined above, but sympathizers are welcome as associates of the Society. Both members and associates

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Contents Chairsay Shouting encouragement

News

Of Cows, Calves & Culls The plight of the modern dairy cow

Homes for Elderly Vegetarians 8 The Vegan Society link

' W i s e Up to Milk' A mini poster

Growsense Garden ecology

Mushrooms on the Menu 10 Fantastic fungi A Vegan in the Family If animals could talk . . .

Shoparound What's new on the commodity front

Young Vegans Animal suffering in the Gulf

The Nastiest Business? The price of vanity

Being a Gluten-Free Vegan 22 Helpful advice Postbag 25 More of your letters Reviews

Contacts News 16 The Network expands

Publications & Promotional Goods 28 Noticeboard

Information

Classified

Illustrations

Breese, Amanda

Prison Eye 16 Sandra Battram reports

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Chairsay...

Does the road wind uphill all the way, IV.v, to the very end No-one reaches the summit of their development as they journey through life; there is always more to learn and further steps to take. I like to fancy that being a vegan is quite a way

News 'Freedom' On July 1 new EC regulations were introduced to "tighten up the vague criteria defining freerange chickens". There are now four categories: 'Traditional free range' — the slowest growing variety, having had continuous outdoor access for at least 46 days of their 81-day life; 'Free range' — these are killed after 56 days, having 'enjoyed' a minimum of 28 days' outdoor access; 'Extensive indoor (bamreared)' — having had a 56 day life but remaining indoors; and 'Free range total freedom' — 81day-old birds having had continuous daytime access to unlimited open runs. Egg carton labelling won't have to change until the end of this year. The Vegan offers an alternative free range definition: 'Freedom of movement for some; freedom from an early and traumatic demise for none.'

Vegan Familes List An updated Vegan Families List — a means by which parents and parents-to-be can seek advice from those who have been/are in a similar positiofi — is now available. T o be included send the following details — adult names, names and dates of birth of children, address, telephone number and any further information such as hobbies, interests, etc. to: 'Vegan Families List', The Vegan Society, 7 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN37 7AA.

along the road but we must all guard against becoming selfrighteous; as pathfinders it is our duty to shout encouragement to those who follow in our footsteps and not heap scom and criticism on them. I take this theme in my 'Chairsay' because at the 1991 Living Without Cruelty Exhibition, I was perturbed at the number of people who shrank from joining the Society as either associate members or members, even though they were near adopting, or had adopted a vegan diet — the latter being the minimum

Festive Leaflet As last year the Vegan Society will be jointly publishing a festive turkey leaflet with other animal protection organizations. Bulk ordering details and a sample leaflet will be included in the Winter Vegan, which, owing to production difficulties, will be distributed in November.

required to be a member — as they were doubtful about immediately being able to avoid wearing leather or wool or not using products tested on animals. It would seem the Vegan Society has gained itself a reputation of only accepting those who have attained a near perfect lifestyle. Whilst it is true the Society does advocate such a life stance, it should be possible for people to feel able'to grow towards and achieve these further compassionate goals within the Society. The vegan way is not an easy road to travel for the newcomer, all sorts of pressures, especially social, have to be resisted just to adopt a vegan diet. Some may be able to completely remould their lifestyles

encephalopathy (BSE). The result is that about 1,000 tonnes a week of abattoir 'waste' is now a liability. Instead, of the rendering companies paying for it, they now charge slaughterhouses for removal, sterilization at high temperature and disposal. The Independent 1.6.91

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Chitin Attire Researchers at North Carolina State University are attempting to find the best way to turn prawn, crab and lobster shells into fibres which could be used for clothing. The scientists want to harness chitin, a polymer that is one of the constituents of crustaceans, insects and fungi. It is a chemical relative of the biopolymer cellulose which is the structural material of plants and the stuff that wood, textiles and papers are made of. Daily Telegraph 24.6.91

Non-Vegan Power? Britain's offal industry, with government backing, is studying the feasibility of a power station fuelled by dead cattle, their intestines and other glands and organs. Intestines, brains, spinal cords, spleens, thymus glands and tonsils used to be rendered down to make animal feed or used for pet food, but both were banned following the outbreak of bovine spongiform

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(Well) Over the Limit Statistics published by the Milk Marketing Board in June show that dairy cows are being pushed harder to satisfy the nation's hazardous and unnatural (but kickable) cow milk habit. The number of wholesale milk producers fell to 30,289 in the year ended 31 March 1991, compared with 32,115 in 1988-89. The number of cows fell by 55,000 to 2,324,000 over the same period. However, total milk production of 2,441 million gallons was slightly higher because the remaining cows produced about 26 gallons a year more on average. Daily Telegraph 19.6.91

On Demand

Pop-ular Vegan Canadian vegan singer Bryan Adams achieved a long spell at the number one spot in the UK 'Charts' this summer with '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You'.

overnight, but it would be unrealistic to expect it of the majority. How much easier their way would be if they could be given help and encouragement by contact with, and the example of those in the Society who have long striven to live up to the vegan ideal. I would call on all associates and members, and especially Local Contacts, to make this abundantly clear and urge their friends and acquaintances who are sympathetic to the vegan philosophy to join the Society — even if only as associates. The larger the membership that is embraced, the stronger the Society is and the greater its capacity to draw others to veganism. Rick Savage

Two-year-old vegan Jenny Armstrong-Roberts from South Humberside beat hundreds of entrants to become Britain's most beautiful Natural Baby in a competition run by Health Today and Weleda. Jenny won not only on her looks but the environmental awareness demonstrated by her proud vegan parents, Diane and Roger. For example, hot water for baths and washing comes from solar panels in the summer and a wood burning Rayburn in the winter. A leading London child modelling agency is featuring Jenny's photographs in its port-

Biological scientists at Manchester University are workings on a way of creating a breed of chicken which can lay male or female eggs to order. The sex would be determined by the temperature at which the eggs were incubated. Farmers producing laying chickens could set a thermostat for hens, while those breeding for the table could turn it up a couple of degrees and produce only cocks, which are more valuable as meat because they grow more quickly. The Times 20.6.91

Good News Dr Susan Millington of Elm Farm Research Centre in Berkshire reports: Our veganorganic research programme is progressing well, with our trial plots performing above expecta-

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lions in most cases. We will be expanding the work to look in more detail at the use of acceptable inputs (such as vegetable composts, sewage sludge compost, rock dusts), as well as the issue of weed control. You will he interested to learn that UKROFS (the UK Register of Organic Food Standards) has prioritised research into stockless organic systems, although up to now no funding has been made available.

Dodgy Bedfellows The National Dairy Council (NDC) has once again managed to acquire and exploit the 'good name' of a number of respected health-related bodies. The NDC's Harvest of Health—A Nutrition Guide to Vegetarian Eating is published in association with the Health Visitor's Association, and the 'Wake Up to Milk' promotional leaflet has the backing of the Health Education Authority and Heartbeat Wales.

'Blue Ear' Over 30 farms are now affected by the outbreak of the latest animal disease to plague livestock farmers — "blue ear" pig disease. The disease, which causes abortions among sows and the death of piglets, has already spread across the rest of

OBITUARY Ros Dadej Ros Dadej died on the evening of Friday July 12th. Ros was well known and respected in the vegan and animal rights movement, being a dedicated vegan and co-founder of the Campaign Against Leather and Fur (CALF) with her partner Robin Lane. Ros, who would have celebrated her 35th birthday on July 24th, was the innocent victim of reckless driving whilst cycling home from work on July 9th. For 3 days Ros underwent tests in hospital until it became clear that no more could be done. Robin intends to continue and promote the work of CALF and I am sure it is true to say that all who support the causes of veganism and animal rights wish him our heartfelt condolences and support through a very tragic time. A close friend

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Europe where it is known as "mystery reproductive syndrome" (MRS). Dutch scientists believe that the agent causing the disease is "probably a virus". The Vegetarian Society is the only body to have advised of a possible risk of the disease being transmitted to humans, advising against eating undercooked pork and suggesting that pregnant women should avoid contact with live pigs. The warning is based primarily on the knowledge that pigs and humans share common ailments — including influenza, listeria, salmonella and Campylobacter. Richard Lacey, Professor of Clinical Microbiology at Leeds University commented: "If pigs and humans can catch flu from one another, there is no reason tc believe that humans will remain immune to this ["blue ear"] disease."

Biscuits. Weekend Guardian 20-21.7.91 • 6,000 egg producers have gone out of business since Edwina Currie, former junior Health Minister, issued a salmonella warning in December 1988. There are now 28 million eggproducing birds, compared with 31 million in 1988. Daily Telegraph 27.6.91 • The declining popularity of the legendary fish finger has been blamed for the announcement that Findus Foods is to close its Grimsby processing plant in two years' time. The Times 13.7.91 • Japan is funding an English scientist, Dr Steve Jarvis from the Agricultural and Food Research Council, to investigate ways of cutting methane belched by cattle, "which can contribute to

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Robotic Keeper A robot stockman able to tell a pig's weight and health at a glance is being developed by British researchers as part of a government-backed push towards the automated farm. Life-like models of pigs and photographs are being paraded in front of the robot's eye in an attempt to program its computer brain to assess pig outlines, unusual behaviour and postures. The work is being carried out at the Agricultural and Food Research Council's Silsoe Research Institute, Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. The Times 25.7.91

Forging Ahead A Vegetarian Society-backed Bradford University survey reveals that 28,000 adults are turning vegetarian every week. The Vegetarian Society's first major nationwide campaign — involving extensive advertising — culminates on 2 October when major contract caterers, restaurants, breweries, local education authorities, and the public will be urged not to serve, or to give up meat and fish products for 24 hours.

In Brief • In June, the Ministry of Agriculture gave £250,000 to the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) to help fund a "food and nutrition" teaching pack for schools. The BNF receives 90% of its funding from member companies which include British Sugar, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Mars, Nestle and United

global warming". Farmers Weekly 17.5.91 • Two Derbyshire dairy farmers have been banned from selling milk after Ministry of Agriculture scientists found levels of dioxins (highly toxic chemicals) above the Government's "safety threshold". The Independent 28.6.91 • Bee keepers reported that a million honey bees died in Nairn (Scotland) after flying on to two fields of oil-seed rape which had been newly sprayed with a pesticide. Daily Record 18.6.91 • New UK and Israeli research indicates that fishmeal in dairy diets can boost returns by as much as £160 a cow. Farmers Weekly 5.7.91

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OF COWS, CALVES AND CULLS Joyce D'Silva, Director of Compassion in World Farming, casts an informed eye over the plight of the modern dairy cow

f all the rose-coloured farmyard myths, that of the dairy cow is surely the hardest to lay to rest. T h e r e is a general feeling that most hens are kept in battery cages — and ought not to be — and that maybe i n t e n s i v e pig f a r m i n g stinks in more w a y s than one, but, by and large the public believe that dairy cows live contentedly in green fields and just love producing milk for us to drink. Cows walk willingly to the milking parlour, don't they? Yet the true facts on the life of the average dairy cow should be sufficient to gain mass conversions of welfare-con-

scious folk, especially vegetarians, to the vegan banner.

Insulting The catalogue of insults inflicted on the dairy cow truly makes her, as Professor Webster has said, "an exploited mother". By the time she is two she'll be having her first calf which will be taken away from her at a day or two old — as soon as i t ' s had a good suckle of colostrum. She will then be milked to capacity by machine twice a day for the next 10 months or so. But after just 3 months she'll again be "put to the bull"

or artificially inseminated, scTthat^er several months of each year she'll be both lactating and pregnant — an obvious drain on her constitution. She is only "dried o f f ' in the last few weeks before her next calf is born to allow her to get in reasonable condition for the birth and to give her calf a better chance of survival. This cycle is repeated and repeated — but not more. Most cows are worn out by the end of their third lactation and go to be culled — at just 5 years old. Normally a cow would live to 20 years or so, much like a horse. In natural conditions her best milking year would

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be when she's seven years old — but only a minority of cows live that long. So what's gone wrong? Why are they worn out so quickly?

Disease It's tempting to speculate on the psychological damage done by the repeated trauma of giving birth and having her calf taken away. But scientists are reluctant to accept this type of stress as a reality, so let's talk disease statistics.

Seventeen million shots of such antibiotics go up the teats of Britain's dairy cows every year One third of our cows suffer from mastitis — painful inflammation of the udder. This infection can be spread easily in a mucky cubicle house and by dirty milking equipment. Continual milking and high yields contribute to the strain on the udder and vulnerability to infection. Mastitis is treated by having antibiotics such as penicillin and erythromycin squee-jeed up the teats. Seventeen million shots of such antibiotics go up the teats of Britain's dairy cows every year. But mastitis often recurs, and once a cow is getting mastitis repeatedly, she will be culled — it's not economic to use expensive antibiotics on a long term basis as the milk has to be withheld from sale for a specified period after treatment = loss of earnings. A quarter of our cows go lame every year. It's accepted that over-feeding with concentrated high protein feeds (given to induce high yields) causes acidity in the digestive system, which has a knock-on effect on foot health. It's also accepted that cubicle housing can promote lameness. Many cubicles were designed 20 years ago and are too short for today's cows. As a result, the cows stand with their hind legs in the dunging passageway and the continual exposure to concrete and slurry weakens the hoof material and allows infection to set in. Over 60% of British cows also harbour the bovine leptospirosis organism. This causes abortion in the cows; in humans it can cause prolonged flu-like symptoms and occasionally meningitis. Leptospirosis is passed on in the urine, which is why dairy farm workers are particularly prone to infection. (Sanctuary workers, take care!)

