The Vegan Spring 1981

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Spring 1981

Vol. 28 No. 1

Contents:

Alternatives

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J.

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Veganism and the Bomb

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K.

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Home-made

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L. Main

Tofu

What would you have done ? -

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L. Main

the Vegan way

By and about

Members,

Shopping

Rudderham

with Eva, Recipes,

Reviews

THE VEGAN SOCIETY LIMITED Founded 1944 - Registered Charity

V E G A N I S M is a way of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion of flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, animal milk and its derivatives (the taking of honey being left to individual conscience).

It encourages the

study and use of alternatives for all commodities normally derived wholly or partly f r o m animals.

President:

Jack Sanderson

Deputy President:

Serena Coles

Vice-Presidents:

Eva Batt,

Jay Dinshah,

Winifred Simmons, Council:

E. Batt,

Treasurer:

S. Coles,

Catherine Nimmo,

Mildred Simmons

K. Jannaway,

J. Sanderson,

G. Smith

Grace Smith, but all subscriptions, donations, etc., should be sent to the Secretary, 47 Highlands Road,

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Surrey Hon. Secretary: Subscription:

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was formed in 1944 by a group of vegetarians who became aware of the suffering inseparable from the dairy industry.

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

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

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

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

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ALTERNATIVES

Jack Sanderson

Dear, let there be an ending to our strife; A r e we not one ?

How can I quarrel with my very l i f e ?

I et us be done With this uncivillest of civil strife In such sad sort Wasting the precious moments of a life That's all too short.

Come, was it worth an angry look or word?

But count the cost; Our sweet hsart-harmony a song unheard, Contentment lost; The mutual sympathy that sweetened pain So much I miss, What, from our jarrii. discord, can we gain T o equal this ?

In these verses, my dear friend Nora Hanssen, poetess, writer and server of mankind points out that two attitudes are possible in a l o v e r ' s quarrel - to go on wounding each other or to resume the sweet harmony of a loving relationship.

There are very few days when we are not faced with choices between alternatives between good and evil, selfishness or unselfishness, the lesser of two evils or the better of two goods, or even a leap in the dark when we genuinely do not know which choice to make.

Useful precepts to apply in our choices are:- What would lead to the most good for all life concerned, the ecological choice, or what would God or Christ (or whoever one believes in) do in this situation? If we believe that there is a plan far grander and more complex and far-reaching than our personal minds can conceive of, then should we not seek to intuit this plan and begin to work with it?

Many wonderful people in their various ways are seeking to do just this.

Amongst her many other activities Vera Stanley Alder, our former editor, has spent a lifetime pleading the cause of World Guardianship beginning at least a generation before words like ecology became fashionable. Other groups include The Commonwealth of World Citizens, Planetarians, The Men of Goodwill, The Theosophical Society, World Republic, World Movement for World Federal Government, War on Want, Save the Children Fund, World Council of Churches, World Congress of Faiths, The Men of the T r e e s and The International Vegetarian Union. There are scores of groups and societies which are seeking to rise above the tribal, sectarian, regional, national and other political, economic, religious and racial groupings and to think and act globally. The United Nations Organisation which continues to do such valuable work through its various

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agencies is experiencing a welcome resurgence in t; country. Donald Keys will be speaking to the Planetary Citizens in London in April. A great impulse is urging mankind to think globally and the vegan impulse is a vital part of it for its implications are far-reaching whether we are concerned with the soil and plant life, the air and water, animal life or human life anywhere on earth.

With the coming of spring, the thoughts of many of us will be turning to our gardens and allotments and here too we shall be faced with choices - the traditional double digging, manure and chemical fertilisers, or the non-digging, compost top-dressing methods which do not upset the soil life. Apart from air and water our physical bodies are built of the food we eat. Will it be dead, unhealthy convenience food or will it be fresh, live, healthy whole-food? Will it contain all the essential nutrients in the right quantities or will it be a haphazard affair that will inevitably lead to deficiencies, malnutrition or obesity?

What will be our attitude to energy in our own home, our town, our country or the whole world? Shall we be seeking to conserve as much as we can or shall we use it as though there was a limitless supply? Do we care about pollution in a general sense, or our part in it in a particular sense? Have we thought about and do we have any views about Renewable and Non-Renewable energy systems? Do we encourage all kinds of nuclear energy production, or do we study and encourage alternative technology systems for solar energy and air and water power ? A r e we concerned that the tree cover of the earth is dangerously low and that the future of earth life is totally dependent on a rapid increase of mixed tree planting? Does it matter to us that many earth r e - ' sources are rapidly being exhausted and others - animals, insects, birds and plants - are disappearing for ever, and do we encourage the processes of r e cycling?

Do we as vegans seek alternatives to animal products wherever we can, and do those readers who are still vegetarians seek out alternatives to animal foods that they might try and like? I sometimes hear the statement, " I became vegetarian and that is as far as I am prepared to go. Moderation in all things the middle way for me. " But is there a middle way between cruelty and noncruelty? Do I put my own taste-buds before my care for all life, or do I set about re-training my own taste-buds?

Caring for all life is not an abstract principle concerned with unknown people and creatures far away but an ever-present warmth of nature relating to all who we meet. At work, in our societies, and in our homes, our creative influence can play a vital r o l e in the l i f e and lives around us (not forgetting our letters and telephone calls). Whether to be positive, constructive, kind and loving, helpful and humorous or to be negative, destructive, cold and bad tempered is an ever-present alternative in all our relationships.

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VEGANISM & THE BOMB . . War and meat have both Gone out of date together. Man hasn't Quite caught up with the fact, but it's t r u e . " The lines from Henry Bailey Stevens's "Paradesa" have a challenging ring.

Perhaps it's time we caught up with the fact!

Through the long ages when our ancestors lived on the produce of the forest trees and as hunter gatherers they were an integral part of a life-supporting system. When, driven by their developing intellect, they began to clear the forests, to engage in settled agriculture, to deliberately breed and protect the animals they chose to prey upon, they began to upset the balance of nature.

Now, with intensive livestock breeding that involves many millions of animals needing to be fed from the products of an increasingly violent agriculture, the physical bases of life are being threatened with destruction, and yet the people are not being properly fed!

In Brazil, for example, the age-old forests are being bulldozed away to rear cattle for beef-burgers for over-fed Americans, while the native people live on the edge of starvation. The fragile soil systems maintained for centuries by the debris and the protection of the trees will support cattle for but a few years and then the desert will take over. A huge area that produced many of the plant species that we now cultivate for food, and many of unknown value, will be lost for ever, together with one of the world's chief oxygen banks.

In Europe, some of the most fertile regions of the world are farmed to produce beef and butter mountains, and stores of dried milk equal in weight to the bodies of all Europeans! They were produced not to feed people but to meet the needs of man's brainchild - the economic system. But the system has gone awry and no one knows what to do with the food!

In India, Western educated elite are departing from centuries-old vegetarian habits to ape the practices of the dominant Western culture. Bangladesh orders battery systems! The imprisoned hens will be fed on the grain grown by starving people.

In other areas the deprivation of centuries having provoked the masses to revolt, they demand flesh to eat, flesh-eating being associated with the power and plenty of the old ruling classes. So the liberated Russian peasantry have become dependent on American imports for their grain-fattened cattle. Now the Poles demand more meat, and we tremble less they provide the spark to set the world alight.

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of animal products must be broken. The vegans have made an important contribution during the last 40 years by demonstrating that an all-plant diet can maintain human health from conception to a vigorous old age. The scientists are now recognising the fact and are also realising the importance of a shift towards dependence on plant products if the needs of a rapidly increasing world population are to be met within the confines of a finite planet. The earth can provide enough plant food to keep in health many more than the present numbers of people, but it cannot possibly also feed the many m i l lions of animals necessary to provide a meat and dairy produce based diet.

Meat-eating has become out of date in a hungry world that strives f o r justice.

The madly wastful system cannot be changed by the exercise of intellect alone. The springs of action lie deeper. They were tampered with in the distant past when, Ignoring pleading eyes, man stamped on compassion and butchered that which he had taught to trust in him.

"Rather than chase wild cattle, boars, sheep and goats Through the dark forest, why not be kind to them, Lead them to green pastures, help them at birth and nursing Protect them f r o m the tigers and the wolves, And then betray them at the slaughter p e n s . " Right f r o m the beginning, animal husbandry must have involved the suppression of those powers of compassion that come with the growth of selfawareness. We learned to turn compassion on and off; sentiment deteriorated into sentimentality and our surest guide to right action became confused. So began the dangerous "double think" that has led finally to the all destroying hydrogen bomb.

There are stock-piles far more ominous than the beef and butter mountains: vast stores of weapons of mass destruction, sufficient to kill every man, woman and child in the world several times over. The weapons are so deadly that their use would poison the soil and render it incapable of supporting life. War has ceased to be an instrument of policy; it has become entirely self-defeating, bound to destroy whatever it aimed to conquer or defend. War has become "out of date", replaced by what the military call M. A . D . - mutually assured destruction. Having eschewed the guiding hand of compassion, man now stands poised to betray completely hiB own kind.

Both war and meat eating spring from misconstrued self-interest; both r e quire the limitation of logic and reason to narrow fields of vested interests, both depend on the suppression of that compassion, sensitivity and awareness which are our only safeguards in a nuclear age.

Yet in the extreme dangers of the time lies hope. We are being forced to wake up to the results of our folly in misusing science in the service of death, of the failure of scientists to accept the responsibility of controlling their Frankenstein horrors.

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It is becoming abundantly clear that we must wake from narrow, selfish pre-occupation and learn to live according to Reverence for L i f e . Saints through the ages have taught us how, but though many have paid lip-service to their teachings, few have altered their lives accordingly. Now it becomes a matter of biological necessity, of sheer survival. Impractical idealism? Where have the realistic materialists got us? - the objective scientists?