Residues In the UK, milk is collected from many farms and mixed together, so infection or antibiotic residues from one cow on one farm are likely to be highly diluted. The Vegan, Autumn 1991

The milk is also tested for the number of white blood cells present. New EC rules ordain that milk with over 200,000 cells per millilitre should incur a rising scale of financial penalties. White blood cells are an indication of the presence of infection. At the moment British dairy farmers are having a hard time meeting the required standard. The average count for 1990 was 323,000 cells per millilitre. It also makes one wonder — if you drink the traditional daily pinta, you'll be ingesting probably at least 183,523,000 white blood cells a day. (Who said milk was vegetarian?)

and the Commission is under extreme pressure to lift its current moratorium at the end of 1991 and give the all-clear for licences to be granted. In spite of ferocious consumer/welfare opposition in the US, licences are e x p e c t e d to be granted soon and BST has been licensed in some Eastern European countries and South Africa. We understand the BST companies are now targeting the rest of Africa. The milk from the experimental BST-treated c o w s is still going into Britain's national milk supply.

More and Ever More

Genetic engineering w o n ' t stop with products like BST. Scientists are already inserting foreign genes into embryos to produce more milk (surprise, surprise) or milk more suitable for babies (human ones of course) or more suitable f o r cheese-making. The ' f a i l u r e s ' may already be many, but we are unlikely to hear about them. One hopes no cows have yet ended up like the American pigs with human growth hormone gene w h o couldn't stand up, had arthritis, pOor vision and were impotent.

Sadly, increasing the milk yield to the point where the high-yielding modern cow is now producing 10 times as much milk as her calf would have drunk had it been allowed to suckle (which of course it i s n ' t ) , is not good enough for the wonder boys of agri-business. Many years ago they began extracting the cow's growth hormone from the pituitary glands of slaughtered cows and injecting it into living cows to increase the amount of milk produced. Fortunately for the cows perhaps, it took extracts from 400 dead cows to make enough to treat one live cow, so it was not economic to proceed.

Who said milk was vegetarian?

But then the new gene technologies began to develop and f o u r large American pharmaceutical companies began to develop synthetic bgh or BST as it came to be called. By taking the gene from the original hormone they could combine it with rapidly-multiplying bacteria such as E coli and produce vast quantities of bovine somatotropin. BST works. In most treated cows, milk yields increase by 10-20%. But there is a price to be paid. Right from the outset Compassion in World Farming claimed that increasing yields would make the cow more vulnerable to mastitis. We also questioned the ethics of giving regular injections to cows for non-therapeutic purposes. Our campaign has now been j u s t i f i e d as the U K ' s Veterinary Products Committee has recently rejected the first two applications for commercial licences for BST on the grounds of fear for cow health and welfare due to increased mastitis and painful injection site swellings caused by the fortnightly BST injections. But the battle to stop BST being licensed is not yet won. EC vets have been more kindly disposed towards it

Transgenic Cows

Mad Cows? Well, their brains are under v i c i o u s attack by the unidentified BSE agent, but to call them mad demeans these suffering and pathetic victims of human folly. As the statistics for cows slaughtered and identified as having BSE continue to exceed all predictions — over 31,000 to date — we can only speculate as to who could have been so stupid as to think that dead sheep and cows made a healthy contribution to the "protein factor" in the diets of dairy cows. This is where the real madness lies.

Kidnapped! Well, if it was a human mother and baby situation that's what we'd call it. But then it's easier to ignore the obvious bond between cow and newborn calf. The calf has got to go. Only that way can the cow be milked to capacity, her 'true potential' achieved, and the dairy farmers' profitability be sustained.

The calf has got to go Her heifer calves may be reared as dairy herd "replacements" for all those worn-out mothers going for the cull, others may be reared f o r b e e f . But, depending on who the father is, the bull calf may really not be suitable for beef and his fate is worst of all. By a week old he'll be sent to market and most likely be bought by a French or Dutch veal producer. 7

Without the trade in old dairy cows the High Street burger store might not be economically feasible

So then it's the long journey to Harwich, Dover or some other southern port, and export on the ferries. One of the saddest sights I've seen was at Dover docks last September [1990] when Compassion in World Farming was staging a demonstration against this export trade. Truck after truck drove past us into the docks and hundreds of confused and distressed little calves peered out through the apertures along the sides. But their distress was nothing to what they were going to s u f f e r in the m o n t h s to come as they lived out their lives in the narrow veal crates of Europe, unable ever again to turn around, to know the companionship of other calves or to feel the sunshine on their backs. Fed for all their lives on a low-iron liquid diet they would finally be slaughtered for the "white veal" trade. Some of their anaemic-looking carcases w o u l d e v e n f i n d their way back to Smithfield market — they could even end up being eaten by the farmer who'd sold them in the first place!

It has to be said, without a dairy industry there w o u l d n ' t be an export trade in calves for veal.

The Beef Trade Only 3 0 - 4 0 % of British beef comes from specialist beef-trade cattle herds. The rest comes from our dfliry herds — ranging from tiny bobby calves to young heifers surplus to dairy requirements, to young bulls and bullocks which have escaped the export market, to the wornout m u m s themselves — their tough meat goes for pies, burgers, soups, etc. Without the trade in old dairy cows the High Street burger store might not be e c o n o m i c a l l y f e a s i b l e . The links between the beef and dairy industries are too close for comfort for an increasing number of vegetarians — and one can see why.

Vegans So where does all this leave the practising vegan? Not feeling self-satisfied I hope. Dropping dairy products f r o m your diet is logical and obviously a good thing to do. But while hundreds of millions of cows and calves are out there suffering, it's vital to campaign as well. You can campaign to make others see the reasoning and compassion behind the

vegan diet. But you can also target other aspects of the industry, such as the negative health effects of dairy products or the live export in calves, or the way calves or cull cows are treated at your local market. All these can be seen as part of a campaign of peaceful economic sabotage of the dairy industry. You may even succeed in making life a little more bearable for some of the animals whose products you no longer eat. And that in itself is a worthwhile exercise. The world won't go vegan overnight, but there are all sorts of ways in which we can hasten Utopia. Sitting at home with one's chick-pea curry, tofu cheesecake and current copy of The Vegan is not really enough on its own. Unless vegans are in the forefront of campaigns to alleviate the suffering of animals, they will surely be betraying the very creatures they profess to care for. C o m p a s s i o n in W o r l d F a r m i n g p r o duces a dairy cow leaflet 'Milked For all She's Worth' — price £2.00 for 100 or £10.00 per 1,000; a Cattle Fact Sheet (50p); and a Genetic Engineering Fact Sheet — 'Animal Biotechnologies' (50p). Its new calf export video [to be reviewed in the Winter 1991 Vegan]— Calves in the Dock c a n be h i r e d o r bought for £12.50 (£10.00 returned on safe return after hire).

HOMES FOR ELDERLY VEGETARIANS Vegan Society President and Council Member Arthur Ling outlines the Society's link with HEV

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stitution. The Memorandum section sets out the objects of the Society, in effect its commitments; and the Articles section deals with the way in which it is administered — e.g. governed by Council of Management, size of Council, proceedings at General Meetings and so on. Object 3(b) reads: To relieve elderly vegans who are in conditions of need . . . by the provision of sheltered accommodation.

Way back in the late 1970s an agreement was drafted whereby the Vegan Society would work in conjunction with HEV (Homes for Elderly Vegetarians Ltd — a non-profit making registered charity providing sheltered housing for vegetarians) as the most practical way in which to fulfil the requirement to provide a home or homes for elderly vegans. A sum of £8,000, which at that time had been subscribed to the Vegan Society specifically for the object, formed the basis of the draft agreement. A clause in the agreement states: no building shall be purchased by HEV under the provision of this agreement outside the area of Greater London without the consent of the [Vegan] Society. 8

Practical Approach The Vegan Society could not purchase a suitable property itself for £8,000 and even if it could it would not have made sense to acquire a property in isolation without being able to install a warden. It was realized that it would be more practical to acquire part of a property run by HEV and so benefit by the administrative saving of having: the home run by HEV, a warden on the spot engaged by HEV, and the vegan residents able to share in a wider social life from use of the communal lounge and other facilities provided for the benefit of all. HEV has 3 homes — one at Hastings, one at Horsham and one at Colwyn Bay. The Hastings home has 2 double and 7 single, flats, a dining room, laundry facilities, central heating, a guest room and provision of midday meals (vegan fare is always available). It stands in 2 acres of ground and shops are within 400 yards, and includes a new warden's house.

Commitment During the 1970s and early part of 1980, the Vegan Society passed to HEV such sums as had been specifically subscribed

for the home(s) for elderly vegans. The amount of the Vegan Society's commitment to HEV, £32,219, was written off in the Society's accounts for the year ending 30 June 1986. This sum was insufficient to acquire a suitable property in 1986 so HEV very dutifully invested the money. Its value to the Society is now £57,981. HEV has been planning for some time to build another home and has negotiated with the owners of two potentially suitable sites but says that the Vegan Society's investment is still insufficient to buy one flat. The current Council is concerned that since 1986 no plans have been put in hand by the Vegan Society to increase the funds available for the provision of homes for elderly vegans and consequently has taken steps to strengthen liaison between the Society and HEV's officers — who include Neville Hall, Chairman (and President of the Vegetarian Society), and John Cummins, Hon. Treasurer (Hon. Treasurer of the Vegan Society until 1985). I hope the Society through its members may be able to resume contributions to this fund and help restore the Society's commitment to its constitution. The Vegan. Autumn 1991

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... You will feel disgust that family pets are being stolen a n d sold to British laboratories where every 6 seconds an animal dies. ... You will feel disgust that wild animals are still being torn to pieces in the n a m e of sport. ... You will feel disgust that whales and dolphins are still being slaughtered for commercial gain. ... You will feel disgust that animals are still suffering in factory farm systems.

There must be many readers who would like to offer financial support to the Vegan Society in its unique work but have limited means at their disposal. There is, however, an easy way of helping regardless of present circumstances—by including a legacy to the Society in your Will. Great or small, such legacies can make a real and enduring contribution to the promotion of vegan ideals. For those who would like to make a bequest to the Society the following form of words is suggested: "I bequeath to the Vegan Society Ltd, Registered Charity no. 279228, presently at 7 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN37 7AA, the sum of £ , and declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or other authorized officer of the said Society shall be good and sufficient discharge of such legacy." Property left to the Society is another valuable contribution to our cause. If you wish to will land or property to the Society, please write for details of how to arrange this.

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MUSHROOMS ON THE MENU Richard Youngs invites you to indulge in some tasty ways with fungi

MUSHROOM AND WALNUT SOUP This is an excellent way of using up mushrooms that are past their prime. Often greengrocers sell off such products cheaply so this soup is not only light and delicious but economic. It is essential, here and elsewhere, to use soy sauce of the highest quality. 1 tablespoon of groundnut oil 2 oz (55g) chopped walnuts 8 oz (225g) mushrooms, thinly sliced 1 pint of water 2 tablespoons of soy sauce

Mushrooms are a good souce of thiamin, riboflavin and niacin. However, it is their exciting taste and texture that I particularly value. There are several different varieties to be found in the shops, especially in autumn, each one with its own distinctive qualities. Nuts and soy are flavours sympathetic to mushrooms, while potatoes and rice can provide interesting contrast of texture. All the following recipes involve some combination of these ingredients.

Over a high heat saute the walnuts in the oil for 1 minute. Then add the mushrooms. Once they start to lose liquid, pour in the water. Bring to the boil, turn down the heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. Add soy sauce and serve immediately.

The quantities given are sufficient to feed two.

SYMPATHY SOUP This is an extemely rich soup. The ingredients and the method of cooking give a complex flavour and thick creamy texture. It is among my favourite soups. By further reducing the soup to the consistency of a sauce, a wonderful accompaniment to nut roasts can be made. 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil 3 oz (85g) mushrooms, roughly sliced 1 medium sized old potato, roughly diced 1 teaspoon of unsweetened peanut butter 3 / 4 pint of water 2 tablespoons of soy sauce Over a high heat saute the mushrooms in the oil for 1 minute. Add the peanut butter, followed by the rest of the ingredients. Bring to the boil, cover and turn down heat to simmer for 30 minutes. Liquidize, return to the pan, reheat and serve.

MUSHROOM & SOY PIE Breakfast mushrooms are especially succulent and the ideal variety with 10

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which to make this pie. 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil 12 oz (340g) breakfast mushrooms, roughly chopped 2 tablespoons of soy sauce 1 lb old potatoes 1 oz (30g) vegan margarine Salt and pepper to taste Over a high heat saute the mushrooms for 1 minute. Cover, turn down heat and sweat them until at least a tablespoon of juice has come out. Add the soy sauce. Pour the mushrooms and juices into an ovenproof dish. Cover them with the potato which has been boiled and then mashed with the margarine, salt and pepper. Dot the top with a little remaining margarine and place in a hot oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until the potato is brown and crisp.

MUSHROOM FRIDAY Using similar ingredients to the mushroom and soy pie, hut different cooking method, this is a good way of making mushrooms go further. Chestnut mushrooms are well-suited to the recipe.

2 tablespoons of sunflower oil 1 small onion or shallot, finely chopped 6 oz (170g) mushrooms, sliced 12 oz (340g) old potatoes, thinly sliced 1 clove garlic, crushed 2 tablespoons of soy sauce Over a medium heat saute the onion until transparent. Then add the potatoes, quickly followed by the mushrooms, garlic and soy sauce. Turn down heat to low, cover and simmer for 30 minutes. When served, the potatoes should be slightly firm, contrasting nicely with the mushrooms.

CHAMPIGNONS RISOTTO This recipe exploits the nutty qualities of chestnut mushrooms and short grain brown rice. The addition of almonds further intensifies the flavour. Herbs, garlic and olive oil — though frequently found in risotto are not used here, for they would overpower the mushrooms.

2 tablespoons of sunflower oil 1 small onion or shallot, finely chopped 1 cup of short grain brown rice 8 oz (225g) chestnut mushrooms, roughly chopped 2 oz (55g) toasted almond flakes 14 oz (395g) tinned tomatoes V2 pint of stock Additional water as required Salt and pepper to taste. Over a medium heat saute the onion until transparent. Add the rice and saute for a further minute, vigorously stirring so that each grain is coated with oil. Next introduce the tomatoes and stock to the pan and bring to the boil. Spoon away any scum that surfaces. Turn down heat and allow to simmer until the rice is almost cooked — about 20 to 25 minutes. Ensure that it does not boil dry by adding additional water if necessary. Add the chestnut mushrooms and heat through. Season, check that rice is ready for eating, add the toasted almonds and serve immediately.

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Shoparound Annie Brosnan surveys the latest vegan products

'Pigging' Out! For those in-between moments when the only thing for it is a snack from a bag, Hedgehog Foods announces Hoggits, a snack made from organic com (but not hedgehogs). Two of the three flavours are vegan, with the groan-inducing names of Spikey Tomato and Prickled Onion.

Supplements Earthlore's range of vitamins and minerals are all totally vegan. With ten different formulations on the list, they are too numerous to mention here, but a mail-order service is available at: Earthlore Vitamins, Sisson Road, Gloucester GLl 3QB. The company is also widening its distribution throughout health food stores.

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he recession has been hitting everyone recently, but there is still some good news on the market front for vegans — products continue to emerge, although this issue of 'Shoparound' is not as bursting at the seams as could be wished . . . Lotsa Pasta Pasta being so versatile, it's good to have a wide range to get just the right shape and size for the meal you want. So La Bioteca's selection should keep you going for a bit. (I've never even heard of Spirelle! And what's the difference between Macaroni Lisci and Macaroni Gomitini?) And it's all organically grown! From Impulse Foods comes a blend of (empeh and organic shoyu. Smoky Slices can be used as meat substitutes in a variety of dishes such as pizza, soups and stews to give extra substance and flavour.

fofii Treats Tofu is another wonder provoking do-anything-with-it type of food, and Haldane. under the Granose label, have just brought out three new varieties. So try out tofu Plain, Smoked or Marinated in Black Bean Sauce.

Burgers 'N' Grills There is always demand for veggie burgers, so the new one

from Soya Health Foods Ltd. under the Sunrise label should go down well. The range of three has now been increased to four with the addition of Spicy Tomato Quarterpound Burgers. Similarly, Vegetable Grills — Tandoori or Mexican Style, and Nut Grills are quick and easy and vegan, from Goodlife Foods.

Say Scheese! The Scheese machine at Green Dragon hasn't been idle since the last issue, and a new flavour. Hickory Smoke Cheddar is now available — it's really tasty!

Saucy! Whether you want burgers, grills or pasta, one easy way to liven up the meal is to make a sauce. And Zest's new Mushroom and Smoked Garlic Pasta Sauce need not only be for pasta! From savoury sauces to sweet, and Haldane's Granose label can also boast of a vegan cream substitute called So Good Soycream. It is suitable as a dessert cream, but not for use in coffee. Haldane, again under the Granose label, has brought out three pat£s in tubes that are the first from the UK to be organic. They are available in Herb, Tomato and Mushroom flavours, and the Tomato — the only one I've tried is absolutely delicious. Vessen Ltd. has added another pate in a tube to its range. The latest is Piquant Herb and Garlic.

Sootha Cup, from the Oriental Health Company, is a chrysanthemum tea that tastes a little like chamomile, apparently without the bitterness, and with similar benefits attendant. This tea contains no tannin or caffeine and has been developed within the traditions of Chinese Herbal Medicine. It comes in unbleached tea-bags and recycled packaging. From the inside to»the out — enough of food and drink, now to the body and face.

pampering the rest of the body with their new products — Papaya Foaming Cleanser from Blackmores and Japanese Hair Wax from Nectar which contains camellia oil, used by Sumo wrestlers to give their elaborate hairstyles gloss and sheen. Creightons have targeted the whole body in one with a new range of bath/shower products. The strawberry range consists of bath gel, conditioning shampoo, soap, bath seeds and shower gel. Also they have added to their shower gels — apple and peach.

Feet First From the Green Farm Nutrition Centre comes a range to pamper those poor aching feet! The BLine range includes foot spray, foot bath, foot and leg lotion and exfoliant cream that are veganfriendly. The cuticle cream, however, does contain lanolin. Green Farm runs a small mail order service and can be contacted at: Burwash Common, East Sussex TN19 7LX.

The Eyes Have It If the eyes are the windows to the soul, so Blackmores Elderblossom Eye Make-Up Remover and Nectar's Orchid Oil Under Eye Crfeme must count as essential parts of every window cleaning routine!

Body Care These two companies are also

For an up-to-date AnimalFree Shopper errata slip please send an SAE marked 'AFS Errata' to the Vegan Society office.

ORGANIC WINES over 60 vegan wines also beers, ciders, juices • try our vegan starter case (12 wines) £49 inc. del. or write for our full list • 5% discount for Vegan Soc. members National delivery Unit 10, Ashley Industrial Estate, Wakefield Road, Ossett, West Yorkshire WF5 9JD _ Access/Visa

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AFTER THE GULF WAR

vents in the Gulf, where war waged for 100 days, are no longer particularly newsworthy and for most of us they are a dim and distant memory. However, although TV and press coverage of the Gulf War concentrated on the human conflict and suffering, there were also very many animal casualties. It is important not to forget that wars also kill animals and the Gulf War was no exception. Oir

The only reports we had of the suffering of non-human life came after millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf. There was great concern for the environmental impact of the spill and shocking news that wildlife and habitat would be affected over a wide area for years to come. The greatest victims of the spill were undoubtedly the birds who died a dreadful death after becoming coated with the thick black oil. The Socotra cormorant, a threatened species of bird, uses the Gulf as its main breeding area. Among other native species threatened were the blacknecked grebes, great-crested grebes, gulls, herons and terns. Mortality rates were high but hundreds of birds were kept alive by trained volunteers who cleaned the oil off feathers and skin, and by vets who dealt with the injuries. We should congratulate the rescue workers without whom the death toll would have undoubtedly been a lot higher. Apart from birds, the Gulf is normally rich in other life forms — including dolphins, killer whales, dugongs, turtles and coral reefs, all of which have suffered because of the spill. The Vegan, Autumn 1991

No Publicity Other (unpublicized) victims of the war included cattle, sheep, goats, race horses, camels and pets, which were were injured or killed. As most Kuwaitis fled the country or went into hiding, they abandoned thousands of animals. Many animals died from starvation and dehydration; others came to a quicker end when they trod on land mines or had cluster bombs dropped on them which were intended for the occupying Iraqi soldiers. The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has given an insight into the numbers of animals lost during the Gulf War. The following statistics are taken from its Gulf Rescue Special Report:

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dairy industry had previously numbered 34 farms and 15,000 cattle; 2 or 3 farms and 2,500 cattle now remain. A population of 800,000 sheep has been reduced to 10,000. The camel, numbering 10,000 before the war, is down to 2,000 and only 500 horses are left out of an original total of 3,000. This devastating loss of animal life was not considered newsworthy. Farm and domesticated animals were passed

over by the media in favour of pictures of bombed buildings and troops on manoeuvre. Perhaps this is an

indication of how low our society values animal ife.

Kuwait Zoo Equally distressing were the rumours that animals at Kuwait City Zoo were tortured and then killed. When access to the zoo was finally obtained, there was a scene of total devastation. Out of a total of 440 animals little more than 24 survived including an elephant, a giraffe, lions, hippos, water buffalo, monkeys and wolves. The only water and food they had been given during the war had come from locals who came out of hiding to care for the animals. Many animals were shot by Iraqi soldiers — some died quickly, others were only wounded and died slowly. The elephant was found with a bullet wound in his shoulder, a macaque monkey, which an eyewitness says was shot by an Iraqi threestar general, was seen dragging a broken leg and the hippos developed a skin infection from living in filthy water.

The World Society for the Protection of Animals — the only international animal protection organization to maintain a Disaster Relief Fund — was one of a number of animal welfare groups to respond. Over the past 25 years it has responded to earthquakes, floods, droughts, volcanic eruptions, famines, armed conflicts, oil spills, hurricanes, a tidal wave and a gas explosion. For further information on their work you can contact them at: WSPA, Park Place, 10 Lawn Lane, London SW8 WD.

Eva's Book of Poems The Society has a large stock of an amusing book of poems written by the late Eva Batt. Rather than see them sit in the office we are offering them free in return for a stamped addressed envelope. If you would like one please send in a 9" x 6" 17p stamped addressed envelope to the Vegan Society office and mark your envelope 'Eva'. This offer is open to all. Amanda Rofe

Free Choccy Bars The first 15 readers who send in a 9" x 6" 32p stamped addressed envelope will receive the new Hazelnut Chocolate Bar from Plamil Foods. So get scribbling. Please mark your envelope 'Chocolate Offer' and send it to: The

Vegan Society, 7 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN37 7AA. The offer is open only to those aged 16 years or under!

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some glycerine, and maybe a bit of scent, and stirred with the equivalent of a half-sized oar. For all I could see you might as well have mixed petrol with tap water — it couldn't have been much worse. The Head of the perfume laboratory thought I was doing well, however, and showed me his prize possession. It was something dark-coloured with a texture somewhere between a stone and a sponge. What was it? I asked. Ambergris, came the.reply. What was ambergris? It came from the stomach of a whale, he said, but sadly it was too expensive to use now. Then he went on to tell me that the fixative he used in his perfume came — as I recorded in my diary — from "something involving dead cat". At nineteen — I admit — I was very naive about the less-than-niceties of the cosmetics industry. I was heartily glad when my parents moved house a few weeks later and I could put my stint in the perfume lab. firmly behind me.

Many consumers prefer natural, and vegetable ingredients and do not want to spray extractof-deer on their wrists

THE NASTIEST BUSINESS? Dianne Woollam examines the hidden cost of toiletries and cosmetics

nce upon a time (or so it goes), and in the bad old days before I'd summoned up the courage to tell my mother that I was forsaking the ' m e a t and two v e g ' life style and sticking firmly with the l v e g \ I had a summer job in a cosmetics factory. The first two weeks of my stint were spent p a c k i n g t u b s of t a l c u m p o w d e r into cardboard boxes. Then somebody dis-

covered I had a chemistry 'O' level. I was promoted to the laboratory. The next f e w weeks found me wrapped in a white coat (which could just as well have been a butcher's overall) climbing up and down ladders learning how to mix aftershave. You poured the ethanol f r o m something exactly like a petrol pump into a metal tank, added some distilled water and

That episode was over ten years ago — and it's worth stopping to wonder just how much has changed. 1991 sees a time when more companies are becoming aware that many consumers prefer natural, and vegetable ingredients and do not want to spray extract-of-deer on their wrists, nor rub the by-products of the slaughterhouse into their foreheads. And, of course, while some members of the public still consider it acceptable to perform experiments on animals for medical reasons, many do not consider it acceptable to test cometics — after all, why should animals suffer for our vanity?

Testing Times That said, animal testing still goes on, albeit to a lesser extent than several years ago. According to the RSPCA, 15,652 animals were used in experiments on cosmetics and toiletries in 1986. In 1989 this had dropped to 12,090 — still 12,090 animals too many. Two barbaric types of testing are included in this number. The first is the Draize Test, when products such as shampoos are dripped into the eyes of (usually albino) rabbits. The rabbits cannot cry and so the shampoo (or whatever) accumulates in the eye as it cannot be washed away. The second, a quite diabolical test, is The Vegan. Autumn 1991

known as the Lethal Dose 50 Test. Simply, a group of animals are force fed, or covered in, the product to be tested for days or weeks until 50% of them die. Even scientists doubt the usefulness of this experiment. After all, can you imagine anyone swallowing such large quantities of lipstick or handcream that it would have the slightest hope of killing them? As most vegans will be aware, there are a number of ethical alternatives to testing on animals. The Assisi Test, pioneered by the mail order company Cosmetics To Go, is one example. Although this project was originally developed using cell cultures from a mouse that had died in 1945, the test can also be done on human cell cultures, using non-animal serum and no other animal derivatives. Obviously this development is to be encouraged! Cosmetics can also be tested on human volunteers. And, let's face it, surely there is a sufficient variety of established products on the market that consumers don't need any further 'new, improved' — and animal tested — products with 'wonder' ingredients to choose from?

Being realistic, most vegan shoppers will realize that just about any cosmetic ingredient will have been tested on animals by someone, somewhere, at sometime Being realistic, most vegan shoppers will realize that just about any cosmetic ingredient will have been tested on animals by someone, somewhere, at sometime. Nevertheless, you can exercise your consumer choice by supporting only those companies that don't perpetuate the situation, and who practise meaningful 'cruelty-free' policies now.

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As if animal testing wasn't bad enough, vegan shoppers will also want to know just what is in products they may be considering buying! The fact that a company is 'cruelty free' doesn't necessarily mean that its ingredients list isn't something to be alarmed-by — and products may contain anything from lanolin or beeswax to slaughterhouse byproducts such as tallow and collagen — a protein found in skin fibre which turns up in moisturizers and hair conditioners. Other 'nasties' used by the cosmetics industry include reticulin, glycerine, stearic acid and elastin — all slaughterhouse by-products; cochineal (from crushed beetles) in some mascaras and blushers; shellac, a glue secreted by insects that is used in hair spray; squalene, from shark liver oil; keratin; chitin (from crab shells, used as a thickener in shampoos and conditioners) and silk. Prized (and expensive) fixatives in

So, how do you ensure that the product you are buying is entirely animal-free? Although changes are proposed by the European Commission, cosmetics manufacturers do not, as yet, have to label what goes into their products. Just as well for them perhaps — if we could see how some products not only contain horrible things but have ingredients costing less than their packaging we probably wouldn't buy them! In the meantime it is wise to shop with reputable companies, such as those listed in

Some products not only contain horrible things but have ingredients costing less than their packaging perfume include not only ambergris and civet (which may come from arymals cruelly held in captivity as well as dead animals), but also musk and castoreum (from beavers). It's a list that makes pretty horrific reading. Thankfully, some products are now being developed that replace animal ingredients with plant or synthetic ones. Glycerine, squalene, and stearic acids can all be derived from vegetable sources. Jojoba oil is a plant extract that can replace the oil produced by sperm whales. And something akin to musk is now available with no traces of animal lurking deep within the bottle!