There are many signs in the world today that man is awakening from his age old addictions of meat eating and war making. Positive developments are given little prominence in the mass media which seems given over to sensational portrayal of mad violence. The greatest danger is that the springs of Mutually Assured Destruction will be released by accident, by failure of nerve, by a madman gaining access. Then all hell will be let loose and progress towards the good life put back for many generations. For this reason all men and women of good will must strive to stop the arms race and defuse the suicidal nuclear systems. The top military men realise the necessity. Eisenhower said, "Some day, the demand for disarmament by hundreds of millions will become so universal and so insistent that no man, no nation, can withstand i t . " The time for the millions to make that demand is now, so that the 1982 United Nations disarmament conference will ensure victory for reason and compassion. Whatever our pre-occupations, concerns, limitations, all must play our part in this most vital campaign. There is no time for cynicism, apathy, escapism, fear of facing the reality of the situation. Failure to act now for peace and non-violence in every sphere could mean that we and our children are out-dated, along with war and meat eating and all life activity. V i g o r ous action now in support of the World Disarmament Campaign *ean lead to a receding of fear, the resurgence of hope and the prospect of A Better Future for All l ife.

K. Jannaway *

Details from "The World Disarmament Campaign", 21 Little Russell Street,

THE SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL T H E R A P Y Dr. Crouch would like to receive reports from anybody who has experienced either personally or in their children - chronic tonsillar inflammation a) while jiot on a vegan diet 40 West Cromwell R d . , b) while on a vegan diet London, SW5 9QL. c) during a vegan to non-vegan changeover or vice versa.

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Tofu is the most popular way of transforming soya beans into a dclicious food.

It is the staple food of about 1,000 million people in China and Japan, yet it is hardly ever eaten elsewhere. The West is becoming accustomed to soya beans as an inexpensive form of high quality protein, but usually in the form of textured vegetable protein. There is no need to use complicated technology to transform soya beans into a delicious food, however. Tofu is cheap, easily made at home, simple to use and versatile.

Soya beans are most important for their protein yield, which is 20 times as much per acre as beef cattle. It Is not surprising, therefore, that China, where overpopulation has long been a problem, has relied on the soya bean, principally in the form of tofu, for over 2,000 years. Soya beans are also important for the high quality of their protein, since it contains all the eight e s sential amino acids arranged so that they can be readily used by the human body. Half a cup of soya beans gives the body as much high-quality protein as five ounces of steak, while not burdening the consumer with cholesterol or a lot of indigestible saturated fat.

Tofu is especially rich in the amino acid lysine, which is deficient in many grain products, and therefore combines well with bread or r i c e , increasing the protein content by about one-third. Tofu is soft and highly digestible, unlike the beans, and is therefore suitable for babies and the aged. Tofu is also low in calories, making it an ideal diet food. Tofu contains a high proportion of linoleic acid, one of the most important poly-unsaturated fatty acids and an agent in the metabolising, dispersal and elimination of deposits of cholesterol and other fatty acids from the blood stream and from vital organs. It is a good source of calcium, especially when solidified with the traditional nigari, while it provides the body with many other minerals and vitamins.

The Chinese and Japanese have preferred to make their soya beans into tofu in the same scale as Westerners have preferred to eat their wheat in the form of bread. In fact, tofu shops are more numerous in the East than bakers a r e in the West. The West has the potential to outstrip even China in its consumption of soya bean products, however, with the U. S. A. now producing about two-thirds of the world's supply (mostly fed to animals) and Brazil expanding its harvest of soya beans at a tremendous rate (by 16 times in the six years from 1968 to 1974).

Two very useful recipe books are: " T h e Book of T o f u " by W. SUurtleff and A. Aoyagi (Autumn P r e s s , U . S . A . ) and "The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook", available from The Farm, Summertown, Tennessee. For the impatient, however, here is a basic recipe: Ingredients: 1 lb. soya beans; 2 tsp. Epsom Salts (or 12 tsp. lemon juice or cider vinegar ). Make sure, also, that you have some muslin and a pot

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with a capacity of at least l | gallons (although I managed with a one gallon pot aided by a half gallon pot to share the soya milk in the f i r s t stage.

1) Rinse the soya beans and soak overnight in 2 pints of water. In the morning, transfer to a colander, rinse again and blend one cup of the soaked soya beans with 24 fluid ounces of hot water for at least one minute. Pour the mixture into a large pot and repeat the blender process until all the beans a r e blended (this should be six times).

2) Cook this soya milk at about 400°F, bringing it to the boil (if it boils over you will be pleased to know that the whey produced in stage 4 is an excellent natural detergent) and simmer f o r 20 minutes.

3) Line a colander with muslin and set it over a pot with at least a one-gallon capacity. Pour the cooked soya milk into the colander, trapping the pulp (which is an ideal base for soya cakes and soy-sages) in the muslin and the milk in the pot below. Close the muslin over the pulp, p r e s s with a wooden spoon f o r m o r e liquid, open the muslin to rinse through any remaining milk with f-pint of boiling water, close the muslin and press again before removing the colander and soya pulp.

4) Make the solidifier by dissolving 2 tsp. Epsom Salts in 8 fluid ounces of warm water (or use 12 tsp. lemon juice or cider vinegar). Keep the soya milk hot as you stir in half of this solidifier slowly, stirring both clockwise and anticlockwise with a wooden spoon. Sprinkle another quarter of the solidifier over the surface of the soya milk and cover the pot to retain the heat. L e a v e the milk to set undisturbed for f i v e minutes. If at the end of this time it has not formed large white curds floating in whey (a clear yellow liquid, ideal as a detergent), add the rest of the s o l i d i f i e r , being careful to stir v e r y gently and not too deep, and place the liquid back on the boil f o r a few minutes. You may even add a little more solldifier (using 2 fluid ounces of hot water and ÂŁ tsp. Epsom Salts, or 3 tsp. lemon juice or cider vinegar).

5) When the curds and whey have f o r m e d , place your pot in the sink and set in it a colander lined with muslin (my pot would only let me set the muslin in it).

This strainer will f i l l with whey, which is ladled out (to be kept in a bowl f o r the washing-up). R e m o v e the collander and/or muslin and set them up as a press on the draining board. Ladle the curds into the p r e s s , cover with muslin, place a small plate (preferably unbreakable plastic) on top and use a heavy weight to p r e s s down the tofu (I used a sweet jar full of dried fruit). P r e s s f o r at least half an hour. The tofu should now be f i r m to the touch. P l a c e a bread board on top of the tofu, turn the tofu upside down so that it is sitting on the bread board. R e m o v e the colander and gently pull off the muslin. L e a v e the tofu to cool f o r a while b e f o r e eating it.

Tofu can be kept for a week in a r e f r i g e r a t o r , but it must be stored in a container of cold water, with the water being changed daily.

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Tofu can also be made with English Field Beans, although these need to be blended well and the result is a purple "cheese" with a distinctive but not unpleasant taste. Soya flour can be used instead of the soya beans, but the texture is completely different. For people who lack large pots or have small stomachs, the above recipe works perfectly when using half quantities and avoids cleaning up boiled-over soya milk! If the curds and whey do not separate in stage 4, it may be that the soya milk was not kept hot when you added the solidifier.

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Laurence Main

W A N T E D

Over the past ten years we have been studying the health of vegans compared with omnivores. We have found that vegans have lower levels of blood lipids, especially cholesterol, and certain clotting factors compared with omnivores which suggest that vegans are less prone to coronary heart disease than omnivores. We now want to study platelet function in vegans compared with omnivores. Blood platelets are the cells that initiate a blood clot which can lead to the blockage of an artery. Platelet function can be measured on a sample of blood taken from the arm in the usual way. We need vegan volunteers who have been vegan for at least two years. You would be asked to record everything you eat for one week and to come on one occasion to have a small blood sample taken at Queen Elizabeth College. If you think you can help please write to D r . T . A . B. Sanders, Department of Nutrition, Queen Elizabeth College, Campden Hill Road, London, W8 7AH. X. A. i}, Sanders ALSO Dr. Patrick, St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, S. E. 1, requires vegan blood samples in connection with kidney research. Expenses paid. Please ring 01 928 9292. #

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In the third and last verse of her poem, Nora Hanssen, who has just passed away as I write this, after 80 caring and loving years, revealed that she had learned one of l i f e ' s central secrets.

In wounding you, so deep I feel the smart As proves anew The weapon finds its target in my heart That's aimed at you.

Let pity plead my cause - yet, as I guess, Your heart discovers That wounding me, you wound yourself no less W a r ' s not for lovers; J. Sanderson

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Faced with the problems outlined below, what would you do? L i f e isn't always black and white, it's more often grey, choosing the lesser of evils, balancing two wrongs when there is no right. I've been faced with all these problems and many more.

You are walking along a country road; ahead you see something lying injured. Do you a) turn round and walk back home ? b) quietly pick it up and assess the damage; hopeless case, leave it lying on the verge? c) assess and destroy if hopeless; take home if recovery seems possible?

Actual incidents.

Orphan rat, mother run over, baby sitting beside her uninjured. Took home; lived four days.

Shot pigeon. Recovered. Probably died later of lead poisoning.

Dozens of birds unconscious; recovered after warmth and rest.

Rabbit, back legs severed (cause unknown). Put under tyre, drove over head.

And many, many others.

Our five-year-old dog leapt too far; tendon detached from knee. Choices a) no operation; crippled for rest of life; b) kill her there, or at vets; c) pay E75 for nylon ligament to replace her broken one; spend three weeks nursing dog in plaster and splint, administering pain killers, coping with toilet problems, removal of plaster, stitches, etc. (vivisection again).

We chose c), and now have a fit, healthy seven-year-old dog with a slight limp. What would you have done?

Winter approaches. Mice and rats leave outdoor homes and invade yours.

Do you a) ask them to leave (we asked, b) catch as many as possible in knowing they will not be able surely find them ? c) get a cat? d) ignore them and lie awake at rafters, floor, etc. ?

they stayed)? box trap, take them into woods and let go, to find food and shelter, but old weasel will

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W e ' v e tried a ) , b), c ) and d).