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remaining aware that product formulation can change — for better or worse. Check the ingredients of any product you want to buy in The Body Shop in their 'Product Information Manual' - a ' V ' should be clearly marked on the page of any product suitable for vegans. And send for the BUAV's 'Approved Product Guide'. It contains a comprehensive list of cosmetics produced 'cruelty-free' and includes a separate list of vegan products. It is a list that continues to grow as companies become more aware of consumer needs. And be aware that some companies — such as Beauty Without Cruelty — have changed some product f o r m u l a t i o n s from vegetarian to vegan — their mascaras and eye liners are but two examples. At the end of the day, let's face it, most of us are going to use cosmetics and wear a little make-up. It's fun, it's human nature, and a little vanity dosn't have to do anyone — or any animal — any harm. It doesn't have to be — as Elizabeth Arden was once quoted as saying — "the nastiest business in the world". Consumer choice has already made a substantial difference to the cosmetics market — and hopefully will continue to do so.

CALLING AUTHORS & ARTISTS The Editor invites authors, artists and cartoonists to submit material for possible publication in The Vegan. Negotiable fees payable for work of suitable quality. Please write to:

The Editor, The Vegan, 7 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN37 7AA. MSS or other original work submitted to be accompanied by an SAE.

CONTACTS NEWS There are now 21 Local Contacts, so why not get in touch with one in your area? If there isn't a local vegan group and you would like to help establish one then please contact me at: The Vegan Society, 7 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN377A A.

Vegan Society Local Contacts

Martyn Allen, Ipswich Contact, will be running a stall at the FOE Environmental Fayre, Ipswich Town Hall, 21 September. If anyone would like to meet him or assist, he would be pleased to meet them on the day. CAAR (Cleveland) holds regular vegan taste-ins — another is planned for the Hartlepool area in the autumn. Carl Turner (known formerly as Clive Forest)

Local Contacts Co-ordinator

Dietary scales were reviewed e a r l y this y e a r and are now in force, but unfortunately there is little i m p r o v e m e n t f o r vegans. A l t h o u g h t h e r e has been an i n c r e a s e f r o m 5 to 7 p i e c e s of f r e s h f r u i t p e r w e e k , this is restricted by a 70p price limit. This restricts the variety of fruit supplied and more often than not the w e e k l y a l l o w a n c e consists s o l e l y of a p p l e s — o r a n g e s , grapefruits and bananas being a rare luxury. (A copy of the new Vegan Dietary Scale is available in exchange for an SAE.)

Prison Eye Prison Liaison Officer Sandra Battram continues to monitor the treatment of vegans in the penal system

Advice It is perhaps not surprising that the limited nature of the Vegan Dietary Scale causes many Catering Officers to be less than enthusiastic about preparing vegan meals. Recently 1 was invited to visit HMP The Mount to o f f e r suggestions and advice. J u d g i n g by t h e q u a l i t y of the q u e s t i o n s I d e a l t w i t h , the G o v e r n o r and S e n i o r C a t e r i n g Officer are genuinely concerned to i m p r o v e ' t h e i r ' v e g a n s ' lot, m a k i n g the visit very worthw h i l e . I w a s e v e n a l l o w e d to leave some chocolate bars

for the vegan inmates! Sadly, I continue to receive a large number of food complaints f r o m p r i s o n e r s . A n u m b e r of Vegan Society prisoner members are considering taking their complaints further but it is difficult to p r o v e that the relevant prison regulation — "The food provided shall be wholesome, nutritious, well prepared and served, reasonably v a r i e d and s u f f i c i e n t in q u a n t i t y " — has not been adhered to. It should be noted also that complaining prisoners

could suffer withdrawal of socalled 'privileges'.

2 If an inmate elects to become a vegan during the course of his sentence, the Governor, provided that he is satisfied that the inmate's grounds for requesting are genuine, should authorize a vegan diet; 3 The Governor should exercise his discretion and remove an inmate f r o m his vegan diet if there is evidence that he has been abusing his diet by taking nonvegan foods. A revised Vegan Society Prison Information booklet is now available, free of charge to prisoners and 50p plus an SAE to others. The following animal rights prisoners would welcome your letters: •

Rule Book Fortunately, the n u m b e r of requests for Vegan Society membership in order to guarantee vegan meals has diminished — due, no doubt, to Prison Manual V, Volume 4 Part J (1)111: 1 The Governor should authorize a vegan diet if an inmate declares himself to be a vegan on reception into prison;

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GRAND CRUELTY-FREE DRAW 1991 THE WINNERS

NATIONAL M A R C H & DEMONSTRATION A G A I N S T THE

FUR TRADE

1st Prize (£1.000) Susanna Brown, Surrey

2nd Prize (£250) Sally Binns, Leeds

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3rd Prize (£100) Tracy Gascoyne, London

(generously returned her prize) Consolation Prizes (£10) M r Robson, W R & M J Palethorpe, Edward O w e n , Val Hubert, D A Evans, E N e w b y , Jake Wilson, Jean Bates, R Barbet, Paul Albert

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Assemble Northbridge Leisure Centre Car Park, Halifax town centre at 1pm, for a march through the city centre, followed by a rally outside Ovenden Wood fur farm. For more information send an SAE. Please send a donation to help our campaign. Animal Protection Foundation, PO Box 168, Cardiff CF5 5YH.

£62.25 £37.35 £24.90

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If you enjoy a bit of a flutter why not help the Vegan Society at the same time? Each month, three cash prizes will be drawn comprising 50% of that month's pool. The monthly stake is just £1.50 and you can enter as many times as you wish! On the last working day of each month, the winning entries will be drawn. Just complete the application form below and enclose your remittance for 3, 6 or 12 months as required. Don't worry about forgetting to renew — you will be reminded in good time! All results will be published in The Vegan.

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I enclose cheque/PO payable to 'The Vegan Society' for £ 3 MONTHS (£4.50 per stake) 6 MONTHS (£9.00 per stake) 12 MONTHS (£18.00 per stake) Return to: Club Draw Organizer, The Vegan Society, 7 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN37 7AA. This form may be photocopied

Calves are taken from their mothers at a few days old

Nature formulated cow's milk for calves not humans

20% of the dairy herd is slaughtered due to infertility, disease or poor yield

One third of cows suffer from mastitis; one quarter lameness

Calves are exported to continental veal crates

50% of all adults lack the enzyme necessary to digest milk properly

MP Milk is a high fat fluid containing cholesterol, saturates, and traces of antibiotics and pesticides

Cows are culled at one quarter of their natural lifespan

80% of beef is a by-product of the dairy industry

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cology, conservation, and environment make up a trio of currently used, but commonly misunderstood and often misapplied words. If you have a relationship with your garden — through gardening — it is essential that some understanding of the terms is held. Firstly, environment — essentially it means surroundings, and for present purposes, this is the immediate surroundings of us, in the shape of our gardens. Regularly, through the

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garden, inhabitants pass into the wider environment of the British countryside, and indeed, the world at large. Secondly, conservation — conservation is the act of 'keeping entire' or 'preserving'. Its popular usage is associated with 'leaving alone' or 'caring for', depending on your school of thought. Only the latter can have relevance to gardening, as a garden left alone will cease to be what we understand by a garden, and become a wilderness. As a

garden is d y n a m i c and everc h a n g i n g it cannot be kept 'entire' or 'preserved'. It may be possible to preserve individual components of the garden, but in its entirety it is never static. So, thirdly, ecology — this is really the central theme for our ever-moving, evolving garden. The word itself derives from the Greek oikos meaning 'house'. It is part of the same root as economy which implies the study of the way that household a f f a i r s are managed, be they human, f i n a n c i a l , plant or animal. If you stretch your understanding of the h o u s e j o include the place where any organism lives, this will help you form a definition. Ecology is the study then of species, species interaction, their distributions and, of course, the ecology of their interactions and distributions — a complex and multi-facetted study. Thus we cannot judge the behaviour of plants by reference to the activities of one species alone — this includes Man also. Most books associated with ecology tend to concentrate on a range of habitats in which plants and animals live, except those most influenced by Man — the garden. It may be true that the garden has been considered unworthy of study as it has been shaped by its owner. If so, this is a sad oversight as any gardener knows he is not the sole master of this habitat — limitations are placed in terms of choice of plants, where to sow, and what to sow, how to plant them and where to plant them. There is also a dependency on wind, sun, rain, soil, atmosphere and organisms that populate the area. The garden is one of the most complex habitats and yet one to which the most basic principles of ecology have seldom been applied. The chain reaction of events that take place when we impose our will on a habitat disturbs what we popularly call "the balance of nature". Dramatically, ecologically, the balance is multi-directional. Place a new organism into a stable environment and the existing population of organisms and the environment itself will react to it. The scale of reaction will be dependent on many factors. Release one wood mouse into the garden and the consequences will be small. Introduce an elephant and they could be catastrophic. Provided the elephant doesn't take up residence, the plant life will regenerate in time and recover — an important feature for ecologists to study. Thus, forewarned about the multiplicity of our habitats we are more effectively prepared for appropriately managing it.

Golden Rules for the Ecological Garden 1 Go Native Grow some native species. For small g a r d e n s c o n s i d e r their c u l t i v a r s . The g r e a t e r your range of plants the greater the diversity of your insect species. Hawthorn can produce food for 150 different species of insect, and willow another d i f f e r e n t 100 species. Subjects like laurel and lilac which rarely provide food for insect larvae, act as a 'service station' to supply seed and/or nectar. 2 A Load Of Old-Rot! Allow room f o r decay — it creates another habitat. Many gardens are too tidy — whilst gardening is superb therapy, we could better direct our efforts. By all means clear away ' r u b b i s h ' e.g. fallen leaves, grass cuttings etc. but save it for the compost or place it under the hedge to act as a food mulch and another habitat. Creep out at night with a torch to observe the wealth of the new habitat you've created! 3 Cut The Cocktails Try to say no to chemical cocktails. Remember that plants and animals are at the bottom of the food chain and are thus very vulnerable. Chemical application d e v a l u e s the f r a g i l e balance. Chemical free gardens rarely suffer from 'epidemics'. Create habitats f o r natural predators. Plant A f r i c a n Marigolds around the veg. patch to attract h o v e r f l i e s which attack caterpillars that otherwise consume your Brassicas. 4 'X'-Rated! Provide breeding sites for the many species in the g a r d e n . Important habitats for breeding species include: Native plants — eggs, larvae, invertabrates; D e c a y i n g litter — larvae; Rotting timber — boring beetle, wood wasp, grubs, fungi; Holes in timber — woodmice, spiders, nests (robin, wren); Hedgerows — songbirds, small mammals. To name but a few. 5 Mix Your Habitats! Design the garden to create a range of habitat types. This can be a real t r i u m p h in garden d e s i g n , as has been seen recently at the major horticultural shows. An ecologically designed garden will increase the species d i v e r s i t y and improve the e q u i l i b r i u m of activity. 6 Put Pen To Paper! Keep notes or a diary of your g a r d e n . R e c o r d the species p r e s e n t and e s t i m a t e the number. Become a garden ecologist.'

BEING A GLUTEN- I FREE VEGAN: MORE THAN JUST SURVIVAL! We know you're out there! Sara Hollwey offers some advice . . .

n recent years, food allergies have taken on the magnitude of a modem epidemic. "We are what we eat" is being held as gospel, ignoring the fact that some people follow extremely healthy diets and yet are ill, while others live on junk food and are irritatingly well. Diet is much more than eating, and most vegans have selected their food with a view not simply to health but also motivated by wider moral concerns. Attitudes towards food undoubtedly influence our health and this exclusive search for 'culprit' foods which make us ill ignore a range of other contributory causes of disease. Nonetheless, we cannot ignore the fact that certain food, no matter how nutritious to the majority, is poison to the unfortunate few. These food intolerances can cause skin conditions, respiratory problems, migraines, hyperactivity and digestive disorders among other things. Common foods are dairy products and gluten, and it is the latter that can be devastating news to the vegan. Picture the scene. You have made a decision to eschew all animal products such as meat, fish, eggs and dairy products and are living predominantly on cereals, grains, fruit and vegetables. Instead of feeling well, you start suffering from migraines, stomach pains or sinus, and discover to your horror that you are allergic to gluten, the protein in wheat, rye, barley and oats. In children, gluten intolerance is known as coeliac's disease and prevents the proper digestion of food, leading to weight loss, diarrhoea and vitamin deficiencies. However, it is now suspected that many other illnesses, such as irritable bowel syndrome and myalgic encephalopathy (ME) may also be related to gluten, such that even small amounts can exacerbate problems. So what can you do? It need not rule out being a vegan but you will have to take more care to ensure a nutritionally adequate diet, seeking medical supervision if possible. Systematically go through the steps in setting up a special diet as outlined below; it prevents unnecessary hardships later on in the process.

The Setting-Up Stages â&#x20AC;˘ Keep a food diary, noting what you eat, when, and assess the severity of the symptoms on a scale of 1 to 10. Even if you are sure that you are allergic to gluten, you need to check if any other foods are involved.

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about in your health if these are indeed responsible. Gradually reintroduce each product one by one and note the effects. â&#x20AC;˘ Be careful to test each flour on its own. Some people cannot take wheat but can tolerate oats, barley and rye which have lower gluten contents.

Coping Having clearly identified the food to which you are allergic, it now remains to stock your larder with a range of alternatives. There are several glutenfree flours which can replace wheat, oats and other forbidden ingredients: Sago Bland tasting but good for milk puddings and can be mixed with other flours for baking. Brown

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BAKING POWDER 4 oz (115g) rice flour 2 oz (55g) bicarbonate of soda 2 oz (55g) tartaric acid Mix the ingredients together and sieve several times. Store in a screwtop jar. Put your baking ingredients on a special shelf so that they are readily available. You may also need to buy gluten-free tomato sauce, tamari and mustard and these are readliy available in many stores. A simple recipe is provided below for those feeling more adventurous. All of the fruits, vegetables, pulses, oils and nuts are gluten-

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free so you can use ordinary vegan recipe books for those foods.

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SALAD DRESSING 1 level tablespoon soya flour 2 tablespoons vinegar 4 tablespoons oil 2 level tablespoons brown sugar '/ 2 level teaspoon salt teaspoon mustard Mix well together and store in the refridgerator. Shake well before using.

TOMATOSAUCE 1 oz (30g) vegan margarine 1 oz (30g) brown rice flour 1 pint (600ml) tomato juice V 4 pint (150ml) water Tobasco Sauce (optional) salt and pepper Melt the margarine in a saucepan, add the rice flour and stir over a low heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Add tomato juice and water. Whisk as liquid comes to the boil and thickens very slightly. Add seasoning and a few drops of Tobasco Sauce to taste.

TAHINI 4 oz (115g) sesame seeds 2 tablespoons sunflower oil salt Toast the seeds for 15 minutes. Blend with the oil until smooth. Variations: substitute sunflower seeds, peanuts, almonds, walnuts or cashews for the seeds. Once you get used to the new diet you will begin to wonder why you dreaded it so much! To get you started, here are a few specific recipes that traditionally use many of the gluten flours and cereals. The substitutes are just as tasty and often more so.

Breakfast If you are a porridge fanatic, d o n ' t despair.

Stir the rice f l a k e s and the water together and simmer for 5 minutes until the porridge thickens.

GLUTEN-FREE MUESLI 4 oz (115g) brown rice flakes 2 oz (55g) millet flakes 1 oz (30g) sunflower seeds 4 oz (115g) mixed dried fruit or chopped fresh fruit 1 oz (30g) nuts (almonds, hazlenuts, coconut) Mix together and store in an air-tight container.

Baking If you have mastered breakfast, baking is the next step to ensure that you don't miss out on breads, pastries and biscuits.

SHORT-CRUST PAS JRY 7 oz (200g) cornflour or sago flour 3*/ 2 oz (lOOg) hard vegan margarine pinch salt Sift together the flour and salt. Rub in the fat until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add sufficient water to mix it until a firm dough is f o r m e d . Chill for at least 20 m i n u t e s b e f o r e rolling out and use as required. For a sweet short-crust pastry add 3 oz (85g) finely grated apple and one teaspoon of sugar before mixing in the water.

SODABREAD 2 oz(55g)soya flour 10 oz (280g) brown rice flakes V 2 teaspoon salt 3 / 4 teaspoon cream of tartar teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 tablespoon sunflower oil 9 fl oz (275ml) soya milk Put the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix in the oil and soya milk to form a soft dough. Form into a round shape and place on a greased tray. Bake for 40-45 minutes.

SOYA AND RICE BREAD RICE PORRIDGE 2 heaped tablespoons rice flakes V 2 pint (300ml) water or soya milk salt or sugar to taste oz (15g) ground almonds (optional)

V 4 oz (8g) dried yeast 1 teaspoon raw cane sugar 5 fl oz (150ml) tepid water 10 oz (280g) brown rice flour 2 oz (55g) soya flour V 2 teaspoon salt 23

Preheat the oven to 200 째C/400 째F (Gas mark 6). Mix the yeast, sugar and water together and leave to froth in a warm place. Sift the rice flours, soya flour and salt together, adding the yeast mixture when ready. Stir to make a smooth stiff batter, adding extra water as needed. Pour into a greased 1 lb (455g) loaf tin and leave to rise in a warm place. Bake for 30-40 minutes.

MILLET FLAPJACKS 4 oz (115g) vegan margarine 2 oz (55g) light brown sugar 2 tablesoons golden syrup 8 oz (225g) millet flakes

CAROB CRUNCH CRISPS (A favourite with the children!) 4 oz (115g) vegan margarine 2 tablespoons golden syrup 1 oz (3>0g) carob powder 8 oz (225g) Jordans or Quaker 'Rice Puffs' 4 oz (115g) raisins Place the margarine in a saucepan and melt with the golden syrup. Add a little of the mixture to the carob powder to form a smooth paste and then return the paste to the saucepan, blending in well. Add the 'Rice Puffs' and stir in evenly until coated. Divide between 20 paper sweet cases. Chill until set.

RICECUSTARD Preheat the oven to 180 째C/350 째F (Gas mark 4). Heat the margarine, sugar and syrup over a gentle heat until melted. Add the millet f l a k e s , mixing thoroughly. Grease an 8" (20 cm) square s a n d w i c h tin. S p o o n in the millet mixture and spread flat with a palette k n i f e . B a k e f o r 30 m i n u t e s or until evenly golden brown. Mark out into portions and allow to cool before removing from the tin. Store in an airtight tin.

1 pint (600ml) soya milk or water 1 vanilla pod 2 oz (55g) pudding rice l V j oz (45g) vegan margarine Raw cane sugar to taste Heat the soya milk with the vanilla pod and allow to cool. Remove the pod and add the rice to the milk, bring to the boil and reduce the heat to simmer. Stir frequently and add extra soya milk or water

if necessary. Sweeten to taste with raw cane sugar, add the margarine and blend until smooth. Serve hot or cold.

CREAMY TOPPING 1 oz (30g) cornflour '/ 2 pint (300ml) soya milk 2 oz (55g) vegan margarine 1 oz (30g) icing sugar Blend the cornflour with a little of the milk. Heat the remaining soya milk in a saucepan and pour on to the blended cornflour. Mix well and return to the pan. Bring to the boil and simmer for one minute. Allow to cool, stirring occasionally. Blend the margarine until soft and gradually work in the icing sugar. Add the milk, a little at a time, beating vigorously to produce a smooth consistency. As you can see, the possibilities are endless, once you are familiar with the basic ingredients. Indeed, you will probably find yourself cooking for the whole family, as gluten-free vegan dishes are as tasty as they are nutritious, and as easy to prepare as their nongluten-free counterparts. Bon appetit!

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SATURDAY OC o Id 10 15am Assemble at Caborns Corner, Spital Hill, March sets off at 11am prompt March through city centre - Rally at City Hall steps. Afternoon: Cruelty-Free Exhibition with Speakers, Stalls, Videos, Food. Evening: Benefit gig. Organised by the National Anti-Vivisection Society (Sheffield Group) For further information contact: (0742) 610351 or (0709) 524616 This cat was photographed in a Sheffield University laboratory in 1982. She's long dead, her body probably burned after they'd Finished the experiment But every year other animals follow her. Isnt It time it stopped? 24

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public and do cause many to start thinking for themselves and this is an achievement in itself! Although veganism is not preached in these campaigns, some of them are conducted by vegans who see this work as means of alleviating animal suffering in the knowledge that Utopia cannot be achieved overnight, and not everyone can be converted to veganism overnight. I accept, as Peter Norris implies, that to become vegan is reaching the pinnacle of the ladder, but every encouragement should be given to those other animal welfare societies who influence folk to gradually start climbing the ladder. • Arthur Ling, Vegan Society President

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Step 1 Peter Norris has written a neat condemnation of the British political system ('Postbag', The Vegan, Summer 1991). Of course it is appalling that the Parliamentary machine is geared to stop Private Member's Bills ever becoming law. But to condemn CIWF for campaigning for Sir Richard Body's Pig Husbandry Bill reveals total ignorance of our objective, which is to stop animals suffering. Sir Richard Body's Bill has now forced the Government's hand and by 1999 no more sows will spend their repeated pregnancies incarcerated in their concrete and metal prisons, unable to turn around for months on end. Peter Norris can never have seen sows kept in this notorious system or he could not dismiss its demise as a "minor improvement in the welfare of some farm animals". How dare he consider condemning just one sow to a life of hell? Our campaign has now succeeded in liberating 450,000 sows from this miserable method of confinement. Truly, that is money well spent. Of course education is vital — that is why CIWF's educational wing the Athene Trust is working away trying to spread The Vegan, Autumn 1991

the message of non-animalexploitative living. At the end of the day each one of us has to change radically so that we can live in harmony with all beings on the earth (including humans). But as long as the law and the political system (corrupt though it may be) can be used to alleviate animal suffering, then CIWF will continue to do so. Utopia is still distant, but worth working towards. Each legal victory — be it bans on veal crates or sow stalls — is another nail in the coffin of agribusiness — another step on the way. • Joyce D'Silva, Director, Compassion in World Farming

Step 2 I was concerned to read the letter from Peter Norris criticizing CIWF, RSPCA, BUAV and Lynx by implying they are wasting their supporters' money and frittering away their resources in undertaking campaigns which do not appear (to him) to achieve very much. Whether or not these campaigns influence many MPs/MEPs is surely not the point. By the publicity they generate they do cause the man in the street to become aware of animal cruelties. These campaigns educate and enlighten the

The letter by Peter Norris in the Summer '91 Vegan raised some interesting points that surely deserve much greater debate if people are serious about acheiving animal liberation. If the population desires animal rights then it may be possible over many years, and using considerable resources, to gain peacemeal 'rights' for animals via Parliament — e.g. the right of sows not to be harnessed. Of course this right can always be taken away again as economic or political climates dictate. If people believe that this sort of campaigning is satisfactory then so be it, but the organizations involved should be honest about their objectives, giving details about the amount of money and the length of time they anticipate any particular project will take to reach fruition, as does any other business. • Jackie Wilson, Berkshire

Speechless To try and damn those in the animal rights movement it is often stated that Hitler was a vegetarian and/or an an anti-vivisectionist. Both myths, but they make good copy for those prejudiced against the animal movement. I was therefore left speechless when' I saw the "Hitler was a vegetarian" reference in 'Media Monitoring' (The Vegan, Summer 1991). To put the record straight, according to Hitler's housekeeper he only gave up his "favourite food" — meat — (other than liver dumplings) for a while after his niece's suicide. He was also injected with pul-

verized bull testicles. Practises unacceptable to any vegetarian I've ever met! As to the anti-vivisection claim, Hitler was very happy indeed to use humans for vivisection and had many scientists willing to commit this heinous crime on Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and children. The very same vivisectors who had, up to Hitler's Third Reich, been using animals. • Sara Starkey, London

Confusing In the Summer 1991 Vegan Tim Key states: "For vegans, I believe that it is worth repeating the advice that a supplement of B 1 2 is necessary." In the same issue, Annie Brosnan in 'Shoparound' states: "A wellbalanced vegan diet shouldn't require supplementation." As Tim Key also says: "the only thing that rapidly becomes clear is that nutritional advice can be confusing and contradictory."! • Sheila Sheppard, West Sussex Ed. Confusion arises over the definition of 'supplementation'. Most of us visualize pills or potions; whereas, strictly speaking, the fortified element of foodstuffs should also be included.

Dilemma? I was wondering — can you call yourself a vegan and yet smoke? At this very moment experiments are being carried out on animals to determine the effects of tobacco on human health. We can safely assume that as long as the demand for cigarettes and the tobacco industry exist the torture of animals will continue. Or should I not be imposing moral judgements on others? After all, is it not their choice whether or not they pollute their world, their own bodies and those of other people and animals? — just like, I suppose, it is the choice of some people to eat m e a t . . . • Mary, Manchester Ed. For the avoidance of doubt, the only 'condition' for full— i.e. practising vegan — membership of the Society is adherence to a vegan diet. IMPORTANT Owing to production difficulties the deadline for the receipt of 'Postbag' letters and contributions for the Winter 1991 Vegan is Tuesday 1 October.

Reviews SIMPLY VEGAN QUICK VEGETARIAN MEALS

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Simply Vegan - Quick Vegetarian Meals Debra Wasserman & Reed Mangels Vegetarian Resource Group (US) $12 Pbk, 244pp* The author says in her 'Foreword' that this is more than a cookbook, and it certainly is. It's a comprehensive guide to easy vegan living which includes splendid recipes, an easy-tounderstand section on vegan nutrition, and lists of American companies providing ethicallyacceptable foods, cosmetics, household goods and clothing. For British readers the companies — being American — aren't of great interest; the two main attractions are the recipes and the nutrition chapters. The former are grouped into drinks, breakfasts, sandwiches and snacks, salads, soups, side dishes, main dishes, soya products and desserts. The dishes are quick to prepare and cook, imaginative and very tasty. A useful and fascinating feature is the nutritional info, provided for every recipe: calorie count and amounts of protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, iron, sodium and fibre. Quite a few of the dishes contain nutritional yeast flakes (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), which are becoming more widely available now in British health food shops. Nutritional yeast can sometimes be used by people sensitive to other forms of yeast; as well as having a mildly cheesy flavour it's a good source of vitamin B] 2 . Some sample daily menus — breakfast, lunch and dinner — are analyzed nutritionally in even more detail, showing how easy it

is to obtain many necessary nutrients, and the top 15 recipes for calcium, vitamin C and iron are listed for selection at a glance. The second section is an up-to-date discussion of different nutrients, our requirements and how they can be met by vegan diets, with detailed advice for pregnancy, lactation and feeding vegan children. The information is extensive and very readable. Simply Vegan will reassure nervous vegans and would-be vegans; assist dieters and others who have particular requirements such as a low-fat or low-salt diet; and is ideal for people short of time. And if you just like trying new recipes, eating, or reading about eating, this is a great book. • Gill Langley * Available from the Vegetarian Resource Group, PO Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203 USA for $12 + $150 (surface) or $4.00 airmail