Our cat was taken in after a road accident, and once we had nursed her back to health has done a v e r y good job pruning the mice. We|ve got rats in the loft now - she won't tackle them! W e laughed, my husband and I,- after my bath was interrupted by a rat making a hole in the ceiling. You need to be calm in a situation like that. Would you be ?

My Dad has had both hip joints replaced, because of arthritis. I deplore vivisection, but i t ' s hard to watch your parent crippled and in agony and tell him he's wrong to take.the o f f e r of an operation to ease the pain. I just kept quiet and have never raised the subject. What good would it do?

The f r e e range eggs we eat come f r o m an old couple who supplement their pensions with hens, running f r e e in their half-acre garden. I don't eat meat, but our four dogs and cat do. E v e r y time we rescue a dog, or r a i s e money for the local R . S. P . C. A . , that keeps a l i v e a carnivore.

You a r e out walking in woods or fields. You see a rabbit, it has myxomatosis. Do you a) walk on and pretend you didn't 3ee it? b) grab it, stuff it struggling and t e r r i f i e d into your coat, take it home and get it "put down" by a vet ? c ) take it home, kicking and scratching, and nurse it f o r its last few days? d) smash its skull in with a piece of wood, boot heel or rock, as soon as you see how sick it is ?

I smash its skull before it has time to move, and c a r r y a heavy stick in our car f o r that purpose. I've wrung birds' necks with my bare hands, stamped on small mammals to end their physical pain. I don't think it was wrong; in their place I'd have been glad to be f r e e .

Your dog i s unwell, losing weight, tired, poor ccat. The vet diagnoses diabetes. Do you a ) ask the vet to kill her immediately ? b) let her die slowly o v e r weeks o r months ? c) begin ox pancreas insulin that day, and see an immediate improvement which means the dog can lead a normal l i f e and die of old a g e ?

I chose c). She has had an injection every morning for over three y e a r s and i s now a dignified lady of over 13 summers. Diabetes was studied and treated after vivisection on dogs. How's that f o r a moral d i l e m m a ?

You see my point; being humane isn't as simple as not eating pigs, not drinking milk. W e needed a cat. She eats lambs' l i v e r , etc. Our eldest dog needs ox insulin.

I w r i t e l e t t e r s and protest against fur coats, vivisection (but that's how diabetes was sorted out, experiments on dogs), cosmetic tests - but personal involvement in animal w e l f a r e and living in the country means that daily the

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facts of death and life have to be faced. Of course, heaven on earth would be nice, but animals are no more "dead" when their molecular body stops functioning than humans. They pass to the place they are ready f o r , just as we do.

Birds eat butterflies, cats eat birds. I've learned to r i s e above it all, and love them all, insect, animal, human, fish; however cruel they appear they contain a spark of the Universal Mind. There is nothing in this universe, or any other, that isn't part of the plan. Everything has a time to be born, and a time to die. God rules, O. K . !

It's probably easier to be humane if you live at the top of a tower block, in a city, where pets are not allowed and there are lots of shops to choose health foods in. No animals, no garden (with all nature's dramas going on day and night), no countryside walks with mixxy rabbits, injured birds, stray cats, abandoned tortoises (our dogs found one miles from any houses). We have got 20 pets. They fight one another sometimes, catch birds, ruin furniture and dig holes in the lawn. Some folk would say the food they eat should go to humans. I just accept life as it comes. My motto was "one day at a t i m e " long before that song was popular. You probably think by now that I and mine are mad. Maybe, but we're happy, loving, and do our best. Only God is perfect.

ANIMALS' RIGHTS

Valerie Rudderham

by Henry Salt with preface by Peter Singer Centaur P r e s s Ltd. ÂŁ7.50

Henry Salt (1851-1939), writer of nearly 40 books urging humanitarian r e forms, especially remembered for his work on Thoreau and his influence on Gandhi, had his "Animal Rights" published in England and America in 1892.

Peter Singer, in the preface, writes: " E v e r y time I re-read Salt's book - and I have now read it several times - I marvel at how he anticipates almost every point discussed in the contemporary debate over animal r i g h t s . " Henry Salt's aim in writing the book was "to make a clearance of the comfortable fallacies which the apologists of the present system have industriously accumulated". He claims for every animal "the right to live a natural life, a life permitting individual development',' A s Peter Singer concludes, "When the book was written, it was far ahead of its time. Whether the time has yet come remains to be seen. " Most readers of "The Vegan" are dedicated to bringing forward that time and they would be helped by Henry Salt's expositions and by the extensive and detailed bibliography that he gives. The price may put the book beyond their means but a successful demand that their libraries stock it will give many others a chance to catch up with Salt's arguments and to appreciate "his learning, his magnificent humanitarian feeling and his fine sense of humour. " K. J.

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HOLIDAYING THE VEGAN WAY Do you wish you could go on holiday somewhere where vegans are catered for and where you may even meet other vegans ? Our list of hotels and guesthouses that have made it known they will welcome vegans is steadily growing.

We offer you here a selection of places. Please support such establishments, send us details of any we've left out and please remember to let your hosts know that you a r e a vegan so that they can do their best for you.

Visitors to the South West are fortunate in being able to choose from some of the best known vegan hotels. OXFORD HOUSE, 65 Oxford Street, Burnhamon-Sea, Somerset (tel. 0278 78594) is situated just a few minutes from a long sandy beach and within easy range of the Quantocks and Mendips. The proprietors, Julia and Peter Hodges, are former health food store owners and organic market gardeners, so you can rely on good vegan food. Somerset could, of course, be a stopping-place "en route" to Cornwall and WOODCOTE VEGETARIAN HOTEL, The Saltings, Lelant, St. Ives (tel. 0736 753147). A vegetarian guest house since the 1920s, new owners John and Pamela Barrett are keen to provide fresh, organically grown vegan food and to cater for special diets. This ideal holiday setting is regularly returned to by patrons who enjoy the best of old-fashioned personal service combined with the f r e e dom to do what you want. JOHN B L A C K A L L E R , the former proprietor of Woodcote, is still In the. holiday business, offering a self-catering luxury f i r s t - f l o o r flat overlooking the Hayle Estuary, with a vegan meal available on request. Telephone John at 0736 752418 for more details. More self-catering accommodation with vegan meals by arrangement is available in a home two miles f r o m PENZANCE with a large garden, sea and country views (tel.

Penzance 2242). Our Local Vegan Contact for South Devon, Mrs. Baker, o f f e r s excellent f a r e at EROOKESBY H A L L HOTEL, Torquay (tel. 0803 22194), just 350 yards from Meadfoot Beach. This hotel is also a popular venue at Christinas. Also in Devon, vegan holidays near Haytor on Dartmoor at Ulla combe House can be booked through F A R M AND COUNTRY HOLIDAYS, Hilltop Road, Raleigh, Bideford, Devon.

WALES is where this y e a r ' s VEGAN HOLIDAY CAMP is. Details of this follow, but the beautiful coastline of West Wales is served by Susan Taylor's private bungalow at Dolanog, Pencae, Llanarth, Dyfed, complete with vegan breakfast and evening meal. Not fax f r o m the Centre for Alternative Technology near Machynlleth is THE RECTORY GUESTHOUSE, Llanymawddwy (tel. Dinas Mawddwy 375). Packed lunches are available here for vegans who prefer to spend the day exploring the southern side of the Snowdonia National Park. Further north, overlooking the Menai Straits, is GLASFRYN, Valley Road, Llanfairfechan, Gwynedd, where M r . & Mrs. McKee are experienced, in providing vegan "gluten f r e e " diets. Telephone 0248 681171.

On the English side of Offa's Dyke, Lilian Young, the proprietor of BEECHWOOD, Ryefield Road, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (tel. Ross-onWye 2504) o f f e r s a haven of New Age living set in an acre of organicall;. cultivated land.

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Visitors to the LAKE DISTRICT can do no better than to stay with Monty Alge and Keong Wee at ORCHARD HOUSE, Borrowdale Road, Keswick on Derwentwater, Cumbria, tel. 0596 72830. Traditional British cooking is available as well as some really special Eastern dishes. Over the border in Scotland, our Local Vegan Contact for WIGTOWNSHIRE offers the best in vegan accommodation and meals, on request, in peaceful South-West Scotland.

Write to Norma Wright, Kildonnan Cottage, Stoneykirk, near Stranraer, DG9 9EB. Further north still, Margaret Lawson's famous vegan hospitality extends from a charming cottage on the high road between Inverness and Nairn, near the beach and a golf course. Write to Eynhallow, Croy, Inverness, IV1 2PG, or telephone 066 78 352.

Back in England, CRAIG END LODGE, Cowpasture Road, Ilkley, Yorkshire (tel. 0943 609897) is near the start of the Dales Way and the Bronte country, which is also served by Veronica P r i e m ' s RIGA, Primrose Drive, Ripon, North Yorkshire, tel. Ripon 2611. GREENWAYS, 24 Marian Avenue, Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, LN12 2DZ, tel. 052 137508, is a non-smoking house near one of the best safe, sandy beaches in England. Christopher and Christine Phillips are members of the Vegan Society and offer reduced rates outside the high season to students and senior citizens. Further down the East Coast, vegan bed and breakfast (or full board) is available at Graham and Jasmine Shimell's, 9 Quebec Road, E. Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2DR, tel. 0362 4262, while ENGADINE VEGETARIAN GUEST HOUSE, Overstrand, near Cromer, tel. Overstrand 204, has been a favourite haunt of vegans in Norfolk for some years. Vegan visitors are also welcome at BRIGHTLING HALL Brightling, near Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EY, tel. Brightling 226.

To be able to enjoy a sailing holiday with two keen naturalists is a privilege in itself, but WENDY and BRIAN BURNETT provide a bonus when it comes to catering for they are both keen vegans. Children are welcome on these special holidays. Full details from 51 Main Road, Kinnerton, Chester, CH4 9AJ. On dry land, but no less exciting, are the walking tours arranged

by HIKING INTERNATIONAL of 3 East Saint Helen Street, Abingdon, Qxon.

Their walking tour along the Loire Valley past the most famous of French chateaux and miles of ripe grapes in September is being led by Laurence Main, the Assistant Secretary of the Vegan Society, who will also see to the catering. It is very easy, of course, to youth hostel and to camp as a vegan.

The Vegan Society has produced special leaflets on "Hostelling and Backpacking the Vegan Way" which are obtainable from the Assistant Secretary at 9 Mawddwy T e r r a c e , Minllyn, Dinas Mawddwy, near Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, for 20 pence. Also available, at ÂŁ1.08 per title including postage, are the MAINROUTES long-distance footpath guides to A WILTSHIRE WAY, A SOMERSET W A Y , A SOUTH WESSEX WAY, A BRISTOL COUNTRYWAY, KING A L F R E D ' S WAY and A SOUTH COAST WAY. Each guide-book contains detailed strip-maps on a scale of to the mile and information on all types of accommodation, public transport and places of interest along these routes, including Stonehenge, Glastonbury T o r , Breamore Mizmaze, Cheddar Gorge, Watership Down and the site of the Battle of Hastings.

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Laurence Main

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F A M I L Y

C A M P

Saturday, 1st August - Sunday, 9th August, 1981 This idea is to give vegan f a m i l i e s opportunities to mix. The only organisation would be that we all gather at the same site for the same period.

The campsite chosen f o r 1981 is V A E N O L C A R A V A N AND C A M P I N G SITE, T Y W Y N , GWYNEDD, WALES,..tel. 0654 710346.

This 66-pitch site has good facilities, is near the beach, not far f r o m the mountains and has-the Talyllyn Railway as a. major attraction. It is easily reached by public transport (Tywyn has a station on the Cambrian Coast r a i l way line and buses). The map reference i s SH590004 (recommended map 1:25 000 Outdoor Leisure Map of Snowdonia National Park, the sheet covering Cader Idris and Dovey F o r e s t , £2.15 f r o m Ordnance Survey map stockists).

P l e a s e book in advance direct with.Mr. J. E. L e w i s , the site owner. P l e a s e bring your own tent and all your camping equipment, food, etc. Although you must book your pitch in advance directly with the site owner (0654 710346), please also contact Laurence Main at 9 Mawddwy T e r r a c e , Minllyn, Dinas Mawddwy, near Machynlleth, P o w y s . Book soon to avoid disappointment.

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THE V E G E T A R I A N ' S S E L F - D E F E N C E M A N U A L by Richard Bargen, M. D. The Theosophical Publishing House£4.05 plus 35p p. & p.

The f i r s t vegans had little but their conviction "that what was ethically right could not be dietetically wrong" to support them. Nearly 40 y e a r s later vegans have provided evidence that their diet can maintain human health f r o m conception to a vigorous old age, often bringing improved health. They have become increasingly objects of interest to scientists. Now D r . Richard Bargen has made a compendium of "all the major scientific studies concerned with vegeta r i a n i s m " (including veganism). He presents them with admirable scientific objectivity and lucidity together with humour to make an entertaining little book that is at the same time a valuable defence against the ignorance of the professionals and the prejudices of the ignorant . T h e r e a r e only 160 pages in a card cover but I am so convinced of the value of this little book that I have ordered a number for r e - s a l e - hoping to have your order soon.

Kathleen Jannaway FOOD: NEED, GREED AND MYOPIA by G e o f f r e y Yates. Earthright Publications. £1.60 plus 35p p. & p.

This is a collection of clearly expressed and illustrated facts and figures that all who wish to present a convincing case for a just use of the world's r e sources will find most valuable. It does not set out to advocate veganism but makes obvious the logic of that humane and truly economical diet. Obtainable f r o m the Vegan Society. ^ j

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biuhihbs NEW SCIENTIST

February 5, 1981.

F r o m article by Dr. Alan Long, "The Well Nourished V e g e t a r i a n s " " . . . dairying and beef rearing a r e both part of what is, to the vegetarian, the particularly odious exploitation of the cow, which also includes the trade in veal. A few British vegetarians therefore dared nutritional deficiences by extending their abstentions to dairy products and the name vegan was coined for them. In 1944 these pioneers founded the Vegan Society. The word vegetarian was henceforth r e s e r v e d for one who abstains f r o m "fish, flesh and fowl only".

T h e r e followed a lucid description of the main features of the vegetarian and the vegan diets and of its claims to be beneficial as regards heart attacks, strokes, diverticulitis, some cancers, obesity and food poisoning.

T h e r e was a striking cover picture calling attention to the a r t i c l e and an Editorial Comment as follows "Chronic diseases of the affluent West seems increasingly likely to be caused by something in the diet. Meat and dairy products can do a lot of damage, so perhaps it is not surprising that the incidence of heart disease and some f o r m s of cancer is strikingly low among vegetarians. " A M E R I C A N D I E T A R Y ASSOCIATION R E P O R T

July, 1980.

" T h e American Dietary Association a f f i r m s that.. . a total plant dietary can be made adequate by careful planning.. . The A. D. A. recognises that a growing body of scientific evidence supports a positive relationship between the consumption of a plant based dietary and the prevention of certain diseases.

NEW SCIENTIST February 26, 1981.

F r o m article, "Put a Sunflower in Your Tank", by David Hall, P r o f e s s o r of Biology, King's College, University of London "When oil is so scarce that the cost of diesel fuel is prohibitive, we may have to grow plants to produce vegetable oils as fuels. Recent r e s e a r c h has shown that engines can run on a variety oi plant oils Vegetable oils can be grown locally and they a r e renewable. " ( T h e r e was an International Conference in London in 1979 and a further one in Brighton in November, 1980, on "Energy f r o m Biomass". Always the most restricting factor quoted was availability of land. Remembering that most a g ricultural land throughout the world supports livestock, the vegans have the answer. K . J . ) Kathleen Jannaway 16

April 2nd.

Dr Frey Ellis Memorial

Lecture

Trace Elements and Human Health lecture by

PROFESSOR D. DA VIES

At Friends Meeting House, 52 St. Martin's Lane, Westminster. A few minutes walk f r o m Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square Underground Stations - entrance in Hop Gardens, a side alley - you will have to ring the bell.

Thursday, 7.30 p . m .

A P R I L

2N D Buffet from 6. 30 p. m.

FUTURE MEETINGS JUNE 14th, Sunday. Garden Party for members and their friends from 2.00 p . m . at 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey. Fifteen minutes walk from Leatherhead Station, trains f r o m Waterloo and Victoria. Bear left across the park, turn left and almost immediately right along main road to town centre.

"Straight" across at che traffic lights, and take second turning on left between church and garage. Through churchyard on near side, into Highlands Road. By road, B2033 off A24. Green Line 714; ask for St. Mary's Church.

JUNE 20-28. We have a stand again at the Festival for Mind, Body & Spirit at Olympia and hope to meet members there.

AUGUST 1st, Saturday- 9th, Sunday. F A M I L Y CAMP (see page 15).

OCTOBER 16-18. V E G A N A U T U M N M E E T I N G S at B O U R N E M O U T H . Saturday, October 17th, Annual General Meeting. A varied programme i s being arranged for the rest of the weekend. For advice on hotels send S. A . E. to Laurnce Main, address Page 28.

"Meet the Vegans" social evening last Tuesday of the month f r o m 7 to 9.00 p . m . at the Nature Cure Clinic, 15 Oldbury Place, London, W. 1, behind Marylebone Church, a few minutes walk f r o m Baker Street Station.

FOR L O C A L MEETINGS SEE PAGES 23 AND 24.

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SENT IN BY MEMBERS ARACHIS PASTIES (a) 8 oz. wholemeal flour 1 oz. fine oatmeal 1 saltspoonful garlic salt oz. (by weight) vegetable oil Cold water

4 oz. peanuts, lightly roasted and skinned 4 oz. wholemeal breadcrumbs 1 large onion, chopped 1 tsp. powdered cumin 2 tsp. celery seeds 1 good tsp. yeast extract salt to taste

Mix pastry with (a) and set aside while preparing (b). Put the nuts through a nut mill, dissolve yeast extract in hot water and pour over crumbs, then add all other ingredients and stir well. Roll pastry into rounds, cover half with nut mixture, fold over and snip edges with scissors. Bake 25 minutes at 400째F. Mabel Cluer BRAZIL BUNS 8 4 3 6

oz. wholemeal flour oz. ground Brazil nuts oz. (by weight) sunflower oil oz. sultanas (previously washed and well drained) J tsp. salt

2 large tblsp. Malt Extract (the sticky kind in a jar) 1 level tsp. bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp., slightly rounded, cream of tartar Cold water to mix

Mix dry ingredients. Put in malt and mix with oil in the centre of bowl, gradually adding water and flour alternately as flour gets worked in from the sides whilst stirring. Add sultanas. Mixture should be fairly stiff but soft enough to beat until it becomes paler. Put in greased patty pans and bake 20-25 minutes at 400째F. Mabel Cluer A VEGAN "CHEESE" 1 tblsp. mustard 1 tsp. herb salt pinch cayenne and black pepper

2 oz. hard fat, melted 4 oz. maize flour 2 tblsp. cider vinegar

Stir flour into fat. Remove pan from heat. In a separate bowl mix other ingredients. Blend and beat into contents of pan. Incidentally, the mustard mix is delicious on Sosfry, mixed with apple juice and oregano and rolled in sunflower seeds before frying - and wedged in fresh bread roll3.

Joan Batty

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SENT IN .BY MEMBERS NUT B A L L S IN B A T T E R

3 2 2 4 2

1 1 1 5

oz. Brazils oz. peanuts oz. breadcrumbs oz. mashed potato tsp. Tamari soya Sauce

large tsp. Miso tblsp. stock tsp. lemon juice tsp. rosemary

Grind nuts, add breadcrumbs, herbs and Miso mixed with Tamari, stock and lemon juice. Add mashed potato to bind into mixture that can be easily formed into walnut-sized balls without sticking to hands. Put in fridge.