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Factory Farming Andrew Johnson Blackwell Publishers £19.95 Hdbk, 272 pp Andrew Johnson does not dwell on the terrible cruelties inflicted on animals and fishes by factory farming. But there is no doubt that he intends the book to persuade people to avoid factory farmed animals and fishes. It is at least a move in the right direction. He tells us that increasingly factory farming functions as an instrument for profit by transnational corporations. It is of concern to know that one of the perpetrators of the abhorrent practice is actually a member of

the Tory's Farm Animal Welfare Council. In 1987 there were some 250 MPs with "links with 'unhealthy' food businesses", and we can assume there are still. Factory farming has changed from being "labour-intensive to capital-intensive". Little Boy Blue has been replaced by the electric fence. Capital must have growth at any cost; that cost being the .suffering of the animals, and despoilation of the environment, and the planet, too. "Deforestation contributes carbon dioxide to the extent of about 20% of the total greenhouse gases . . . and agriculturally produced methane has almost as much effect." Actually, concern about methane is growing, as it has after-effects in the atmosphere. As well as that, there is the unnatural amount of waste which is created. Its disposal has overwhelming problems which remain unresolved. The result is airborne pollution, as well as land contamination from chemical foodstuff additives, fertilizers, and antibiotics. The common misapprehension that because fishes are cold blooded they do not suffer, is here dispelled: "fish are capable of experiencing both pain and fear." Factory farmed fishes also produce waste; its content and concentration i s threatening to poison our rivers, wild fish and ourselves. "Nearly 40% of trout farms are situated upstream of drinking water supply intakes." As for salmon farms, "pollution by deoxygenation from a single fish farm containing 200 tonnes of salmon is equivalent to the discharge of 10,000 gallons per hour of untreated domestic sewage." The result of embracing Descartes so keenly is why animals are regarded as being no more than insensate machines, and now treated as such by machines. They are also routinely injected with antibiotics, antibacterials, anabolics, tranquilizers, parasiticides and other chemicals, and they ingest chemicals as well. People's growing dependence on doctors and hospital services is explained. The disturbing question arises, Are the factory farmers in league with the chemical companies, each bolstering the other, as part of the same financial conglomerate? This book suggests they are. Certainly this book would have put me off eating any more animals or fishes finally. It might

suggest that a significant proportion of mainstream animal eaters who read it may react likewise. Thus further increasing the percentage of the population which now eschews animals and fishes. Since 1988, 3% has grown to 7%! • Rodney Aitchtey

Why Animal Experiments Must Stop: and How You Can Help to Stop Them Vernon Coleman Green Print £4.99 Pbk, H i p p This is the latest rendition from the stalwart animal rights campaigner, Vemon Coleman, probably the most prolific of writers covering animal experimentation. In his book Dr Coleman takes us step by step through the quagmire of fallacious justifications that are used by scientists in defence of their work. He competently diffuses them one by one, and in doing so adds to the armoury of the reader. His citations of various experiments are good ones, though disappointing is the omission of those of a more contentious nature. For the seasoned animal welfarist this book fails to break new ground, but is essential reading as a foundation for all those those just appreciating the iniquities of animal experimentation. One by one in six short punchy chapters he unflinchingly addresses the most contentious issues via a cogent assimilation of facts addressing all aspects of concern ranging from the ethical moral justifications through to exposing the myths perpetrated by the scientific community. • This is a very good basic

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handbook for the campaigner embarking on the road against vivisection, and one priced very reasonably at £4.99. Buy it.

• Fiona McLaren

ABUNDANT LIVING

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Abundant Living in the Coming Age of the Tree Kathleen Jannaway MCL Second edition £1.80 (p&p inch), 40pp* If you want more facts per acre and more spiritual and intellectual nourishment per kilo than any other publication about trees, this revised and expanded edition of Abundant Living will give you plenty to chew on for a long while. Comprehensively yet simply — with diagrams, tables, charts and footnotes providing amplification where necessary — Kathleen Jannaway has performed the invaluable task of bringing data together from researchers all over the world to within a single set of covers. She describes a tree-based culture and economy upon which our survival might flourish. Trees provide not just a wide variety of food, firewood and a way of storing carbon — but a whole range of medicines and chemicals, rayons and fibres, liquid fuel and electricity. The benefits of trees are discussed in relation to preventing and arresting soil erosion and desertification; their affect on rainfall; how massive replanting schemes could counteract global wanning. In short, Kathleen demonstrates that by growing enough trees of the right varieties we can satisfy nearly every human need, and simultaneously do much to restore and maintain planetary health. She foresees the abundance of a tree-based culture as a

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means of encouraging the end of the "second population explosion" of exploited farm animals — and the beauty and dignity of trees replacing the squalor of the stall and the degradation of the slaughterhouse. In a world where minerals and fossil-fuels are fast disappearing, the advantages of trees as an infinitely renewable raw material should be obvious. Kathleen acknowledges that the vast majority of people are oblivious to these advantages — but she still has reason to hope. With the help of the Mahatma, Tolstoy, Lao Tse and others she gives us hope too, the leap into light is possible providing we can all generate enough positive energy. Abundant Living is the most significantly positive influence I've encountered in a long time. If only half the people read it who should do, a lot of good will come about. • Ron Birch * Available from: Movement for Compassionate Living, 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8NQ

right from the start. A still of a grotesquely distended cow's udder is soon followed by a profound truth: "One of the easiest and most important things anyone can do for animal liberation is to become vegan." Well said. The Movie is principally a compilation of footage of raids on, and inspections of factory farms, vivisection laboratories and associated breeding centres — together with informative narration; a nod to economic sabotage; and powerful, near-addictive music, which serves to instill haunting images and to heighten the viewers sense of inspiration and identification with both the action and underlying concept. A good deal of the material was obtained within the last 18 months. Seemingly ultra cool activists use a variety of methods to enter animal abuse establishments and rescue poultry, cats, beagles, doves, rabbits, guinea pigs, goats, mice and a monkey. The odd shocking find is thrown in — including the discovery of a decomposed monkey head. Oxford University and Boots are singled out for special attention and exposure. Myths, including: animal res,cuers are long-standing 'professionals', animals are released into the wild, or rescued lab. animals die when removed from sterile conditions, are debunked. There are, as far as I can judge, just two oddities. The animal rights theme is interrupted briefly as a conservation mentality is, inexplicably, allowed precedence:

" Endangered species should be kept in sanctuaries as close to their native habitat as possible." Secondly, no verbal reference is made to the Animal Liberation Front — despite the name being used at the time some of the raids were executed. A tactical ploy? The Movie radiates positivity and few individuals will fail to be moved by it, making it ideal — providing supporting literature is made available — for public showing. Though careful not to advocate illegal activity it could well cause many animal protectors to move in this direction. A morale booster (I should imagine) for those already involved. • Richard Farhall * Available from Animaliberation, PO Box 87, Rochdale, Lanes OL16 1AA.

Reviewers Rodney Aitchtey is writing a book for 8 - 1 2 year olds about classical figures' vegetarianism Ron Birch is Co-ordinator of the International Peace Forest, a vegan and tree activist Richard Farhall is Vegan Society General Secretary Gill Langley is a freelance scientific consultant and author of Vegan Nutrition Fiona McLaren is an environmental and animal welfare writer, and is Advocates for Animals Campaigns/ Information Officer

Animal Liberation — The Movie Animaliberation VHS video Approx. 20 mins £8.00 (p&p incl.)* Despite the spoof title there is nothing of amusement here — except perhaps the absurd spectacle of Santa Claus rescuing rabbits and a particularly stubborn laboratory door getting the better of a flagging activist and his (? — most of the 'stars' are masked-up) trusty sledgehammer. It's good to see a vegan angle

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The Vegetarian Travel Guide 1991 Jane Bowler Well-presented home and abroad eating out and holiday/travelrelated information of value to vegans. £5.50

Research Robert Sharpe A detailed study demonstrating both the barbarism and scientific invalidity of vivisection. £7.99

Fettered Kingdoms

The Cruel Deception: The Use of Animals in Medical

John Bryant Second edition of one individual's animal rights philosophy with infamous critique of pet-keeping and controversial rewritten Epilogue. £4.90

PUBLICATIONS

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Animals and Cruelty and Law

Background Reading

TRAVEL GUIDE I 991

Prices exclude postage and packing (see Order Form for rates). Items marked [VS] are published by, or in association with, the Vegan Society. Ail titles are paperback, unless otherwise indicated. Orders are processed within just five days of receipt (subject to stock availability).

Animal Rights

VEGETARIAN

Why Vegan? Kath Clements A mass of facts and figures ably presented in a simple and straightforward exposition of the case for veganism. £3.95

Food for a Future

The Sexual Politics of Meat Carol Adams An innovative approach to violence against animals and women. £8.95

FOOD FOR A FUTURE

Jon Wynne-Tyson A classic work, powerfully arguing the moral, economic, ecological, physiological and nutritional case for vegetarianism and veganism. Packed with information, statistics, literary quotations, nutritional and dietary data. £4.99

The Struggle for Animal Rights Prof. Tom Regan A leading philosopher lucidly puts the case for animal rights. Chapters on farm and laboratory animals, hunting, dissection, plus autobiographical sketch. £3.50

T h e Extended Circle: A Dictionary of Humane Thought (Ed.) Jon Wynne-Tyson. A new, updated collection of quotations concerning our treatment of non-human species. £6.99

Food: Need, Greed and Myopia Geoffrey Yates Review of the world food situation and land use, including the vegan alternative, with useful facts and figures. £3.95

Reference Guides [VS] T h e Animal-Free Shopper Richard Farhall, Richard Lucas & Amanda Rofe A shopping guide for those wishing to buy goods which are entirely free of animal ingredients and involve no animal testing. Includes product listing sections — Food, Drink, Toiletries & Cosmetics, Remedies & Supplements, Baby & Infant Care, Footwear & Clothing, Home & Office, Animal Care and Garden & Leisure; as well as information on animal substances and additives. £4.50 28

No^l Sweeney A practising barrister argues that in sanctioning animal cruelty English law fails to to recognize the quintessence of natural rights: justice and morality. £6.95

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The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery Maijorie Spiegel A penetrating study in picture and prose, loaded with shocking comparisons of human and animal slavery, of racism and speciesism. £3.95

Chicken & Egg;— Who Pays the Price? Clare Druce A constructive attack on the egg and poultry industry — examining birds' poor health, living conditions, drug industry activity and human health hazards. £3.99

Beyond the Bars (Eds.) Virginia McKenna, Will Travers & Jonathon Wray. Distinguished contributors discuss the immorality of keeping wild animals in captivity. £6.99

Voiceless Victims Rebecca Hall A wide-ranging examination of human abuse of animals. Chapters include: bloodsports, slaughter and farming, animals in entertainment, vivisection, and anthropocentnc conservation. £6.95

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Animal Liberation: A Graphic Guide

Vegan Nutrition: Pure and Simple

Lori Gruen, Peter Singer and David Hine. A powerfully illustrated introduction to the subject. £4.95

Michael Klaper MD An American physician demonstrates how sound vegan diets can satisfy all the body's needs and play a major role in the prevention and treatment of many degenerative diseases. Includes nutrient tables, meal plans and recipes.

Large format. £5.95

Pregnancy, Children and the Vegan Diet Michael Klaper MD A practical guide to ensuring health and balance throughout pregnancy and to raising healthy children on a 100% animal-free

diet. Includes nutrient tables, meal plans and recipes. Large format. £5.95

The Home Herbal Book Barbara Griggs A handbook of simple remedies. £4.99

Home and Garden Home Ecology

Cookbooks [VS] The Caring Cook: Cruelty-Free Cooking for Beginners

PREGNANCY, CHILDREN,

Janet Hunt A bargain-priced and easy-to-follow first vegan cookbook, written expressly for those new to crueltyfree living. Offers a comprehensive selection of everday and specialoccasion recipes, plus a mass of hints and tips. Durable, wipe-clean cover. £1.99

and the VEGAN DIET

Karen Christensen Packed with practical advice on how ecological principles can be applied in the home, enabling the individual to improve his/her environment and quality of life. £5.95

Veganic Gardening Kenneth Dalziel O'Brien A comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow guide to the subject by the system's greatest living exponent. £6.99

The Vegan The Single Vegan

(Quarterly.) Four issues.

Leah Leneman Tailored to the needs of vegans living either alone or in non-vegan households, this is a book to persuade you that it really is 'worth the bother' for one. £4.99

PROMOTIONAL GOODS

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Multi-Purpose Cards* Four multi-purpose blank cards and envelopes with original cartoons by regular contributor to Private Eye, Pete Donohue. Recycled card and envelopes. Black and red on white. £1.50 CI

The Vegan Cookbook Alan Wakeman and Gordon Baskerville 200 richly varied and carefully graded recipes, ranging from the quick and simple right through to the unashamedly gourmet. Complete with nutrition notes and checker. £4.99

Cooking with Sea Vegetables Peter and Montse Bradford A vegan macrobiotic guide to the culinary use of the 'harvest of the oceans'. £5.99

[VS] Vegan Cookery Eva Batt An updated [1985] and restyled edition of the first major cookbook ever published. More than 300 appetizing, nourishing and economical recipes, plus a wealth of practical advice and nutritional information. £3.99

Nutrition and Health tVS] Vegan Nutrition: A Survey of Research Gill Langley MA PhD The most comprehensive survey ever undertaken of scientific research on vegan diets. Ideal for nutritionists, researchers, dieticians, GPs, community health workers, vegans and would be vegans. Includes highlighted major points, easy-to-follow tables, chapter summaries and detailed index. £5.95 The Vegan, Autumn 1991

ORDER FORM After calculating the total sum owing, including postage and packing, send your cheque or postal order to: The Vegan Society (Merchandise), 7 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN37 7AA. Cheques/postal orders should be made payable to The Vegan Society Ltd. TOTAL COST OF ITEM(S) ORDERED £ POSTAGE & PACKING (See below) £ Inland: Total Cost of item(s) ordered £2.99 or less — add 35p; £3.00 to £3.99 — add 60p; £4.00 to £5.99 — add 75p; £6.00 to £9.99 — add £1; £10 to £20 — add £1.50; over £20 — free Eire and Overseas : Please increase total payment by a further 40% to cover additional surface rate postal charges. (NB Goods sent airmail by special arrangement only.) DONATION £ TOTAL PAYMENT* £ *Orders to be sent to Eire or overseas must be paid for by International Money Order or by Sterling cheque drawn on an English bank. I enclose a cheque/postal order for £ made payable to : The Vegan Society Ltd. Name (PLEASE PRINT) Address (PLEASE PRINT)

Writing Pad* Pad with 50 sheets A5 size woodland bond recycled paper, each printed with the Vegan Society's logo and summary of its work. Black and green on white. £2.25 W1 Poster* 'Blood Curdling' poster by Paul Evans. Recycled paper. Red, pink and green on black. 75p PI T-Shirts 'Free Zone'. As featured in The Independent. 100% cotton, XL, green on white. £5.95 T1 'All the Way'*. Rather daring, 100% cotton, XL. Orange, green and white on black. £7.50 T2 Q Cards Set of 10 postcards with telling quotes for animal rights. All different, assorted colours, recycled card. £1.50 C2