BATTER 2 tsp. salt cups water

§ cup sieved wholewheat flour g cup soya flour 1 tblsp. arrowroot

Mix lightly, then put in fridge. It is important that the batter and nut balls are cold. Dip nut balls into batter using chopsticks, then straight into hot oil when they become golden and crispy (3-5 mins.). Remove and keep hot on a wire tray.

Susan Fuller

SOYBURGERS Soya "pulp" (quantity left over from making

Chopped onion to taste

tofu - see Tofu article) Barmene to taste

Herbs to taste

Mix well (no need to add any water) and coat with breadcrumbs and oil. Bake for 20 minutes at 300°F. Paule Main DE-LUXE PORRIDGE 1 cup Quaker Oats (a wholegrain cereal) \ cup All-bran 2 cup Soyolk

A handful of raisins and sultanas 3 cups water

Soak overnight, cook, and serve with a sprinkling of chopped walnuts. Makes two good servings. No extra sweetening is needed.

In a double saucepan? - or can be eaten uncooked.

KJ

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By & about members RELIGION, SCIENCE AND ANIMALS By now it would be plain to many sensitive people that few in our religious and scientific establishments have faced up coherently to the problem of animal pain. And few of them realise that it is shameful on the part of those who a s pire to lead us. What they have been able to offer consists of incoherent platitudes with a few notable exceptions. A few sample instances will enable us to know how things stand.

Last year a few hundred whales were trapped by fishermen off the coast of Japan and were intended for slaughter on the grounds that they compete with them for fish stocks. Several wildlife organisations pleaded for their release for reasons including that they, the whales, had brains resembling in development those of human beings. An American cut some nets and freed some whales and was in turn charged in a Japanese court of law. An Australian s c i entist appeared before the court and stated that the whales had a highly sophisticated nervous system and hence should be treated in the manner of human beings. An indignant Japanese judge replied that he should first go back to his country and stop the slaughter of cattle.

A theologian talking about Zen Buddhism in Oxford was asked by a lady in the audience whether Christianity had anything to say regarding the eating of flesh. The theologian was taken aback. After some hesitation he r e f e r r e d to St. P e t e r ' s dream in the Acts of the Apostles (which was intended to convey something very different).

A scientist from Temple University came on Radio 4's "Science Now" p r o gramme to put forward a theory that human affections are determined by the presence of morphine-like substances in the brain. The experiments which suggested this to him involved the creation of distress by separating baby animals from their mothers and reuniting them. If animals are so like human beings to provide information about humans, to say that they do not possess similar rights becomes very tenuous.

Recently a Spaniard arrived at Fishguard by f e r r y from Ireland with a van containing foxhounds. Some of the dogs had died through neglect. The English, ever willing to shed moral indignation on a foreigner, had a special magistrate's court convened to try the Spaniard for cruelty. It hasn't occurred to anyone to have similar proceedings to try those who do worse things in laboratories and get knighthoods and peerages for them.

Anyone regularly attending an Anglican church would have noticed that at services of Thanksgiving for God's provision, all references are to "ploughing the f i e l d s " or to the "fruits of the earth". No allusion is made to the fruits of the slaughterhouse. Perhaps they really know what to hide from God. The foregoing gives us a picture of the prevailing confusion. Anyone who

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wants his moral and intellectual integrity taken seriously must face up to this.

The question when does someone have rights elicits a Babel of answers from the possession of an immortal soul (which for some reasons animals cannot have) to the size and complexity of the brain or nervous system. And most often an arbitrary answer depending on the pin-pose at hand. Without going into the problems these various answers arouse, it could be seen that they leave the basis of human dignity and human rights on a very shaky foundation.

I believe that Christianity has the answer - which has become obscured through Christian practice. An individual possesses value not for what it is but only because God loves it despite what it is - despite its fallen state. Because the Church did not stand up to the full consequences of this message, a group of Humanists, about 200 years ago, attempted to take the message of Christianity out of the Church and secularise it. It is hardly surprising that many of them, including Voltaire, Bentham and Paine, though principally social philosophers, had much to say, and passionately, about animal rights.

We know that this secularisation has failed. One must hope that it will once more become fashionable to seek answers to the questions of Being in a r e ligious context and that this time we will be honest about it.

Rajan Hoole

COMPASSION FOR ANIMALS - AND HUMANS I greatly enjoyed reading Jon Wynne-Tyson's piece "Cruelty is Indivisible" in the Autumn 1980 edition of "The Vegan". I support his views completely.

In 1970, after a decade of anti-war and ban-the-bomb activity which began for me in my mid-teens, I became a vegetarian. This evolutionary step was one I took after a standard American breakfast in a Washington D. C. bus station. I was sitting there about ari hour before dawn having just arrived on an early morning bus from New York in the dead of winter. The waitress and those patrons indoors (to keep f r o m being apprehended as vagrants or transients) all seemed locked, in iny view, to a never-ending cycle of oppression and reinforced aggression. The cops and robbers games of the street, the revolutionary games of the 60s political maneouvres in America, the overall pattern of big fish eating little fish, or dog chasing cat chasing mouse, etc., seemed to centre in on their reinforcement in one's diet.

The waitress, poor as she was, was not only oppressed in society - she believed in oppression; she ate the sorts of "foods" she served (dead animals and the like) and she believed it was her lot in life to be both oppressed and oppressor of others. In her case animals were her victims and humans her oppressors. And it was this reinforcement of oppression three times a day at meal times for most Americans which made the very oppression being meted out to minorities, the poor, the victims of war, e t c . , continue. For

the belief in oppression was so strongly reinforced, the thumbs down instead of the thumbs up decision taken so often by so many, that the whole society seemed doomed to go on a never-ending cycle of oppression until something changed - until the circle was broken and people made consciously unifying rather than consciously alienating decisions in their daily lives, most immediately in their diets.

So I left the Revolution and joined the Evolution.

Rather than spinning about from top to bottom to top to bottom ad infinitum as revolutionary in perpetuity, I decided that a truly evolutionary step would be for humans to recognise their oneness with one another and the rest of life by taking the first step of no longer eating or using animals.

But this compassion should only begin with animals, it should not end there. This recognition of the oneness of life, of the importance of non-oppression, must not extend only to animals any more than it should extend only to humans. It must extend to both. Thus in our dealings for the rights of animals we must not oppress or dishonour .luman beings, including those most needful of our love - those we disagree with who may be oppressing animals at present. Gandhi's wise advice of loving the actor while helping the actor to change the action should not be forgotten. We must recall that virtually all of us have been in the actor's current role of animal oppressor in some way and that just as it was possible for us to get out of that part by changing our actions so it is possible for any actor to get out of that action if we can bu< show the way wisely, compassionately, and with love. Yoga after all means union, and this union must apply to all who live, especially those most in need of union with other life - those not yet on the more compassionate vegan path. These friends in need must be shown by kind words and kind deeds how easy it is to take the step towards vegetas, towards being "full of l i f e " as vegetas may translate from its latin roots.

This showing must be done lovingly, gently, wisely.

The use of force will only destroy the very message we would teach. For we seek to teach the lesson that might does not make right. Anyone then who uses force to liberate an animal from oppression only really teaches that he or she believes In fact with the oppressor that might does make right. Such a teacher is in need of a teacher. Let us instead of condemning the oppressors condemn oppression. Let us teach that love can be practised even, and especially, unto those who practise i least.

Bob Pinkus, National Coordinator, Vegetarian Association of America, PO Box 86, Livingston, New Jersey, 07039, U . S . A .

"Until he extends the circle of hi3 compassion to all living things

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CHRISTMAS FAST FOR PEACE - AND ANIMALS David Davies, an artist member, fasted for ten days before Christmas. He got permission to sit for ten hours each day inside Salisbury Cathedral surrounded by his posters designed to arouse people's consciences about the immorality of the Christmas slaughter of animals, the plight of the millions of people starving in the world and the wickedness and horror of war. He chose the cathedral for his demonstration because he particularly wanted to arouse church people to action. Considerable interest was shown in his venture and it was well reported in the local press. There are signs that some in the churches are waking up to the implications of their faith, though many passed by on the other side of the cathedral. Quiet but imaginative witness involving personal discomfort, such as engaged in by David, will have more beneficial effects than aggressive acts that only arouse opposition and result in further hardening of hearts.

SUCCESSFUL FOOD DEMONSTRATION Olive Jones and June Ellis and their friends have had another highly successful vegan food demonstration, this time in Barkingside. One hundred and 50 people came, E40 worth of literature was sold and much appreciation expressed of the many vegan dishes that had been provided. Seventeen people from different animal welfare and other groups cooked the food. (They w e r t not all vegans but Olive made sure the food was.)

Olive sent a few ideas to help others plan a similar event.

1. Hold it in the day time, preferably on a Saturday in a shopping centre; people do not like coming out at night.

2. Prepare the ground well beforehand, getting the library to stock vegan books and display "The Vegan", by leafletting extensively well in advance with "Food for a Future" leaflets and a week before with details of the event.

3. Get the co-operation of the Editor of the local paper (put in an advert.), and of the proprietors of the Health Food Store and other shops (advertise them at the event).

4. Ask local animal welfare and other groups to join in the activity. Lend them vegan cookery book and ask them to bring dishes for tasting. It doesn't matter if they are not vegan - so long as their dishes are.

5. Be sure to collect names and addresses of people who would like to have further contact.

ORGANISING MEETINGS? - Think of the disabled.

If you are organising a meeting, think of the disabled people who might like to attend. Provide facilities where possible and advertise details of condition beforehand.

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VEGAN

'SERMON''

One Sunday last December, one of our members was asked by a Unitarian minister to talk to his congregation about veganism. She spoke about "Veganism in particular, and man's ambivalence, his compassion and his cruelty, in g e n e r a l " .

She was encouraged by the response and writes:

" T h e r e a r e heart-warming signs of true vegan compassion starting to surface like snowdrops pushing their way through the hard winter earth. It is a p r i v i l e g e to share in the early morning hours of a vegan w o r l d . " BOURNEMOUTH T U R K E Y P R O T E S T T w o newspaper reports and an interview on local radio heralded Bournemouth Vegans' Christmas Protest in the town centre on December 20. Further p r e s s and commercial television coverage followed the event at which 15 vegans and sympathisers handed out almost 3,000 leaflets aimed at unsuspecting Christians together with vegan r e c i p e s . Despite the rain the protesters manned their posts for over six hours. Well-designed placards Illustrated the barbarity and hypocrisy of the conventional Christmas Dinner and these attracted considerable attention.

On December 22, Bournemouth Vegans and friends made up a party of 20 for their Christmas Dinner which was held at " M r . Natural" vegetarian r e s taurant in Southbourne, Bournemouth. The menu included avocado, stuffed mushrooms, Christmas nut roast and vegan Christmas pudding with cashew c r e a m . A report duly appeared in the local paper.

E r i c George A V E G A N CHRISTMAS DINNER IN NORTH LONDON A vegan Christmas dinner was held at the Inner Visions Cafe in Hornsey R i s e on December 19, where over 40 people were catered for. These people were mainly vegans, but there w e r e some vegetarian friends being guided in the right direction.

The dinner was arranged by Alpay Torgut (North London Vegan Contact) and the people of 12 Wray Crescent including Marijke, Catweazle and Kevin.

The meal began with artichoke soup, followed by nut roast and a savoury sauce, baked parsnips and potatoes and Brussels sprouts, accompanied by two enormous bowls of salad to choose f r o m . Then there was mince pie and custard, a t r i f l e , fruit salad and cashewnut cream and Christmas cake.

T h e r e was a profusion of decorations which we had made at home and the meal was consumed by candlelight. A f t e r the meal, some musicians who frequent the cafe entertained us on guitars and mouth-organs.

The atmosphere was very pleasant throughout the evening and it would be nice to use this idea and even expand it next year by perhaps holding the dinner somewhere l a r g e r . Perhaps, also, it will be possible for other areas to take A l p a y ' s lead and to have their own dinner.

Kath Manners

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We are steadily filling in the gaps in our map of Local Vegan Contacts. ditions to our list this quarter are:

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GWENT: OXFORD: STAFFORDSHIRE (WEST): SURREY: TAYSIDE: HAMPSHIRE, MID: LONDON, EAST: NORFOLK: SHROPSHIRE, EAST: SOMERSET, SOUTH: SPAIN: AUSTBLALIAN VEGAN SOCIETY:

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1981 is going to be a year of vegan activity at the local level, so please write to your local contact to offer whatever help you can. If you have lost the original, complete list, please write for details of Local Vegan Contacts in your area to the Assistant Secretary, 9 Mawddwy T e r r a c e , Minllyn, near Dinas Mawddwy, Gwynedd, Wales. There are still a few counties which have a lot of vegan members but no Local Vegan Contact. The counties in question are Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cleveland, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Durham, .

Hereford, Lincolnshire, Northumbria, Suffolk, Sussex, Wiltshire, and the Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow regions of Scotland. If you live in one of these areas, please consider applying to the Assistant Secretary (at the above address) to f i l l a gap in our list of Local Vegan Contacts. If you live in North Yorkshire, you may wish to.brighten the diay for Mrs. Winifred Scott of Mrs. Scott has reached the age of 80 and would welcome visitors.

The winter is a quiet time as far as festivals are concerned, but the vegan message has been spread through other outlets. Christmas parties were held in North London, Reading and Cheltenham, while Norma Wright's regular meetings in Stranraer led to an excellent report about veganism and local vegan activity in the local newspaper. Regular meetings are also established in Cheltenham, f r o m 2.00 p. m. to 5.00 p. m. on the last Sunday of every month at

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formed Vegan Society of Australia also have a regular meeting date on the f i r s t Wednesday of each month, excluding January, at 7.30 p. m . , preceded by a bring-a-plate supper, at the Theosophical Society, Russell Street, Melbourne.

Our Northern Ireland L o c a l Contacts, the Gunn-Kings, prepared vegan r e freshments f o r 30 members of Ballymena Rambling Club at their social evening on January 31. The food was accompanied by Brien Gunn-King's slides of U l s t e r ' s f o r e s t s , the beautiful coast and the glens of Antrim, followed by party games and music f r o m three fiddlers. Margaret Gunn-King gave a l e c ture to the Belfast Yoga Society on dietetics, giving tasters of the vegan wholefoods she demonstrates how to make at the weekly Yoga s e r i e s of l e c tures at Bailee High School, Ballymena. Ulster vegans will be pleased to know that they a r e catered f o r at very reasonable cost at "Hideout C a f e " , f i r s t f l o o r , above "Just Books", 7 Winetavern Street, Belfast.

Your Assistant Secretary made a tour of Cornwall at the end of October which was preceded by a talk to the Vegetarian Society in Minehead. The Cornish tour was arranged by the new Local Vegan Contact for Cornwall, Denise P y l e , of the Wellbeing Centre, Old School House, Illogan, Churchtown, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 4SW. T h i s New A g e Centre is a hive of a c tivity, o f f e r i n g lectures, classes and courses on everything f r o m acupuncture to Zen. Locals and visitors seeking an activity holiday (the beach is a t w o - m i l e walk away by a beautiful footpath) should w r i t e to Denise f o r details of what i s available. The f i r s t talk of the tour was given at the Centre, f o l lowed by talks in Camborne College, Falmouth and at John B l a c k a l l e r ' s healing aa.ictuary in Lelant. The f i l m "A Better Future For A l l L i f e " was shown on each occasion and a total of 100 people attended the week's meetings, o v e r E50's worth of books w e r e sold and six new members paid their subscriptions on t i e spot, with the greatest success in the wonderful atmosphere of John B l a c k a l l e r ' s sanctuary in Lelant.

The Cornish tour was followed by a lecture in Wolfson College, Oxford, which was arranged by Rajan Hoole. a student there. Rajan gave your A s s i s tant S e c r e t a r y ' s talk and f i l m show an excellent introduction and Mahalla Mason provided tempting food.

FUTURE MEETINGS include a talk and filmshow in Swansea on F r i d a y , A p r i l 24, in Usk on Friday, May 1, in Hull on Wednesday, May 20, in Cheltenham on Tuesday, June 9, in Bath on Wednesday, June 10, in Bristol on Thursday, June 11, in West London on Thursday, June 18, in Exmouth on Monday, July 6, in Exeter on Tuesday, July 7, and in Taunton on F r i d a y , July 10. P l e a s e contact Laurence Main (telephone 06504 255) f o r full details. T h e r e a r e festivals at Tunoridge Wells on May 4, at L e e d s May 21-26 and at Leamington Spa on June 6 and 7. _ Laurence Main

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Third edition of the COMPLETE VEGAN COOKERY BOOK

WHAT'S COOKING?

by EVA BATT

Revised and enlarged with over 300 recipes plus 30 pages of nutritional advice and helpful hints, "What's Cooking?" is a valued addition to every kitchen and is especially appreciated by newcomers to the vegan way of life. With its explicit and easy to follow directions it is already used in over 8,000 homes.

REVIEWS "This is a challenging book and very timely in that it shows the vegan concept of reformed diet to be utterly practical and acceptable . . . . . .

I like the section on exotic fruits and vegetables and how not to cook potatoes as well as several good ways of doing so. WHAT'S COOKING ? is above average in usefulness and interest and strongly to. be recommended. " HEALTH FOR A L L "A book expertly compiled

presented with verve and imagination.

No self-respecting kitchen can afford to be without this reference.

Written with sincerity and authority. " VEGETARIAN SOCIETY "No nut case this great vegetarian . . . Mrs Batt has written a fascinating book. "

ENFIELD W E E K L Y HERALD

FROM A P P R E C I A T I V E OWNERS "Please send me your book 'What's Cooking?'. a friend and I thought it was excellent. "

I saw a copy in the house of

"The most comprehensive and superb cookery book The wealth of information about nutrition is outstanding... so much more than a book of recipes" "Your 'What's Cooking? 1 is simply super. It is proving a tremendous help in preparing attractive, tasty dishes and delicious cakes and biscuits for my non-vegetarian guests." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To: The Secretary, The Vegan Society, 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey.

Please supply the book "WHAT'S COOKING?" for which I enclose my cheque /Postal Order for ÂŁ3.45 to include postage and packing.

Name Address,

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PUBLICATIONS W H A T ' S COOKING?

by Eva Batt. Cookery book and food guide. Revised

and enlarged edition just published, over 300 r e c i p e s . See page FIRST HAND: FIRST R A T E

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£3.50

by K. Jannaway. Sixty simple recipes f o r

economical, healthy living (savouries, cakes, e t c . , with oil and no sugar).

65p

V E G A N N U T R I T I O N by F r e y E l l i s , M. D . , F. R . C. P a t h . , & T . Sanders, Ph. D. (Nutr.). Scientific assessment of vegan diet based on recent r e s e a r c h . Easy to follow tables.

65p

P L A N T FOODS FOR HUMAN H E A L T H with r e f e r e n c e to the diseases of affluence and the needs of the developing world, by P r o f . J. Dicker son, University of Surrey.

35p

THE R O L E OF P L A N T FOODS IN FEEDING MANKIND by P r o f . A .

Bender, University of London.

45p

V E G A N MOTHERS A N D CHILDREN. Booklet by 10 vegan mothers plus reports of recent r e s e a r c h .

65p

IN L I G H T E R V E I N by Eva Batt. V e r s e s to amuse and arouse pity.

65p

SALADINGS f r o m the garden and hedgerow, by Mabel Cluer.