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Diary Dates 14 Sept Life Science Research March & Vigil, Occold, Nr. Eye, Suffolk. Meet 2pm Buckshom Lane Car Park, off Church St, Eye. Tel. 095381 587 or 0638 664150 (eves). (Fundraising) Tin collection in Redditch, Worcs. Tel: South Midlands Animal Aid 0527 73793. 21 Sept Bristol University AntiVivisection March. Meet 1pm Water Tower, Durdham Downs, Bristol. Organized by Bristol Animal Aid: 0272 776261. 29 Sept Walk for Laboratory Animals. Nationwide events. BUAV. Tel. 071 700 4888. 29 S e p t - 5 Oct Ele-Week. Fundraising for Ele-Friends. Tel: 0306 712091. 2 Oct Public meeting with speaker & stalls at the Golden Cross Hotel, High St, Bromsgrove, Worcs, 7.30pm. South Midlands Animal Aid 0527 73793 0905 771908. World Farm Animals Day. National Vegetarian Day. Contact: Vegetarian Society 061 928 0793 5 Oct National demonstration against the fur trade. Assemble Northbridge Leisure Centre Car Park, Halifax 1pm. March moves 1.30pm for Ovenden Wood Arctic fox farm. Details: Animal Protection Foundation 0222 569914. 6 Oct National Fun Run, Hyde Park, London. Contact:

12 Oct Sheffield University Anti-Vivisection March, Rally, Exhibition & Gig. Meet 10.15am 30

Caboms Comer, Spital Hill. Details: NAVS (Sheffield) 0742 610351/524616. Caring World Festival, Guildhall, Civic Centre, Southampton. llam-5pm. Info, stalls, talks, demos, food. Southampton Animal Concern. Tel: 0794 40425. 'Fund the NHS Not Animal Experiments' campaign conference, Holbom Library, Theobalds Rd, London WC1. Tel: Action for Animals 071 241 1362. 12-13 Oct Plamil/Honesty National Sports Weekend, Shipley Country Park, Derbys. Contact: Veggie/Vegan

14-20 Oct Sponsored Vegetarian Week. Contact: Animal Aid 0732 364546. 16 Oct World Food Day — World-wide Day of Action against McDonalds. Tel: London Greenpeace 071 837 7557. 19 Oct Vegan Society AGM, Westminster Room, Methodist Central Hall, Storey's Gate, Westminster, London SW1H 9NV, 1 pm. 20 Oct Sponsored Fun Run/Walk of Disapproval, Victoria Park, Warrington. Plus events for children. Helpers required. Raise money for the Vegan Society! Details:

22 Oct Public meeting. Concert Hall, Bluecoat Chambers, School Lane, Liverpool City Centre (Behind Littlewoods on Church Street), 7.30pm. Details: Animal Rescue, PO Box 8. Widnes WAS OFX.

1991 AGM The 1991 AGM of the Vegan Society Limited will be held on Saturday 19 October 1991 at The Methodist Central Hall, Storey's Gate, Westminster, London SW1H 9NU, commencing at 1.00pm. (Nearest tube stations: Westminster, St James's Park.) To reduce administration costs and assist the caterers entry is by ticket — please write to, or telephone the office for your ticket. The meeting is open only to paid up members and associates whose applications for membership have been ratified by Council (if in doubt please ring the office) and authorized individuals. Please note that associate members are not entitled to vote. Volunteers are required to assist with the following: serving lunch/refreshments, recording the meeting, counting votes (associate members only), registering members and associates, and staffing the Vegan Society stall. If you are able to help please contact the office (0424 427393).

Nominations for Council Nominations for members of 12 months or greater duration at the time of appointment — i.e. 19.10.91 — t o serve on the Council must be made in writing, signed and received at the office not earlier than Friday 20 September 1991 and not later than Friday 4 October 1991. The nomination 'package' must include: nomination by proposer (who must be a paid up Vegan Society member); written confirmation from the nominee of his/her willingness to stand for election, brief (max. 200 words) personal profile — which usually includes the candidate's age, years vegan, skills, relevant experience and areas of interest. NB The personal profiles of Council candidates will be distributed at the AGM.

IMPORTANT Owing to production difficulties the deadline for the receipt of contributions for the Winter 1991 Vegan is Tuesday 1 October.

Eggless Twenty Easy Eggless Recipes is a useful booklet compiled by Vegan Society member Margaret Woolford. It is available from

her for 50p plus a 17p stamp. Orders to:

Opportunity A rare opportunity has arisen for those interested in acquiring a vegan guesthouse. Inverdene Vegan Guesthouse in the Scottish Highlands is up for sale. Details:

Pay a Visit Longstanding vegan Violet Mitchell would love to receive visits from any vegans within reach of her as she is unable to enter into correspondence.

Caterers List Veggies Catering Campaign (Nottingham) is compiling a list of nationwide caterers offering vegan and vegetarian fare and would appreciate receiving any information held by readers. Write to: Veggies, 180 Mansfield Road, Nottingham NG1 3HU. Tel. 0602 585666 or 703040.

Discount Addition SHOPS The Animal Rights Shop. Quiggins Centre, 12-16 School Lane, Liverpool. 051 709 0730. 10%. Wide range of merchandise. Open 10am-6pm, Mon-Sat.

Pals The Vegan Society runs a pen pal list for young people. At the moment there are only a few of you listed (aged 7-15 years). So come on get writing. All you have to do is send in your name, address, age and interests or hobbies, together with an SAE for a copy of the list.

Vegan Festival The Sixth International Vegan Festival will be held in Britain I8 August 1992. The full programme is expected to be available in the autumn. For details send an SAE to:

Tin• Vegan. Aiinunn IWI

Repeat The Vegetarian Society Cookery School's 'Vegan Inspiration Weekend' was, apparently, a big success. Consequently, there's a very good chance that it will run again in 1992 — provisionally 7-9 February.

Peace Trees 'Survival depends on restoring the forests' and 'survival depends on the non-violent solving of international conflicts' are two themes that come together as the basis for the International Peace Forest to be launched this autumn. It is being promoted as a combined reaction to the first major war about resources — the Gulf oil conflict. A Local Co-ordinator's Information Pack has been prepared and contains a mass of interesting ideas, hard facts and even an illustrated guide on how best to plant your tree. Send a large SAE for a pack, or donations/enquiries to: IPF, PO Box 7, Stroud, Glos GL5 1JQ.

APPEAL If you have qualifications or expertise in the fields of health or nutrition which you feel would be of use to the Society please contact Richard Farhall on 0424 427393.

Local Groups

Information Vegan Magazines. In addition to The Vegan — the official organ of the Vegan Society — the following independent publications may be of interest: Vegan Views 6 Hayes Avenue, Bournemouth BH7 7AD. An informal quarterly with articles, interviews, news, reviews, letters, cartoon strip. Subscription rate for four issues: £2.40 (Europe and surface mail overseas: £2.80). New Leaves 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8NQ. Quarterly journal of the Movement for Compassionate Living — The Vegan Way (see below). Annual subscription: £3.00. Cheques/POs payable to: 'Movement for Compassionate Living'. Y Figan Cymreig (The Wales Vegan)

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Montpelier, Llandrindod. Powys, Wales. Bilingual quarterly. Annual subscription: £1.50. The Vegan Bikers Association aims to promote veganism amongst motorcyclists and set up a fund for the purchase and distribution of alternatives to leather. Enquiries:

The Vegan Business Connection Full membership is open to vegan businesses with at least one vegan proprietor. Associate membership is open to strict vegetarian businesses with at least one vegan proprietor. For a copy of the constitution send 50p in stamps to:

The Vegan Community Project exists to form a contact network between people who are interested in living in a vegan community and to establish one or more such communities. While some of its members seek merely to live close to other vegans, others wish to establish a vegan land project or centre for the promotion of a vegan lifestyle. Newsletter subscription (4 issues): £2.00. Contact:

The Vegan Families Contact List provides a link between parents throughout the UK seeking i o raise their children in accordance with vegan principles. To receive a copy of the list and have your name added to a future edition, please write to the Vegan Society — marking your envelope 'Vegan Families Contact List', enclosing an SAE, and giving your name, address and names and dates of birth of children.

T h e Movement for Compassionate Living — the Vegan Way seeks to spread compassionate understanding and to simplify lifestyles by promoting awareness of the connections between the way we live and the way others suffer, and between development, consumption and the destruction of the planet. Coordinators:

Vegans International co-ordinates the promotion of veganism, encourages the formation of new organizations, and organizes an annual vegan festival. Contact:

Vegan Contacts A b r o a d . For a listing, send an SAE to the Vegan Society marked 'Vegan Contacts Abroad'.

Classified ANIMAL CARE M E A T - F R E E CATS! Vegan supplements for home-made vegan recipes. SAE: Katz G o Vegan, 7 Battle Road, St Leonards, Sussex TN37 7AA.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES F O R S A L E . "Roobarb" Vegetarian Cafe. Situated next to Lancashire Polytechnic. £15,000 (ono), 6 year lease £35 a week rent. 3 years successful trading. Tel. Preston (0772) 59179, (10am-3pm).

CATERING

* Breathtaking mountain scenery * Highly acclaimed vegan fare * Free use of bicycles & tandem

L A K E DISTRICT luxury accommodation in 18C vicarage. We are 100% vegetarian and provide excellent vegan breakfast and dinner dishes. Beautiful walks from the door. Modest tariff. Beech Tree, Coniston. (05394) 41717. L I G H T H O U S E ACCOMODATION in Gwent with water bed room & flotation tank. Perfect for romantic weekend breaks. Coastal walks, very relaxing. Resident Esoteric Astrologer. Tel. 0633 810126.

MID WALES. Staylittle (Centre Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, 15 miles). Vegan/Vegetarian B&B. Nonsmoking B&B £ 10pp. Optional evening meal £6.50. Tel (05516) 425.

P U R E F O O D C A T E R I N G . Vegan cuisine for all occasions. Contact

N O R T H PENNINES. Wholefood vegetarian/vegan B&B/EMs. Overlooking quiet village. Licensed. No Smoking. Open all year. 1 crown. Brochure

PLOUGHSHARES FOODS presents

Residential Diploma Course in Domestic and Commercial Vegan Cuisine Instruction in Dairy, Sugar and Gluten-free Cakes and Savouries and the production of Tofu, Tempeh and Leaf Protein. SAE to:

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THE BAY TREE the vegetarian cafe Open every d a ; (except Monday) 10am-9pm

All food is dairy and egg free. 403 Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge, Glasgow. Tel: 041 334 5898 a workers' co-operative

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

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"Seapoint" Ipway, Porlock, Somerset, TA24 8QE

• Spacious Edwardian House overlooking Porlock Bay • Open log fires • Coastal/moorland walk • Trad/vegetarian/vegan meals • Special diets

LUXURY B&B APARTMENT in local beauty spot, optional EM, packed lunch, £10.50. Cilhendre Cottage, Wernddu, Alltwen, Pontardawe, Swansea, SA8 3HY, 0792 830586.

F R O M PRIVATE DINNER parties to weddings, A & D catering will provide excellent service with vegan food. Will quote for all areas. Celebration cakes to your requirements. A&D Catering, 48 Hampstead Road, Birmingham B19 1DB. Tel 021 554 2349.

COURSES

* 10% discount for Vegan Society members B+B £13, E.M. £8. No smoking Tel (03397) 55759for details or write to \U Bridge Square. Ballmer AB3S 5QJ

suite facilities, TV, 'kettle' all rooms, country location, central all coasts, moors, nature reserves. (0208) 872316.

PENZANCE. Self-catering accommodation for 3-4. Two miles from Penzance with large garden, sea and country views. Occasional vegan meals available. Tel. 0736 62242. P O R T S M O U T H . Vegan/vegetarian wholefood B&B, optional evening meal. Near ferries, historic ships, beach and countryside. Phone for brochure.

MAIL ORDER HIGH QUALITY original Vegan perfumes, body, hair and skin preparations based on essential oils, floral waters, 862299 herbal extracts and vegetable oils. For brochure send SAE to DOLMA, 19 Royce Avenue, Hucknall, Nottingham NG15 6FU. Trade enquiries welcome.

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The Saltings, Ltlant St Ivts, Cornwall T«l (0736) 753147 Quiet County Hotel overlooking beautiful Malestuary and bird sanctuary Britain's oldest vegetarian and vegan hotel is lamowned and stands in its own grounds to beaches and unspoilt coastal walks. Superb cuisine and friendly personal service. Some rooms with shower/wc en suite

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LIQUID CONCENTRATE is the biodegradable liquid soap derived from coconut oil, which is free of animal products and animal testing. SAE for details: Dept EV, Janco Sales, 11 Seymour Road, Hampton Hill, Middlesex TW12 1DD. THE LITTLE GREEN SHOP household and cosmetic products are now available through mail order. Non animal tested. Friendly to the environment. Produced in recyclable bottles. BUAV approved, and suitable for vegans. For a copy of our mail order catalogue send a SAE to Rolith International, 8 St Georges Place, Brighton BN1 4GB. Tel 0273 571221.

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ST IVES, Cornwall. Exclusively vegetarian/vegan guest-house overlooking St Ives Bay. Close to beach and scenic coastline. Central heating. Children welcome. Brochure:

S H R O P S H I R E . Bentley House. 18C house in unspoilt countryside, close Ludlow, Strettons, Ironbridge. Exclusively vegetarian/vegan wholefood. Vegan proprietors. Central heating. No smoking. B&B. EM, packed lunches. Tel. 05887 255. S O M E R S E T . Exclusively vegetarian guest house. All meals vegan. Bordering Devon and Dorset. It is an ideal base for touring, walking or relaxing in our 16th century house. Crewkeme 0460 73112. S O M E R S E T . Vegetarian/vegan/wholefood B&B. A place to relax — Chestnut Farmhouse, Meare, Glastonbury, BA6 9TH. Contact:

A L P U J A R R A S . 2/3 bedroom farmhouse, sleeps 5, swimming pool, unspoilt views, secluded spaces, 1/2 hour beach, wonderful mountain walks, villages. Self-catering, £100pw or B&B + meals vegetarian, vegan. Write:

VEGAN B&B. 4 miles south of Kendal. Strictly no smoking. Children welcome. Packed lunches & evening meals available. Tel:

B O D M I N 3 M I L E S . Vegan B&B accommodation in charming restored cottage, en

WESTON-SUPER-MARE. Comfortable accommodation in small guest house near

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Vegetarian/vegan B&B, delightful country house accommodation. Situated in Beatrix Potter's picturesque village of Near Sawrey with its olde worlde inn, 2 miles from Hawkshead, Lake Windermere (car ferry) 2 miles. Delicious breakfast lovely bedrooms with tea/coffee, TV, etc, and panoramic views over Esthwaite Water. Ideal centre for lakes, tarns, fells and Grizedale Forest Ambleside, Coniston and Bowness only a short distance away.

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VEGAN HIKING BOOTS Tough, comfortable and lightweight New synthetic suede/nylon cordura uppers. Ideal for hiking, leisure, sabbing etc. New colour olive green. £43.00 incl. post & packing

For details please unite to:

Designer Wares, 8 AshweU Road, Bradford BD9 4AV Tel: 0274 483390

sea. Delicious vegan meals. Details:

WHITBY, N. YORKS. 'Twixt sea and moors'. B&B. £10. Vegan/Vegetarian. Quiet area. 7 minutes walk from harbour and town centre. Street parking. Tel. 0947 603507.

Final copy date for WINTER 1 9 9 1 : 1 October 1 9 9 1 The Vegan. Autumn 1991

MISCELLANEOUS ART: A SILENT LANGUAGE 2pm Sunday, 20th October

OPEN F O R U M 2pm Sunday, 17th November To be held at: The Order of the Cross 10 De Vere Gardens Kensington W8 SAE

KINDRED CIRCLE

A nationwide introduction service for vegetarians. vegans and others who lead a healthy lifestyle. Run by a member of the Vegan Society who puts you first (not the Porsche!) Free registration and nothing to pay until you have first found one compatible friend, then all you pay for a years membership is £15.00. (no fee otherwise). Concordia-Wegis is the honest and (genuinely) caring alternative introduction service. For recycled, non glossy details Concordia-Vegls, P.O. Box 165, Chesterfield S41 ODT

The alternative way to make new friends whose interests include alternative therapies, green issues, etc. A chance to meet like minded people. Tel. (0734) 732752.

FASTING-WALKS

O N B E H A L F OF T H E CREATURES 29th November to 1st December To be held at The Order of the Cross Snelsmore House Newbury Berks RG169BG Tel: 0635-41266 VEGFAM feeds the hungry — vegetable foodstuffs, leaf protein, horticulture, irrigation, afforestation etc. The Sanctuary, Nr Lydford, Okehampton, Devon EX20 4AL. Tel. 0822 82203.

For some 5 years, organised small groups have been walking in the loveliest parts of Europe while fasting. We cover 10-15 miles every day for a week. For most, it is a rewarding experience, both in losing weight and refreshing our mind and bodies.

Tel. 081-341 76%.

THE CUSTODIANS believe in God and veganism and speak for the animals. Details from:

PUBLICATIONS

BETHANY VEGETARIAN Nursing Home caters exclusively for vegetarians and vegans with wholistic therapy. 7/9 Oak Park Villas. Dawlish, Devon EX7 ODE. Telephone 0626 862794.

GO FRUITARIAN — other life is

mm ' BE HAPPY MEETING NEW PEOPLE > WHO ARE ALSO VEGAN/VEGETARIAN AND UNATTACHED. Lots of choice - make friends, pair off. go on holiday, socialize, whatever you like. For all ages from teens to sunset years, countrywide. Always hundreds of participating members. Comprehensive and unique service designed especially for you!

Do write to Tel: 081 348 5229 (South) anytime; 061 973 7500 (North) (office h o u r ^ /

CONTACT

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CONTACT CENTRE is a friendship agency, quite different from all others catering for vegans and vegetarians both in Britain and abroad, for any purposes. CONTACT CENTRE is inexpensive and enables you to choose your friend(s) from detailed adverts and/or to write an advert yourself without disclosing your name and address. CONTACT CENTRE gives you full scope, you don't even have to complete a form. Instead a friendly ear is lent to every member. As we cannot tell all in .this advenisment. please write for membership details from:

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Eire and overseas: Payment must be by sterling cheque drawn on an English bank or by international money order. PUBLICATION DATES March, June, September, December. COPY DATES First of preceding month.

CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE Advertisements are accepted subject to their satisfying the condition that the products advertised are entirely free f r o m ingredients derived from animals; that neither products nor ingredients have been tested on animals; and that the content of such ads does not promote, or appear to promote, the use of non-vegan commodities. Books, records, tapes etc. mentioned in advertisements should not contain any material contrary to vegan principles. Advertisements may be accepted f r o m catering establishments that are not run on exclusively vegan lines, provided that vegan meals are available and that the wording of such ads reflects this.

For further details, please contact:

NURSING HOMES

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Final copy date for WINTER 1991: 1 October 1991

PAYMENT Pre-payment please by cheque or postal order made payable to 'The Vegan Society Ltd'.

AHIMSA. Quarterly magazine of the American Vegan Society. Veganism, Natural Living, Reverence for Life. Calendar Year subscription $15. Address: 501 Old Harding Highway, Malaga, NJ 08328, USA.

RATES AND CONDITIONS All prices inclusive of VAT Series discount: (4 consecutive insertions prepaid): 10%

The submission of an advertisement is deemed to warrant that the advertisement does not c o n t r a v e n e any Act of Parliament, nor is it in any other way illegal or defamatory or an infringement of any other party's rights or an infringement of the British Code of A d v e r t i s i n g Practice. The Vegan Society reserves the right to refuse or withdraw any advertisement. Although every care is taken, the Vegan Society cannot accept liability for any loss or inconvenience incurred as a result of errors in the wording, or the late or nonappearance of an advertisement.

ALL LINEAGE AND SEMI-DISPLAY ADS MUST BE PRE-PAID

Box No: (per insertion) £2.00 extra Lineage Commercial: £6.00 for 20 words (minimum) Additional words: 35p each Non-commercial: £4.50 for 20 words (minimum) Additional words: 25p each Semi-display (boxed) Commercial: £6.00 per single column centimetre Non-commercial: £4.50 per single column centimetre Typesetting service (if required): £2.00

IMPORTANT Owing to production difficulties the deadline for the receipt of ads for the Winter 1991 Vegan Is Tuesday 1 October.

IMPORTANT Display and semi-display advertising is now dealt with by Steve Hack at: Eco Projects, Queen Anne House, Charlotte Street, Bath, Avon BAI 2NE. Tel. 0225 332567.

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Britain's oldest Lebanese restaurant, established 1968. We also serve vegetarian and vegan meals. A special set vegetarian or vegan menu at £6.85 per person (minimum of two people) consisting of nine different selections of hot and cold Lebanese hors d'oeuvres (Mezzeh). ALL OUR DISHES BOAST HIGH FIBRE, LOW FAT NATURAL INGREDIENTS, AND POSITIVELY NO ADDITIVES

NOTICE Cruelty-Free Database Appeal As requested by last year's AGM, the Vegan Society Council has consulted the Charity Commission on the subject of the Cruelty-Free Database appeal — the establishment of which was announced in the Winter 1988 Vegan. The Charity Commission has advised that, as the money raised under the appeal was spent (by the 1988-89 Council) for general purposes — and not for the intended purpose — the money must be either returned to, or disclaimed by the donors. If you made a donation to the appeal and wish to be refunded please write to the office giving your name and details of your donation. Appeal donors should note that there is no question of their contributions not being used to benefit the Society. Claims should be submitted no later than FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER 1991.

APPEAL Accommodation for Elderly Vegans Donations are sought to help the society achieve one of its main objectives - the provision of sheltered accommodation for elderly vegans in need. For further information see page 8. Cheques/POs should be made payable to The Vegan Society'.

The Vegan. Autumn 1991

Deed of Covenant

Chlorella Health

SUN POWERED SUPERNUTRIENT The most nutritionally potent wholefood available • 65% PROTEIN • HIGH IRON/CALCIl M • OVER 20 VITAMINS & MINERALS • 19 AMINO ACIDS (NATURALLY OCCURING) • ZINC & SELENIUM • B COMPLEX (INCLUDING PLANT SOURCE B12) • HIGHEST SOURCE OF CHLOROPHYLL AND RNA/DNA

A Deed of Covenant substantially increases your gift or subscription to the Vegan Society at no extra cost to yourself,

because the

Society is able to claim the income tax that you have paid. Provided you are a taxpayer, the Society can claim an additional 33p (at current tax rates) for every pound you covenant. The Deed need only apply for four years, assuring the Society of a regular income so that it can plan for the future. It is easy to complete and once made you only have to sign a claim f o r m which we send you in the first year. HOW YOUR CONTRIBUTION

GROWS

Here are some examples: Annual Amounts

Tax Rebate

Benefits over 4 years

10.00

3.33

53.22

50.00

16.66

266.64

75.00

25.00

400.00

If you wish to make a single donation, the Society can gain the same tax benefit if you use a Deposit Covenant. For futher information, please contact: The Office Manager, Vegan Society, 7 Battle St Leonards-on-Sea,

East Sussex TN37

Road,

7AA.

provides exclusively milk is t h e m oIts s t snutritious oya i o n e in h e a l t h stores b e i n g fortified with v e g a n c a l c i u m c o m b i n e d with vitamin D2 t o absorb the calcium

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a range of vegan foods

plus essential v i t a m i n s B2 & B12

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These substances in their correct balance are thought by nutritionists to aid in blood oxygenation and production of red blood cells, maintenance of the immune and nervous systems, bone maintenance, metabolism, fat mobilisation, maintain healthy cholestrol levels, regeneration of tissues & cells, restoration of health and as protectors against disease. Chlorella is a sun-powered micro-alga, packed with micronutrients. Cultivated in pure mineral water, utilising the vital force of the sun for it's nutrition. As a pure organic wholefood (nothing added or taken away) it is an ideal natural, alternative way to obtain those micro-nutrients often missing from today's diet. These deficiencies can lead to the body becoming depressed and unable to function at optimum health. In the long term this can be responsible for a variety of chronic conditions; allergies and viral illness, despite the apparent consumption of a healthy diet. As a natural multi-nutrient Chlorella health is more likely to be assimilated than a synthetic multi-pill and as the nutrients are naturally occurring they are perfectly balanced by nature to have a synergistic effect. Chlorella has been researched by NASA as a food for astronauts and as a solution to world hunger. It is eminently suitable for vegetarians and vegans and renowned as a toxin absorber. No heat or chemicals are used to break down the cell wall, which is mechanically crushed to aid assimilation. Digestibility is 70-78% and the cultivation is monitored by micro-biologists to ensure nutritional levels of the highest quality. Chlorella Health Ltd 28 N o t t i n g h a m Place, L o n d o n , W 1 M Tel: 071 4 8 7 5 6 6 5

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innovatory

p r o d u c t s

include NUT C H O C O L A T E 8c C A R O B CONFECTIONS soya based RICE PUDDINGS, C A R O B SPREADS, V E E Z E - alternative to c h e e s e s p r e a d Please send me free literature, I enclose a S A.E Name

ORDER F O R M To: C H L O R E L L A HEALTH LTD 2 8 N o t t i n g h a m Place, L o n d o n W 1 M 3FD From:

Please send m e :

W r i t e r e q u i r e d N o . in box

1 M O N T H S SUPPLY CHLORELLA 3 6 0 Tablets 9 0 g @ £10.00

•

Address

SAMPLE PACK CHLORELLA 180 Tablets 4 5 g @ £ 5 . 0 0

PLAMIL FOODS LTD. Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone KentCT19 6PQ

Find enclosed cheque/P.O. p a y a b l e to C h l o r e l l a H e a l t h Ltd f o r t h e sum of PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE & P A C K I N G

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M u l t i - P u r p o s e Cards Four multi-purpose blank cards and envelopes with original cartoons by regular contributor to

Private

Eye,.

Pete Donohue.

R e a c t e d card and envelopes. •

£1.50 C I

Writing Pad Pad with 50 sheets A5 size W oodland bond recycled paper, each printed with the \ e g a n Society's logo and summary of its work. •

£2.25 W1

Poster 'Blood Curdling' poster by Paul Evans. Recycled paper. •

75p

T-Shirt

Rather daring 'All the Way' tee shirt. 100 r o cotton, XL, black only. •

£7.50 T2

Promoting a diet free from all animal produce and a more compassionate way of living that seeks to avoid exploiting animals for any purpose S O C • ( T T

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Block letters

please Address

Name

Post code

. Tel.

Profession/Skills. Signature Tick as appropriate: • I am interested in veganism and enclose a large SAE for an Information Pack • I adhere to a vegan diet and wish to become a Vegan Society member. I undertake to abide by the Society's Memorandum and Articles of Association (£2 or may be viewed without charge at the Society's office) • Although not a vegan I support the Society's aims and wish to become an associate member • Individual £12 • Family/Joint £15 • Unwaged individual £8 • Unwaged family/joint £10 • Junior (under 18) £6 • Life £250 • Donation I enclose cheque/PO payable to T h e Vegan Society' for £ (£ membership + £ donation). Return to: The Vegan Society, 7 Battle Road, St Leonards-onSea, East Sussex TN37 7AA

To Order \ild postage \ packing isoo '()rilcr Form", p a s c 2'>i and send \iuii c h c q u c / l f ) (made pa\ able lo "The Vegan Socictv l.Ul'ilo: Ncjiun S o c i e h M e r c h a n d i s e . 7 Batik- Road. Si l . e o n a r d s - o n S c a . Fast Sussex T \ J 7 7 \ \

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