90p

V E G A N SHOPPERS' GUIDE compiled by Eva Batt - Spring 1980, food items Autumn 1980, mainly other items

65p 77p

YOUTH HOSTELLING A N D B A C K - P A C K I N G the vegan way. Leaflet with recipes.

25p

FESTIVE RECIPES. Leaflet with Christmas and party recipes.

25p

Badges

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SOLD BUT NOT PUBLISHED B Y THE V E G A N SOCIETY GUIDE T O V E G E T A R I A N & V E G A N N U T R I T I O N by Rodger Doyle.

THE CIVILISED A L T E R N A T I V E by Jon Wynne-Tyson - plea for eclectic approach to world religions, philosophies and social theories.

FOOD FOR A F U T U R E by Jon Wynne-Tyson. Paperback.

H E A L T H Y E A T I N G FOR T H E NEW AGE by Joyce d'Silva (vegan cookery).

FOOD: NEED, GREED & MYOPIA by G e o f f r e y Yates. See r e v i e w in this issue.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L V E G E T A R I A N HANDBOOK. New edition just published, details of restaurants, shops, guest-houses, health centres, e t c . , U. K. and abroad.

£ a 35 £4.00 £1.75 £4.37 £1.85

£2.15 „

SEE A L S O BOOK REVIEWS

All p r i c e s include postage. Cheques payable to Vegan Society Ltd. Send o r d e r s to L. Main, Asst. S e c . , 9 Mawddwy T e r r a c e , Minllyn, N r . Dinas Mawddwy, Gwynedd, Wales.

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SOYA MILK TOKEN P E T I T I O N Jenny Cure collected 150 signatures to her petition asking for help with providing children with soya milk instead of cows' milk. It was rejected but the struggle continues. Please write personal letters to the Department of Health & Social Security, Alexander Fleming House, Elephant & Castle, London, S. E. 1, and consider supporting Arthur Ling with his efforts - see below. ^ PLA

MIL

K.J.

NEWS

COACH P A R T Y T O P L A M I L F A C T O R Y Roger Blessed is planning to organise a coach trip of interested folk to visit Plamil House on Friday, May 25. If any reader would like to join the party with coach leaving from the Croydon area about 9.00 a. m . , would they kindly contact Roger Blessed of , S. W. 16.

V I T A L TEST CASE Why should not milk tokens (each token provides seven pints of milk f r e e of cost) be available for soya milk? A customer has kindly sent Plamil Foods Ltd. her F r e e Milk Token Book and the Company has sent this to the Department of Health and Social Security for encashment. The D. H. S. S. has replied that "considerable administrative difficulties and increased costs to the Department would be involved in extending the welfare food scheme to meet the exceptional case" (of a person who for ethical reasons would not consume cow's milk). In effect this implies that the welfare scheme is for the sole benefit of the majority, and that the minority (vegans, e t c . ) are not to benefit from the scheme despite paying equal taxes, National Insurance, etc. This is unfair and a negation of democracy.

Plamil Foods is pressing the Department to reconsider the matter and meantime would like to hear from any vegan who would normally be entitled to a F r e e Milk Token Book so that it may show the Department that "an exceptional case" may be multiplied times over; and further, the Company would like to hear if any may suggest a simple system to obviate the Department's "considerable administrative difficulties" in administering a scheme to bring soya milk within the welfare scheme.

BEVERAGE Plamil Foods' latest product PLA MIL CAROB-EAN is now being distributed by the largest wholesaler in the health food trade and is accordingly available to all health stores. This delightful tasting and highly nutritious drink is a perfect blend of soya protein isolate with carob flour (soya protein isolate is 90% protein and has therefore a far higher protein content pro rata than soya flour). A unique feature is that recipes (to make ice cream, blancmange and cakes, e t c . , from it) are given on the inside of the label.

Arthur Ling, Managing Director of Plamil Foods Ltd.

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SHOPPING WITH EVA ^ I was glad to note that included in the recommendations of the Min. of Ag. P r e s s Notice, December '80, were the words, there should be "fewer exceptions from the requirement to list ingredients" (in food).

Another item of interest under "Notes for Editors" (7) reads: "The labelling of milk sold as such is dealt with by separate regulations under the Food 6 Drugs Act 1955." When this is revised - and surely it is overdue though not envisaged yet - we should have an opportunity to add our comments for their deliberation plus suggestions as to how this calf food should be described. Perhaps they will add a Government Health Warning if we suggest It? (Just a pipe dream - at the moment.)

Address your letters on the subject to: The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HH. Boots A reader writes to say that Vitamin C tablets are vegan. They are made, say Boots, from starch and saccharin.

Burton's COCONUT RING BISCUITS. This company already lists ingredi ents on the packet so be guided by this for they explain that ingredients may be changed from time to time due to availability - of vegetable fat for instance.

This business of changing ingredients applies to a number of foods and we can only repeat: read the label at the time of purchase, whatever your Journal or Shoppers' Guide says.

Fox's Biscuits THICK T E A , BRANDY SNAP, GINGER SNAP, FINGER GINGER, GINGER COOKIES, COCNUT COOKIES. Note that some of the names have been changed since the last list.

Cypressa IiALVASNACK. sesame seed) and sugar.

Heath fe Heather Hugli

Made in Greece mainly from TAHINI (pulped

Toilet soaps have been discontinued.

T O M A T O SOUP MIX.

International Stores We now know that this soft margarine is NOT VEGAN. Please correct your Vegan Journal for Winter '80, page 31, and the Autumn 1980 Shoppers' Guide, page 14 - if this has not already been done.

Rend Incorporated HONEY WHEAT is a snack in small packets which contains no honey, no artificial flavours or preservatives and the sweetening is brown sugar. Not yet widely distributed but appreciated by members who have been able to get it.

Sainsbury's

A reader tells us that the MINT CHOCOLATE CRISPS a r e vegan.

Tobler Suchard Waitrose

TURKISH DELIGHT and NEW BERRY FRUITS, still vegan.

B R A M L E Y A P P L E & BLACKBERRY FRUIT PUDDINGS.

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NOT VEGAN Wyeth Labs. Wysoy vegetable milk contains oleo oil derived from beef fat.

International Stores Natural Soft Margarine contains whey. Please delete from Autumn/Winter 1980 "Shoppers' Guide', page 14, and from Winter 1980 "Vegan", page 31.

Naturade Lanolin and beeswax in some products. Delete from Autumn/Winter 1980 "Shoppers' Guide", page 3.

FOOTWEAR Vanguard WORKMASTER shoes for men. Members are finding these broadfitting, comfortable, economically priced and generally satisfactory but not particularly well finished.

The number of styles in non-leather shoes for ladies is fairly wide, but men are not quite so fortunate although suitable shoes can be found for them also. Non-leather shoes for children are, unfortunately, still rather scarce, particularly the good poromeric ones. Now that most shoes are marked with the materials it is not so important to list them.

Excellent quality, British made, poromeric simulated leathers ARE BEING MADE; encourage their use by asking for shoes with these uppers at every opportunity and, if at all possible, refuse anything else. THIS IS THE BEST W A Y T O increase their availability in the shops.

Eva Batt

C E L E B R A T I O N

C A L E N D A R

We are planning to publish a calendar for 1982. It will consist of 12 seasonable, festive menus attached to the page for each month of the year in such a fashion that when the date pages are finished with and torn off a booklet of festive menus will remain. Please send your favourite festive menus to Eva Batt, 8 Iford Close, Southbourne, Bournemouth.

The 24th issue of Vegan Views will be out shortly and will feature readers' views on various topics related to veganism, including The Animal Liberation Front, travelling by motor-cycle in the U. S. A . , a fruitarian diet, and an experience of l i f e in Third World countries.

Please send 40p (stamps will do) for a sample copy, or ÂŁ1.20 for threeissue subscription to Vegan Views, 1 Gincroft Lane, Edenfield, Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire, BLO OJW.

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Please send to the Assistant Secretary, 9 Mawddwy T e r r a c e , Minllyn, near Dinas Mawddwy, Gwynedd, Wales, by 1st May, 1981, for the next issue. A d vertisers are asked to note that we shall be unable to deal with box numbers in future. Rate: 5p a word.

AHIMSA - quarterly magazine for the American Vegan Society. Veganism Natural Living - Reverence for L i f e . Calendar year subscription $8 or E4.

Address: 501 Old Harding Highway, Malaga, N.J. 08328.

V E G F A M feeds the hungry via plant-based foodstuffs, leaf protein, seeds, irrigation, etc. Trustee Ruth Howard offers accommodation in return for some help with house/land. The Sanctuary, Lydford, Okehampton, Devon.

T e l . Lydford 203.

THE HUNGER PROJECT invites you to join with other members in the developed countries, and millions, involuntarily, in other parts of the globe, to fast on the 14th day of the month to align yourself with the hungry of the world and to create the context of ending starvation on our planet before year 2000 A. D. Ask about Hunger Project. T e l . 01-373 9003 (77 Cromwell Road, .

London, S.W. 7 ).

THE L E Y HUNTER is the leading magazine of Earth Mysteries, including ley-lines. Send S. A . E . for full details or £3.60 for annual subscription to: P. O. Box 13, Welshpool, Powys, Wales.

RAW FOOD. For f r e e leaflet describing its great value as part of diet, send S. A . E . to Vigilex Publications, Vega House, 18 Bar Street, Scarborough, Y O U 2HT. WALK THE MAINROUTES: A Wiltshire Way, A Somerset Way, A South Wessex Way, A Bristol Countryway, King A l f r e d ' s Way and A South Coast Way. Each costs £1.05 including postage and "Backpacking the Vegan Way" leaflet from: The Vegan Society, 9 Mawddwy T e r r a c e , Minllyn, near Dinas Mawddwy, Gwynedd, Wales.

MAKE BREAD WITHOUT Y E A S T ? Read: THE PRISTINE L O A F . Details to make piquant sourdough bread by ancient method now enjoying much-deserved revival. Send 70p: Leeds 8.

YOUNG MALE VEGAN would like to work with other vegetarians, preferably outdoor work in pleasant rural surroundings. Experienced gardener.

THE NATIONAL EQUINE & SMALLER ANIMALS DEFENCE LEAGUE urgently needs help. Details . S. A . E . please.

SLOGANS WANTED for badges, T-shirts, posters. Please send to London, S. E. 3.

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MORE WHOLEFOOD SHOPS: Frugal Foods, West Saint Helen Street, Abingdon, Oxon.

Phoebus Natural Foods, 84 Willesden Lane, London, N. W. 6.

HEATHROW A I R P O R T ! Would you like to meet vegans living within this a r e a ?

If so, simply telephone (any time) 01-570 5704.

FOR A L L LOVERS OF N A T U R E , a unique experience in sound; ECSTASIE P .

736D; COSMOS 9747C - two of the most beautiful recordings you'll ever hear.

The listener is transported through a fantasy world of surrealistic music, skilfully blended with the sounds of nature. For R e l a x a t i o n . . . Meditation...

H e a l i n g . . . and as a soft and soothing background f o r all those seeking deep, inner peace. The two volumes on two cassettes f o r only ÂŁ9.98 post and packing f r e e (including full 28 day money-back guarantee). Post your order to: Sun Productions (VN1), 83 Sutton Hall Road, Hounslow, Middx, TW5 0 P X . You have nothing to l o s e - yet a whole world to gain by listening to this music.

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WANTED: active vegans in South East London, required to start local group with a view to holding meetings, forming a food co-op and actively promoting the vegan movement. First meeting to take place at Friday, April 3rd at 7.30 p . m . Ring 853 3057 or 237 0731.

VEGETARIAN MATCHMAKERS. Inexpensive yet personal introduction s e r vice by post, exclusively for unattached adult vegetarians and vegans. No endless lists of inappropriate "soul-mates" to sift through; we will utilise our professional judgement and expertise to narrow the field on your behalf.

Bring your dreams a step nearer today by sending for details to: V. M. M . , Freepost, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8BR (no stamp needed if postcode added).

Find happiness through V. M. M. THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR A L T E R N A T I V E TECHNOLOGY has something for you! Visit us on your way to or from the Vegan Family Camp. We are near Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, and are open to visitors every day. We also run residential courses including courses on Organic Gardening from 27th to 31st May and on the Ecology of the Mid-Wales Coastal Region from 15th to 19th June. Telephone 0654 2400 for full details.

NATURE CURE T R E A T M E N T - Naturopathy, Diet Therapy, Iris Diagnosis, Herbs, Psychotherapy, Remedial Exercises and Massage, Relaxation.

Birmingham. T e l .

021 4712903. Consultation by appointment only.

POSTAL BOOKSELLERS covering healing, parapsychology, occult philosophy, theosophy, mysticism, meditation, Yoga. Stamp please for list. Wessex Dragon Books (V), 26 Queen Victoria St., Reading, RG1 1TG. VEGANIC GARDENING (no digging and vegetable composting). Short courses begin in the spring and continue throughout the summer and autumn at a veganic garden in the Cotswolds. Unique opportunity to learn how to grow vegetables and fruit in the purest manner known. For prospectus, application form and scale of fees send stamped addressed envelope to Vegaoic, 36 Granes End, Great I inford, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 SDX. MUSIC FOR DISABILITY '81. Calling all singers/groups musicians. Whatever your leaning - popular/classical/folk music - you are needed for a concert in aid of the International Year for Disabled People. This is planned for Summer 1981 and will be held in either Salisbury or London. You don't have to be professional. Help is needed with publicity/co-ordination. Write today for full details to: Krsna Karma Association, 6 Cedar Place, Bransgore, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 8BX. A N I M A L

AID

April 24, Friday. World Day for Laboratory Animals.

May 23, Saturday. Fifth National March/Rally at Birmingham to protest against cruel experiments at the university.

Details of both from Jean Pink, Animal Aid, 111 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent. S . A . E . please. â&#x20AC;&#x17E;.

HOLIDAYS CORNWALL. Self-catering luxury first floor flat for vegans/vegetarians o v e r looking Hayle Estuary. Sleeps 4/6. Vegan meal available. S.A. E. please to Blackaller, "Meadowlands", The Saltings, Lelant, St. Ives, TR26 3DL. T e l .

Hayle 0736 752418.

S. W. SCOTLAND. Self-catering vegan/vegetarian accommodation in our peaceful cottage. Meals available if preferred. Reduced rates off-season. SAE to , near Stranraer, Wigtownshire, DG9 9EB. SOMERSET. Vegan/vegetarian cuisine. Open all year except October. Interesting area. Sea, sand, hills, caves, history, sport. Annual holiday or weekend break. , Burnham-onSea, TA18 1EN. Telephone: 0278 785954.

HEREFORDSHIRE. Beechwood vegetarian guesthouse has catered for vegans for the last 21 y e a r " . Organic garden produce. D. B. B . , S. A. E . , Herefordshire. T e l . 0989 2514.

NORFOLK. Vegan bed and breakfast (or full board) for travellers and holiday makers, offered in our home, a Victorian house with easy access to the coast, Broads, etc. S. A . E .

Norfolk, NR19 2DR. T e l . Dereham (0362) 4262.

INVERNESS. Vegan/vegetarian accommodation in charming cottage on high road between Inverness and Nairn. Good tourist centre, walking, golf course, sea, beach nearby. Guests welcome all year.

Inverness, IV1 2PG. T e l . 066 78 352.

YORKSHIRE.

Vegan catering. Moorland walks from the door.

Yorks, LS29 8RS. T e l . (0943)-

609897.

WE HAVE STARTED IN A F A R M near Volterra, Tuscany, to form a vegan community and meeting place, dedicated to love for all animals. Four hectares and comfortable house. For further information, please write to: - Via Bomparenti, 11. T e l . Pomerance 0588/65531.

mjBOHSi Emily Rose Harris, born to Alex and Patricia Harris of Florida on October 7, 1980, and Zoe Williams, born to Kevin and Sara Williams on December 19, 1980.

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RAW FOOD COMPENDIUM Its value as a substantial part of diet Practical Hints, Principles, Extracts f r o m Medical Opinions £3.50 post f r e e , f r o m

HOLIDAYS A F L O A T with vegans Brian & Wendy Burnett on

VIGIL EX

their 36', 7 berth yacht " X I M " .

PUBLICATIONS

18 Bar Street, Scarborough,

Wildlife-watching cruises around the Highlands and Islands of Western Scotland - see SEALS, DOLPHINS, DEER, shearwaters, guillemots, puffins, living sea-urchins, spider-crabs, orchids and many other fascinating plants and animals. A l l catering vegan or vegetarian, as required.

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24 Marian A v e . Mablethorpe, Lines ( T e l . 7508) Chris & Chris Phillips members of Vegan Society welcome vegans. Home baking, wholefoods, safe sandy beach.

P r i c e s f r o m £70-£120 per week. Send stamp for details to: 51 MAIN ROAD, K I N N E R T O N , CHESTER, CH4 9AJ.

Send S A E f o r brochure.

CORNWALL WHY NOT GET A W A Y F R O M IT A L L and spend a few days with us in the r e laxed atmosphere of the West Country? We cannot always guarantee the weather but you a r e assured of an I M A G I N A T I V E CUISINE P L U S GOOD OLD FASHIONED SERVICE at a price you can a f f o r d !

Woodcote overlooks the T I D A L E S T U A R Y AND BIRD S A N C T U A R Y of Hayle.

A l s o available S E L F - C A T E R I N G C H A L E T , sleeps four. S. A . E . f o r brochure.

John & Pamela Barrett, Woodcote Vegetarian Hotel, The Saltings, Lelant, St. Ives, Cornwall, TR26 3DL. T e l . 0736 75147.

T OR QU A Y Member Vegan Society. Brookesby Hall Hotel. Member Vegetarian Society (U. K . ) Meadfoot Beach. T e l . 0803 22194 Peacefully situated among the t r e e s in the loveliest part of Torquay and overlooking the sea towards Brixham and B e r r y Head, the hotel o f f e r s wholefood Vegan and Vegetarian meals which a r e interesting, satisfying and well balanced. The town centre is two bus stops away and Meadfoot Beach 350 yards. Some r o o m s private showers. Full central heating. Open all year (including Christmas). Colour brochure f r o m R e s . Props.

M r . & Mrs. E. D. Baker.

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WELCOMES VEGANS Lakeland's strictly Vegetarian Guest House offers a warm and hospitable welcome to Vegans. Gome to us to relax, to walk and climb, to absorb the tranquility of Orchard House and the Lake District. We have a peaceful garden, a warm and comfortable home, delicious and different f o o d and we are situated in superb Lake District country. We ask Vegans to give us a week's notice if possible.

Brochure from (Stamp appreciated)

MILK THAT'S NEVER EVER SEEN

M o n t y AJge and Keong Wee, Orchard House, Borrowdale Road, Keswick on Derwentwater, Cumbria Tel.(0596) 72830

It's 100% vegetable ... m a d e f r o m the soya bean and packed with protein and goodness. Its production involves no exploitation of animals. T h e flavour is quite deliciousâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all the family, particularly the children will love it. You can drink it on its o w n as a super health drink or use it on breakfast cereals, in c o f f e e or tea or in dishes such as milk puddings and custards. What's more it will keep in tue can just as lcng as you want to keep it. A wonderfully versatile and nutritious f o o d ... Golden A r c h e r Beanmilk by Itona. It's at your health food store.

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Shinners Bridge, Dartington, Devon.

Peter Robinson, Oxford Circus, W. 1.

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PLAMIL SOYA PLANTMILK

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not instead of breast-milk, but on weaning and through the rest of life provides important nutrients including B12, CALCIUM & PROTEIN. High in polyunsaturates.

All Plamil products are guaranteed exclusively vegan.

List and recipes (SAE please) from Plamil Foods Ltd. Plamil House, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone.