The Vegan Summer 1980

VEGAN SOCIETY FOUNDED

1944—REGISTERED

CHARITY

VEGANISM is a way of living on the products of the plant kinglom 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 from animals.

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

President:

Mr J Sanderson

Deputy President: Vice-Presidents: Council:

Mrs S Coles Mrs E Batt, Mr J Dinshah, Dr C Nimmo, Miss W Simmons, Miss M Simmons

Mrs E Batt, Mrs S Coles, Mrs K Jannaway, Mr J Sanderson, Mrs G Smith

Treasurer:

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

Hon. Secretary: Subscription:

Mrs K Jannaway, address as above £2.00 yearly. ( Additional members at same address not requiring an extra Journal, pensioners & other such £1. 00) THE

Quarterly Journal

VEGAN

£1. 50 per annum

35 pence a single copy

From The Secretary, address as above Editors:

Mr J Sanderson and Mrs K Jannaway

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

Published: Copy dates:

21st of March, June, September and December 1st of preceding month

VEGAN

SOCIETY

was tormed in i944 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.

F r e e 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.

WHAT

THEN

DO

VEGANS

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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.

The Vegan Society helps with all types of vegan diet.

FULL MEMBERSHIP

is reserved for practising vegans.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP is open to those who support and sympathise with the principles of the Society.

MINIMUM SUBSCRIPTIONS are kept low - £2.00 yearly ( £1.00 for member at same address, sharing the Journal), £1.00 for pensioners, juniors or those otherwise on a restricted income - so that all who agree with the importance of the vegan way of life can register their support.

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Subscriptions cover the cost of the quarterly journal.

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THE GIFT OF HEALTH Some of the kindest and most loving people have endured appalling physical handicaps and somehow overcome them and not allowed their inner joy to be overlain by bitterness.

But for most of us a reasonably healthy body that responds to our wishes is necessary for a full and happy life. The quality, the variety and the richness of experience are enhanced when our movement is f r e e and unhindered, and we are not limited in any way by disabilities.

Whether we live in this happy state depends in the first place on our parents - they provided the body with a genetic inheritance that reaches back through cell division into the mists of time.

Then if all went well, our mother shared her diet with us through her milk and she fed us with love and a feeling of welcome and security.

With weaning came a change on to more soild food, the kind and variety of which varying with the home circumstances and views of the parents (chiefly the mother).

As children we unconsciously trained our taste buds to like some foods and not others, some going for sweet foods and others for savoury.

We probably never thought of the air we breathe and the water we drink as being part of our nutrition, nor did we think much of our physical activities, sports and games as being vital to the healthy growth of our muscles and frame and the proper functioning of our various organs.

Nor did the development of our emotional life with its rapid and often violent fluctuations between love and hate, or the development of our intellect with its sense of satisfaction, failure and lack of worthiness appear to have a direct effect on our bodily health. Yet many watchful parents suspected that there was a connection and it is gradually becoming known that the flow of the vital fluids of the body - too much or too little - is very much related to one's emotional life and appreciation of self worth.

Then in adult life we tend to move into more permanent relationships at home, at work, with friends, groups, and societies.

Some people we love to be with and vibrations flow harmoniously. Others perhaps we find boring, plain and uninteresting, whilst others still who perhaps we can't avoid, workmates or those in authority over u relations or neighbours, we may dislike.detest or even hate. When we meet them we put up the barriers or shrivel up inside and go cold and turn off, or we argue and struggle and lose our temper and boil over and become angry.

In either case we interfere with the flow of our hormones and other vital fluids and, if repeated for weeks, months, years, we develop disease which may express itself in many ways according to the predisposition of the body.

The way we look at the world and the people we meet day in day out, will gradually develop within us a warm, laughing welcoming eye or a cold unfeeling repelling stare or glare.

The shape of our mouth will reflect our prevailing moods, e . g . pursed, tight lipped or a generous mouth. Of course there is a time lag between cause and effect. Similarly with our frame and posture - the way we stand, walk and sit day by day will gradually set into our normal stance over the years, whilst our muscle tone will be determined mostly by the type and frequency of the excercise 3

we give some or all of our muscles week by week.

From the age at which we take on responsibility for our own diet, if we allow our selves to remain ignorant of the body's needs and make no effort to supply them then we are courting disaster.

If an organism runs short of some vital ingredients or is overloaded with far more than it needs, then it is going to come to a halt or choke up.

Most books on diet today are one or two decades out of date.

They recommend foods which modern research warns against.

Most information coming from clinical experience or from scientific research in recent times further the vegan cause and any readers not fully informed as to its content and value are invited for their own sakes to give it consideration with an open mind.

Nature supplies us with live food and modern research into energy f i e l d s - L fields, bioplasm, etheric and other fields- tend to emphasise the life aspect; experiments show that there is a difference between natural vitamins and synthetic vitamins.

Whole foods usually have this life energy along with a wonderful blend of food constituents that Nature has prepared in the right proportions.

Psychoenergetics, dowsing and ESP studies indicate how far subtler energies of life, loving thoughts, water flow and absent healing can affect human health, whilst new studies related to healing of the self as well as others, which include meditation, breathing and various forms of yoga, biofeedback, stress relief, astrology etc. can all illuminate life and help each of us to know ourselves better.

Let us deal with our allergies, our hang-ups and feelings of unwantedness and of being ineffective. Let us untap some of our resources, our own potential, our own ESP faculties and perhaps through homely treatments such as massage, reflexology, diet and nutrition, cell salts and homeopathy, help our family and friends to a healthier life.

Let us discover our own inner resources of loving and serving and take part in creating better people and a better world. A better world begins with a better meJ Our own inner attitudes- server or predator, lover or exploiter - will determine, not only our personal change and transformation and the quality of our daily living but affect all our relationships.

The vibrations that go out from our heart and mind will effect our own bodies and all of those whose lives we touch. T o them as to ourselves we shall be channeling the gift of health.

Jack WREKIN TRUST

Sanderson.

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VEGANISM & FOOD ALLERGY. As healthy as a balanced vegan wholefood diet certainly is, problems can arise because of allergy to one or more foods. Lately the subject has seen a plethora of paperbacks and television programmes, and has been surrounded by a detectable messianism, the result of previous neglect by orthodox medicine.

Symptoms can be multifarious, involving almost any part of the body.

Those commonly encountered include general debility, depression, skin rashes, nasal catarrh, asthma, headache, indigestion and diarrhoea.

Other causes must first be excluded by clinical examination.

The history is all-important, and may in itself give the answer.

If a food diary has been kept and symptoms recorded as they occur, this is very useful indeed.

Then to skin testing, which is done by simply scratching through a drop of the suspected food in solution.

If positive, a weal and/or a red flare develops in about ten minutes.

The third diagnostic method is the design of a diet eliminating the suspected food, which will be used in confirmation of the previous two methods; if positive, then this diet is also the main treatment of the situation. hi children up to the age of five years, wheat allergy may cause many of the above-mentioned symptoms.

Barley, oats or rye may be suitable alternatives, or may themselves be implicated.

Vegan children may become allergic to soya in their soya milk, necessitating a change to another bean or a nut milk.

These are best made at home in a blender, where there is control over all ingredients.

Common vegan allergens include all the cereals, nuts, soya, oranges and tomatoes.

Any item in our dietary may at times be justifiably suspect and require testing f o r . At the same time, being 'wholefood', we do avoid the potential allergens encountered in refined foods (additives, contaminants).

Coping with food allergy demands the objectivity of a third pairty. Often a troublesome food may be resumed without harm after a year or two's abstinence, when the allergic response to it will be found to have waned.

The subject as a whole is not so much a catalogue' of woe, as it is a deeply interesting aspect of the complexity of plant-animal relationships at the chemical level.

This has always been appreciated by the homoeopath, and homoeopathic methods can be used to control allergic symptoms, to assist recovery from allergy-induced illness, and in an attempt to desensitise against specific food allergies.

Dr. Dennis M. Jones

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HERBAL MEDICINE

for flatulence

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The protein content of beans is of major importance in the vegan diet. But in order to get the equivalent of first-class protein it is necessary to combine beans with nuts or whole cereals at one meal. This is because, served on their own, beans are deficient in an essential amino-acid - methionine.

In turning to veganism and, consequently, increasing the dietary intake of beans, nuts and cereals, some people find that they are troubled by flatulence, perhaps for the first time in their lives.

The flatulence is due to the fibre content of these foods being metabolised by gas-producing bacteria in the colon. The gases produced are carbon dioxide, hydrogen and methane, and it is thought that the micro-organism mainly responsible for gas production is Clostridium perfringens. Intestinal activity is also promoted by acids formed as the result of the fermentation of dietary fibre.

In some parts of the world a good 'burp' is considered to be a measure of an excellent meal. However, in Britain burping and the passing of flatus, especially in mixed company, is still regarded as a social embarrassment. With the trend towards the inclusion of more roughage in our food, in order to protect against the possibility of cancer of the colon, appendicitis, heart disease and other Western afflictions, this 'embarrassment' may well have to become an acceptable habit.

Early man, who lived largely on fibrous foods, could not have failed to observe the correlation between items of diet and the functions of his body.

He would also note that an attack of diarrhoea was corrected by certain astringent fruits and leaves, and that flatulent discomfort following over-indulgence in food was relieved by the ingestion of the mints and other members of the Labiatae family.

Many of these, such as hyssop, lavender, motherwort, lemon balm, peppermint, pennyroyal, catmint, sweet basil, sweet marjoram, rosemary, red sage and thyme, will grow quite easily in a sunny part of the garden. Any vegan who suffers a digestive disorder would be well advised to utilise a small part of his garden, for one or two of these herbs, or even try growing them in pots on a patio.

As Hippocrates once said:

'Let your food be your medicine. Let your medi-

cine be your f o o d . ' Most members of the Labiatae family have aromatic and carminative properties making them suitable for dyspepsia. They contain essential oils and bitter principles which together stimulate gastric and bile secretion, improve intestinal muscle tone and ameliorate the effects of flatulence and toxic products.

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Peppermint water is a well-known item for dealing with flatulence and can be obtained from most chemists. Fennel water is an alternative. One of my own favourite remedies for flatulence i s meadowsweet which is regarded by many practitioners as the 'herbal bicarbonate of soda'. The whole herb can be used . . . . flowers, leaves and stems. Use in the f o r m of an infusion.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) if obtained in powder f o r m is ideal for flatulence.

A small amount, no more than a third of a l e v e l teaspoonful, can be taken in warm sweetened water.

Dried mixed herbs as previously named could be sprinkled on one's food to add seasoning and a built-in antiflatulent ingredient of the meal. The young leaves Of the dandelion which appear in spring are a good addition to salads, because they a r e not so bitter as the older dark green leaves and make an excellent tonic for the liver and gall bladder and thus are suitable for what is known as atonic dyspepsia. Echinacea tablets which can be bought at some health stores are worth trying for fermentative dyspepsia.

Flatulence is not usually considered a difficult problem to treat, so if the condition persists it may be advisable to ask your local medical herbalist for a check-up.

A qualified practitioner is trained to do this and it may be that he will find that some other factor is involved in the condition. Herbalists are well used to treating vegans for their health problems and, of course, are able to prescribe medicines which do not contain any animal ingredients. Enquiries about herbal medicine can be addressed tO: Herb Clinic, 'Carrow', Shinfield Road, Shinfield, Reading, Berks, RG2 9BE. A stamped addressed envelope must be enclosed.

A ckno wledgement s: 'The Origin and Practice of Herbal Medicine', Mims Magazine, 1978, 2, 127.

'Medicinal Plants of the Family Labiatae', New Herbal Practitioner, 1976, 48 'BNF Nutrition Bulletin', 1978, vol 4, no. 6, 370.

David Pbtterton, MNIMB

SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL

THERAPY

The Society was formed on April 9th 1980. Its aims are to examine the r o l e of the environment (with particular, reference to the diet, but not ignoring other aspects) in disease causation, and to use its knowledge for the drugless, low-technology control of disease.

The approach of the Society will be rigorously scientific but membership i s open to lay persons who may participate fully and present papers if these are first approved by the Committee.

Subscriptions: Scientists £10.00. L a y £7.00. Students/ OAPs £1.00. Provisional Secretary: Dr. D . L . J. Freed, M . D . , Dept.

Bacteriology and Virology, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester.

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THE ROLE OF PLANT FOODS IN FEEDING

MANKIND

The Second Frey Ellis Memorial Lecture given by PROFESSOR ARNOLD D. BENDER (Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at London University and Head of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College) More than 120 people, about a third of them non-members, attended the lecture given by Professor Bender at Westminster Friends' Meeting House on March 3lst. They were not disappointed; a lucid lecture, with much new information, illustrated by not too many, well-chosen slides, gave them the privilege of contact with the scientific mind at its best.

I was reminded of one of my favourite quotations, Bertrand Russell's "A scientific belief is one held for its probable truth and no other reason".

Our growing knowledge of the cruelty of the vivisection laboratories, our often sad experience of the bigotry of some "scientists"; our awareness of the supreme importance of ethical values that cannot be weighed or measured, must not blind us to the need to seek Truth at every level.

If we really wish to bring relief to that which suffers, our actions must be founded on reason, we nust endeavour to avoid rash judgements based on insufficient evidence, to admit ignorance and e r r o r , to eschew vested interests (even that of the reputation of our own way of l i f e ) , to experiment with endless patience and to maintain balance between pessimism and optimism.

All these qualities Dr. Bender revealed both in his own attitude to the problem of feeding the world's rapidly increasing millions with which he was obviously deeply concerned, and in his description of the work of fellow scientists in plant-breeding stations in various parts of the world.

Through the centuries farmers have selected from wild plants to enourage varities that will best satisfy human requirements.

Now the science of genetics has so advanced that, given the necessary time, patience and materials, the geneticist can vitually produce to order. However there are many criteria which he has to satisfy, and often new varieties that appear satifactory in the laboratory fail to succeed in the field and the market.

It is not enough to produce plant varieties that will give high yields of easily digested food rich in nutrients f r e e from associated toxins.

It must be possible to grow them in the unpropitious conditions prevailing in the areas where most of the world's poor live. A l s o it is necessary to ensure that they will be acceptable to the palates of those they are designed to help.

People like what they are used to (vegans know this ! ) and changes in appearance, flavour or texture can often lead to rejection.

Moreover due consideration must be given to economic factors.

The "Green Revolution" - the development of the high yielding varieties of rice, maize and wheat- failed to bring the hoped for relief to the hungry>for the peasant could not afford to grow them.

They depended on the use of expensive fertilisers and irrigation schemes and a supply of hybrid seeds that had to be bought afresh

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each year. Rich landowners found it profitable to buy up the land of the peasants who were then left with little option save that of joining the millions of unemployed underfed in the shanty towns.

Attention of the genticists is now turning from improving cereals to improving the legumes which in many cultures have been valuable in balancing the proteins of the staple cereals.

Much work is also being done with the enormous number of wild species which may prove worthy of cultivation, on. those whose use is confined to small areas of the world and some prized in the past but now little used. Dr. Bendei described many interesting examples of these groups and also gave news of ways in which plants can be used to bridge the energy gap. He told us of work with"wonder "plants which have.multiple uses. He closed with the objective comment " A l l these new ideas are incredibly promising when first suggested: there have been many disappointments in the past but surely some of this promise will be realised. " Dr. Bender has given us permission to print his lecture in full and we hope to have it available before long. We much appreciate his generosity in giving the Society so freely of his time and knowledge. ,, , , , 'ffeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jannaway.

B12 AGAIN !

( We are asked to keep this matter before readers.)

Conflicting reports about B12 continue to descend upon us. It is obvious that much remains to be discovered about this vitamin, that individuals vary greatly with regard to it and that those who refuse to take warning from other 's unpleasant experiences are very foolish. We have seen too many over confident individuals change their time I Only yearly blood tests can reveal whether you are one of those who can manage with the B12 made by bacteria within your own intestines Or by those living in the dirt or untreated water-.

Pregnant women run grave risk of bearing brain damaged babies if they do not take simple precautions.

Claims are now being made that fermented soya: bean foods ( miso, shoyu and natto) can yield enough but such claims need to be substantiat'vl through five years.

We have hopes of tempeh but these are not yet ready, to be tested.Some seaweeds give B12 especially if grOwn in estuary waters high in sewage. With all such plant source! the point is made that the bacteria are likely to be on them not in them, and that being so,there is danger of other undesirable bacteria also being present.

This is why B12 produced by similar bacteria growing in laboratory conditions and added to Tastex, Barmene, Plamil and other foods is recommended.

Recently we were sent ( from California by Air Mail) samples of dried micro-algae or plankton , said to be high in B12. Again these claims need to be carefully tested.

People who cannot get to Health Stores to buy supplemented foods are advised to sendfortablets from Lanes, Sissions Road, Gloucester.. Enough of a tablet to give 3-5 micrograms daily is required^ Remember the source of B12 is always the same "natural" bacteria^ the differences being where they grow-, in human intestines, in the intestines of exploited animals, in dirty water or the soil, in kitchens (under laboratory conditions ?) in laboratories.

The vitamin cannot be "artificially" synthesised.

9 Kathleen Jannaway.

DIET FOR A NEW AGE. The Vegan Society was founded in the dark days of 1944, when life was difficult enough without the added burden of an unconventional diet.

Many foods that vegans now take for granted were unobtainable, little was known about the diet's effect on the health of those adopting it, the chances of meeting other vegans were exceedingly slim and there was official hostility in the fact that vegans were not allowed alternatives for their ration of dairy produce.

The war-clouds appear to be assembling once more, as the human brontosauri of super-powers and giant international companies fear for the satisfaction of their greed and its attendant exploitation.

Governments respond to any threats to the conventional way of l i f e in the conventional way - increasing the 'defence' and 'law and order' budgets at a time of economic stress.

This country, in particular, is liable to be severely affected by any breakdown in world trade.

North Sea oil is a temporary bonanza (and tempting target), but the "workshop of the world" that exists by trading industrial goods for foreign food is hardly likely to survive.

Unemployment, accompanied by the inevitable rundown in social services and rood shortages - even famine as the result of the inefficiency of keeping livestock, the over-use of chemical fertilisers and the reliance on too narrow a range of crops - may lie in store.

At such a time, the interest in veganism grows at a continuing rate, indeed the shortages of such conventional staples as bread and sugar in the mid-1970s had an effect of prompting many to question the basis of their lives, of which a large part is of necessity the diet, and to acquire new baking skills, to learn about wholefoods, vegetarianism and veganism.

Man does not live by bread alone and there have been similar growths in other forward-looking movements, from alternative energy to education without schools, from ley-lines to yoga.

The range is wide, yet the spirit is common.

They are all pointing in the direction of a better way of life, the New Age. The reality of this movement is witnessed to us by the Fifth Festival for Mind-Body-Spirit at Olympia at the end of June, with an anticipated attendance of 100,000.

Veganism and the other aspects of the New Age movement have lit a candle in the gloom which is interpreted as being merely the darkness before the dawn. Veganism does more than offer a solution to our potential foodsupply problems.

It offers the prospect of a much better way of life, founded on the highest of precepts: Truth and Compassion.

Truth, because it now has been made clear that the general adoption of a vegan diet does have the potential to solve the world food shortage, while plenty of otherwise ill-used land would be spare for trees, wildlife, recreation

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and 'energy crops", which would help to obviate the need for nuclear power.

Truth, also, because proper medical research has now proved that the vegan diet can be a healthy one, even a healing one in the case of heart and stomach ailments.

This fact is the result of the pioneer work of the early vegans who had the vision to see their goal, the faith in this vision and the courage to put it into practice.

The store of knowledge about veganism now available through the literature and education service of the Vegan Society is a tribute to them.

The duty of the new generation of vegans is now to help those who will to gain further knowledge and to encourage those who are perplexed by the decline of their conventional standards by setting models of the way of life offered by veganism.

The end of the factory farm could also herald the end of the human factory system. Vegans can live well off so small an amount of land that the ideal of a part-time peasantry living in small communities, but linked by international understanding, would seem practical.

Shorter working hours could therefore mean more time for growing good wholesome food on the small scale, with the better diet, exercise and working environment improving the health of the nation despite the reduction in the budget for the National Health Service.

Mental health and the problems of vandalism could be expected to improve with a switch from the redundant cities to rural villages, thus helping to overcome the reduction in the social services budget. A major part of today's national investment is in schools and teachers - the target of criticism by such as Illich (author of "De-schooling Society") and Reimar (author of "School is Dead").

Yet another of the Industrial Revolution's chains could be broken.

Our closer contact with nature could make us more aware of the ancient harmonies, patterned in stones and barrows across our landscape since before our written history.

Spiritual improvement must be of prime importance, but while man must eat, his diet merits consideration.

Veganism challenges all those who preach love and compassion yet continue to base their lives on the cruel practices and debasement of both man and beast involved in meat and milk production.

The last word for veganism is compassion.

The New Age cannot be built on the slaughterhouse. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Laurence Main BIOMASS FOR FUEL Robin Clarke in the "New Scientist of April 17th predicts " that biomass will be the biggest renewable energy business by the end of the century.

Readers of the "Vegan" may remember the article that appeared on this topic in the Autumn 1977 issue. (250,000 acres is the figure that should have been given as needed to support a 1,200 megawatt power station.)

Unfortunately, as Lester Brown argues in the new "World Watch" paper "Food or Fuel", this could result in more hunger for the poor as more of their land is taken to grow fuel crops for the rich man's cars. If the world turn vegan there would be plenty of land for food and fuel. As Robin Clarke asks "How much land does a beef steak need ? " j K 11

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I was recently told that, as I do not eat animals,1 should not concern myself with the welfare of cattle, sheep and pigs but leave the matter to those who are directly concerned - the meat producers and the meat consumers.

How ridiculous: If all the vegetarians did this the number of people working on behalf of these animals would be sadly depleted.

Earlier this year, at the RSCPA AGM in London I was shocked to find nearly half the voters present were trying to remove prominent workers for the welfare of farm animals from the Farm Animal Welfare Council I And they almost succeeded.

When I learned that at least one of the other members of this Council was a battery-egg producer and another made his living by exporting our live animals, I realised that this Government-sponsored Council was not entirely composed of dedicated people as the name implies.

If intended to reassure the concerned public that the Ministry of Agriculture was about to act on behalf of the creatures it was largely successful, I am sorry to say.

I wrote to the Ministry stating my surprise and concern and pointing out that, if they really felt that those engaged in the intensive rearing of food animals should serve on the F. A . W. C . , at least they should not have voting rights.

II March - In his reply R. Townsend, Secretary, F . A . W . C . , thought I did an injustice to those members of the Farm Animals Welfare Council who were in the livestock trade (battery hens and live animal exporters, remember) by suggesting that their business activities were not compatible with their (claimed) desire to see good standards of animal welfare.

He went on: "Naturally, their views will differ but it would be wrong to think that good standards are the concern only of those members who have been appointed solely because of their concern for animal w e l f a r e " ( ! ) (Comments in brackets my own.)

Extracts from my reply: " I find your reply of March 11 quite incomprehensible.

Please explain how, in your opinion, those who â&#x20AC;˘practice any type of intensive farming of animals can be interested in their welfare."

"If some members of the Council really believe that food and shelter in solitary confinement is adequate recompense for a very short life devoid of all natural activity they can easily prove their point by spending a similar period in one of H. M. prisons - with no remission for good behaviour, of course - though they would not be castrated and slaughtered in the prime of life, or before, as are the animals whose 'welfare' in such conditions they profess to s e e k . " 3 April - Letter f r o m Mr. Townsend.

Similar wording to that of March 11, with a suggestion that I read the copy of a Press Statement issued by the Council last December, which he enclosed.

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So I studied the Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Pigs, and the revisions, with the result that I was even more concerned than before, if possible.

The Council asked for comments on the recommendations.

Of course I sent them mine.

10 April - Extracts of a letter to Mr. Townsend: "Thank you for your letter of 3 April which, however, would fail to reassure anyone interested in the welfare of farm animals.

You seem surprised that I object to the worst exploiters of food animals on the Council having voting rights.

I a m surprised that they are on the Council at all, for it ij> an Animal Welfare Council, is it not?

Therefore, only those whose interest lies in promoting and improving the welfare of animals should occupy this position of responsibility - certainly no one with vested interest in hen batteries, the export of live animals and the like.

It is unreasonable to expect such a person to vote, or speak, for any improvement for the animals which would jeopardise his own business interests." " I have read the Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Pigs - and the Revisions - and am amazed that such elementary suggestions for the care of animals should be necessary - obviously such basic husbandry is not presently in common use. The suggestions, if followed, would ease the life of those pigs not yet enjoying, for instance, the luxury of being able to lie down in comfort, but only if they are made compulsory, and large numbers of extra, and conscientious, inspectors are enrolled to ensure that the laws are not disregarded.

We cannot include the Recommendations here, but anyone can get a copy by writing to the Farm Animal Welfare Council, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surrey.

Eva Batt ANIMAL AID IN SALISBURY Over 2,000 Animal Aid supporters marched through Salisbury on May 3rd witnessing against the use of animals at the Porton Down chemical and germ warfare experimental station. Two wreaths in memory of all the animals who had suffered and died were handed in to the Director.

Elizabeth Sigmund, of the Ecology Party, who has made a special study of the subject and who spoke with such good effect at the Disarmament Convention at the Central Hall, Westminster, on April 12th, addressed the crowds. A Panorama team, gathering material for a programme on this particularly horrific and obscene form of warfare which the present Government is attempting to justify, took several shots of the marchers.

The programme should go out on June 2nd.

A further Rally is planned for Saturday, October 18th, in Birmingham (please avoid that date for other fixtures) and Angela Collett of the West Country hopes to organise a 'long march' during the summer.

For details and offers of whatever support you can manage write, (S. A . E. please) Animal Aid, 111 Estridge Way, Tonbridge, Kent.

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The Far from Perfect IfIEAN!!

D a r e I even call myself a vegan?

Perhaps I can only say I a g r e e with the

Vegan way of l i f e , and struggle to c a r r y out its principles, but not always with success.

(I'm plagued by a "sweet-tooth", and only other sweet addicts will

understand the mental wrestling that goes on when I'm craving f o r a non-vegan chocolate bar or i c e - c r e a m ! ) I was born into a carnivorous family in a l a r g e city and didn't become vegetarian until I was seventeen, Vegan when I was twenty-three, (five y e a r s ago).

I try to have a quiet appreciation of all_ the varied f o r m s of l i f e , " l i v e and let l i v e " , and a particular appreciation of the life-sustaining plants we use as food.

To be greedy with plants is as unacceptable as eating animal products, to me.

My main interest is horses, and I would be interested to hear r e a d e r s ' views on Man's relationship with horses.

I have been asked by some Vegans if we have a right to use horses f o r our own ends? I think you will a g r e e that our world is far f r o m perfect and in some respects it i s impossible to return to a natural way of l i f e .

Just a s , if the world turned Vegan overnight, we would have difficulty in finding r o o m for a l l the freed f a r m animals, so we would have a problem with the abandoned horses.

The F A C T i s , horses and ponies a r e NOW dependant on us and we have a responsibility to make their l i v e s happy and interesting.

(YES, INTERESTING, because now they don't use their intelligence f o r surviving, they need to use it in other ways, i . e. working and being ridden f o r p l e a s u r e . ) But I admit there i s never an excuse to exploit them.

W e a r e not LIVING in an ideal world, only AIMING f o r one, and perhaps through handling animals, people may learn to b e c o m e sensitive to them and their needs and rights.

Perhaps our relationships with animals, especially when we a r e children, teach us to be considerate and sympathetic, not only with the animals but with other humans, too.

I wonder how many Vegans keep pets? Don't we use them p r i m a r i l y to satisfy our own needs?

We can never return to our original, purely natural relationship with animals, we have to make the best of the situation we find ourselves in, and as we a r e r.ot all at the same stage of "enlightenment", some of us need to have a closer relationship with animals than others.

Animals can teach us such a lot.

Some animals w e r e never meant to be tamed, but others appear to fit in with human society v e r y well.

Some seem destined to combine their talents with man's , and that is how we should view our relationship with the horse, it is not something to be overpowered and controlled, but something to share the learning p r o c e s s of l i f e with.

I can only explain this by saying that as a f e m a l e , I " f e e l " my attitude i s right, f o r the age and situation we l i v e in.

F r o m working with horses for some time, I also know when a horse i s happy and when it is not, and I p r o m i s e you, the

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majority of them do enjoy being with humans and being involved in activities with humans, as long as they a r e not pushed beyond their individual capabilities.

A horse will soon let you know if he finds his task difficult or upsetting.

It is up to us to be sensitive to his limitations.

It had never occurred to me before that it might be wrong to use horses for any activity; I have always had such happy relationships with horses and I know I am sensitive in my awareness of discomfort in animals in general.

I'm afraid the word "breaking" when applied to horses conjures up violent scenes in people's minds, so I would like to explain what the process consists of today.

The foal is handled quietly and allowed to get used to the presence of human beings right f r o m its birth.

It also learns from its mother's example, to accept people.

B wears a light, regularly adjusted headcollar f r o m an early age to prepare it for wearing tack or harness, and its feet a r e picked up to prepare it for shoeing.

The foal learns to be led by leading it alongside its mother.

Weaning takes place at about 6 to 9 months, when the mare is getting fed up with the f o a l ' s attentions and the foal is making friends with other youngsters and isn't dependant on its dam.

The first bit put in the 3 year old's mouth, (I don't agree with "bitting" and "backing" e a r l i e r than this), is usually a straight, thick one, (often made of strong rubber), with " k e y s " on it for the horse to play with, and coated in treacle if he's lucky!

The bit rests in a natural gap between the horses front and back teeth.

A s with e v e r y situation we find ourselves in, we can do things well, or badly; we can treat a horse's mouth gently or we can be rough with it, it is up to us to educate people, children in particular, in the humane way of doing things.

The whole process of breaking and schooling takes months, y e a r s in fact, if done properly.

The lengths of time a youngster takes weight on his back must be increased very gradually.

The long whip used for lungeing horses in a c i r c l e on a long rein, is used only as a signal to the horse, an extension of the voice, and holds no fear for the animal if it has never been struck with it.

Then there is the problem of the extensive use of leather in the horse-world, but surely this should not be shied away f r o m ?

It would be constructive to promote alternatives, as horse riding becomes more popular with increased leisure time and wealth.

Hopefully, as more people spend m o r e time in closer contact with animals and the countryside they will gain more awareness of how each form of l i f e has its own valuable part to play in the whole.

Eileen Wainwright Correspondence welcomed:

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G L E A N I N G S

FROM

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PRESS

. . the utilisation of properly controlled and cropped high yield tree cover can prevent erosion, create conditions within which other crops can flourish, and increase the yield by a factor of 10 or more.

The present deficit in world food basic commodities is around 10% if you assume that enough to remain well and adequately nourished is the appropriate goal, or more like 200% (that is a guess) if the world required a median European d i e t . " ("The Guardian", 10th April 1980)

TROPICAL

FORESTS F A L L T O FARMING

Dr. Norman Myers of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences estimates that the destruction or impoverishment of tropical forests is " twice as rapid as previously thought".

Such forests have poor soils and the plants feed from leaf litter and rotting vegetation.

They cannot sustain high-yield agriculture for more than a few years, while land cleared for raising cattle might hold out for ten to fifteen years before collapsing into wasteland.

In Latin America cattle farming is eliminating the forests.

T o make what Myers calls the "Hamburger Connection", between 1966 and 1978 Brazilian farmers converted more than 80,000 square kilometres of forests into grazing land for six million cattle.

Most of the beef goes to the United States and other developed countries to make hamburgers.

"New Scientist", April 1980 HEART

DISEASE

"In 1978 285,000 people in England and Wales died from major cardiovascular disease - just over 48% of all those who died " prevention of disease is still the "Cinderella" of the N. H. S "there is very hard evidence that prevention can be successful. Death rates from heart disease have decreased significantly in certain countries, e . g . in the U.S. and Finland.

The results of a five-year preventive programme in North Karelia are impressive.

Their measures have reduced smoking and changed diets. " "Despite a consensus among 22 independent committees since 1968 that eating too much fat, particularly saturated fat, predisposes to heart disease, the D. H. S. S. has not yet managed to produce and disseminate a straightforward educational message comparable to that produced by many other health departments."

"New Scientist" April 17th (Dr. Turner has given us a chart showing findings of the above-mentioned committees with permission to reproduce but it would take two pages of the "Vegan".

Photocopies will be sent on receipt of lOp and S. A . E . ) NEW VEGAN COOKBOOK We can highly recommend and hope to review in the next issue, a new vegan cookbook by our member Joyce d'Silva - "Healthy Eating for the New A g e " pub. WildWood House, London. Bookwise Australia. ÂŁ3.95 plus postage.

PUBLICATIONS r " £ 3 - 4 5 W H A T ' S COOKING? by Eva Batt - 3rd edition now ready, see page FIRST HAND: FIRST R A T E by K. Jannaway. 5 dozen simple recipes and ideas f o r truly economical living plus self-sufficiency gardening hints.

No sugar.

Oil only fat. Savouries, cakes, puddings, " c h e e s e " . 65p inc. P & P .

VEGAN N U T R I T I O N by F . E l l i s , MD, FRCPath & T . Sanders, PhD Nutr.

The vegan diet scientifically assessed and easy to follow tables. 65p inc. P & P .

P L A N T FOODS FOR HUMAN H E A L T H with special r e f e r e n c e to the diseases of affluence and the needs of the developing world.

Text of first F r e y Ellis Memorial Lecture given by P r o f . J. Dickerson, Univ. of Surrey. 35p inc. P & P .

V E G A N MOTHERS A N D CHILDREN - by 10 vegan mothers 40p inc. P & P .

- by 8 m o r e vegan mothers 45p inc. P&P. IN LIGHTER V E I N by Eva Batt. V e r s e s to amuse & arouse pity 60p inc. P & P .

SALADINGS f r o m garden and hedgerow by Mabel Cluer. 70p inc. P & P .

V E G A N SHOPPERS' GUIDE (Spring 1980) 63p inc. P & P .

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Paperback El. 75 inc. P & P .

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.

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OUR SUN-HEATED GREENHOUSE - how to build and use it to grow vegetables all the year round by H. & S. Nearing £4. 00 inc. P & P .

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RECIPES L E N T I L ROAST Ingredients (for 4 - 6 people) 6 ozs. red lentils 2 cups water or vegetable stock 1 large onion 3 - 4 ozs. margarine Sage

1 dessertspoon Yeast Extract sib. tomatoes or good tablespoon tomato puree Potatoes (about 5 large) Seasoning to tasta

Method: Chop onion, put lentils and onion in cold water in a pan with a tight-fitting lid on a low gas and cook for 20 minutes; the water should by now be absorbed and the lentils light and fluffy. Mix in 2 ozs. margarine, the chopped and skinned tomatoes (or puree), Yeastrel and a teaspoon of sage.

Take well-greased oven dish and c o v e r the base with cooked potatoes, thinly sliced. Cover this with a layer of lentil mixture , another layer of potatoes, another layer of lentils and finish top with slices of potato in neat rows and a sprinkle of sage.

Dot with margarine and bake in oven at Gas Mark 6 for | - ยง hour until nicely brown.

Serve hot with a green vegetable ( e . g . Brussels sprouts, but Cauliflower with Dutch Gravy might also be nice) or cold with salad.

Decorating the finished product with parsley or the like is recommended. (as served by Margaret Ploger at the Mary Ward Home meeting February 1979 - from a recipe by Mabel Cluer.)

ICING

F i r m icing for cakes can be made by melting suenut or coconut cream in a bowl set in a bowl of hot water and whipping in icing sugar - 8ozs. of icing sugar to 4ozs. Suenut. Suenut & Coconut cream can be bought at Health Food Stores.

CREAM

FILLING

The new Vitaquell margarine, which most Health Stores will sell because of its health points, whipped with icing sugar (or demerara sugar ground fine in a coffee grinder) makes a very good cream filling for sponges.

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6 ozs. 81% or 85% S.R. flour Pinch of salt 3 level tbsps. cocoa or drinking chocolate 4 tbsps. oil

3 ozs. soft brown sugar 2 ozs. coconut \ teaspoon vanilla 6 tbsps. water

Mix well.

Oil 6" tin, sprinkle flour on bottom. for about 1 hour.

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NUT

BUTTER

(high in calcium)

5 ozs. Ground Cashew nut pieces 5 ozs. Sesame seeds 10 dessertspoons Sunflower seed oil Mix all ingredients together with a sprinkling of salt, until a smooth paste is obtained.

No oil is wasted if measured with a spoon rather than a measuring jug.

There is no need to keep it refrigerated, just in an air-tight plastic container.

ICE-CREAM (Serves two) 2 ozs. Ground Cashew nut pieces 1 medium-sized banana 5 fluid ozs. water Slice banana and whizz in blender with the water until smooth; add nuts and whizz again, pour out into tray and f r e e z e .

Two rounded teaspoons Carab Powder or Vanilla essence may be added for flavouring - but this is not strictly raw food.

HIGH PROTEIN ICE-CREAM (Serves two) 4 1 1 1

ozs. Plamil oz. water small apple oz. peanuts

1 oz. Sesame seeds 2 rounded teaspoons Carob Powder 3 rounded teaspoons Soya flour

Grind peanuts and sesame seeds together; out measuring jug with 1 oz. water and add skin, pips and core) into blender and whizz ingredients and whizz again until smooth.

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pour Plamil into blender, rinse to Plamil, chop apple (including until smooth; add rest of Pour out into tray and freeze.

ON THE C A L I F O R N I A N T R A I L Having recently returned f r o m a short visit to California I thought British r e a d e r s might be interested to learn just how good things a r e f o r vegans out there.

T h e most important thing that is happening is the development

of tofu products.

T o f u (known here sometimes as soya bean curd) is a

high protein food which is easily digested and causes no flatulence; unlike T V P it requires no sophisticated technology yet it is amazingly versatile.

The following a r e just a few of the things to be found in Californian health food shops: tofu burgers, d e e p - f r i e d tofu. tofu pouches filled with brown r i c e , tofu salad (tastes a bit like chopped hard-boiled egg and mayonna i s e with herbs and vegetables), tofu cheesecake (with cherry o r crushed pineapple topping), tofu cottage cheese, tofu salad dressing (like a rich creamy mayonnaise). A s i d e f r o m tofu, there a r e p'enty of other exciting vegan foods at health food stores. F o r instance, there is now a soya i c e c r e a m in a variety of flavours; strawberry was the best as the lovely fruit flavour and whole s t r a w b e r r i e s made it popular even among those of my friends not normally keen on the taste of soya.

Eating out was no problem at a l l , although most dishes at health food restaurants w e r e topped with cheese, the chefs w e r e used to requests to leave it off and w e r e happy to comply. I had some delicious Mexican-type meals at such restaurants. T h e r e a r e also a lot of oriental restaurants in California, including Szechuan Chinese (hot and spicy) and many Japanese. These a r e a l l used to catering f o r vegetarians and often have a separate section of the menu under that heading and since they do not use dairy produce anything vegetarian is automatically vegan. Tofu is a staple of these places.

Even at ordinary supermarkets there a r e a surprising number of vegan products. The marvellous thing is the way e v e r y single ingredient i s listed; f o r instance, they a r e not allowed to put 'shortening' but must be specific. One can t h e r e f o r e look at, say, f r o z e n tarts and pastries and discover which ones a r e vegan. I also discovered a delicious vegan margarine which could be used f o r cooking and baking yet was soft enough to spread straight f r o m the ' f r i g . Amongst the ordinary milks and c r e a m s at any supermarket can be found cartons of non-dairy c r e a m e r s , used not only f o r c o f f e e but also f o r c e r e a l s and tinned fruit. Many of these a r e 'pareve' which means they a r e vegan. They have little nutritional value but a r e cholesterol f r e e (hence their big attraction f o r Americans) and as they have no distinct taste at all they might easily help many would-be vegans who dislike soya milks to take the plunge.

Leah Leneman

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FUTURE

MEETINGS

The Vegan Society will be participating in the following events in the next three months. Why not come along and see us: JUNE 21st - 29th:

5th FESTIVAL FOR MIND-BODY-SPIRIT, daily 11.00 a. m. - 9.00 p. m. O L Y M P I A , LONDON.

JUNE 28th/29th : "A Colloquium of Self-Sufficiency and Communities" at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern (camping is available on site).

J U L Y 6th: Vegetarian Day at Lancfranc High School, Mitcham Road, Croydon, 3. Z'J - 7.30 p. m. (Bus 115 and 64) J U L Y 12th: THE LEY-HUNTERS MOOT, Town Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire.

J U L Y 12th SUMMER FETE, Rotary Fields, Brighton Road, PURLEY, 12.00 Details - Summer Fete Committee, 146 Kings Hall Road, Beckenham, Kent.

AUGUST 10th - 16th: "World Convention on the Liberation of Animals", BATH Monday, 11th - Jack Sanderson: Saturday, 16th - Vegan Open Door Film.

Further details: Vedanta Movement, Batheaston Villa, Batheaston, BATH, Avon.

AUGUST 23rd - A BETTER FUTURE FOR A L L L I F E , Wesley Central Hall, Fratton Road, Portsmouth, 10.30 a . m . - 4 . 3 0 p.m.

AUGUST 30th/31st

- THINK 80, Town Hall, Cheltenham, and

SEPTEMBER 20th/21st - Festival of Joy, Tithe Barn, Barton Farm, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire.

OCTOBER26th Get together at the Battson's, Steyning, Sussex.

Details later.

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CANCELLED - we very much regret disappointing people but I have had to cancel all engagements for a month, generally through overwork and particularly through injury to my leg.

In future much more of the work of the Society will be done by our Assistant Secretary, Laurence Main,at 25 Kimmeridge Close, Nythe, SWINDON, Wilts. SN3 3PZ. Please send all orders for literature and all inquiries about meetings, exhibitions etc. to him there. BUT please continue to send to me at LEATHERHEAD all matters concerning "The Vegan" & membership and subs.

Kathleen Jannaway 12.5.1980 ANNUAL

GENERAL

MEETING 1980

October 4th - Friends' Meeting House, Westminster.

VEGAN SOCIETY LIMITED - Please note the "Limited" stands for "Limited by guarantee and not having a Share Capital" not "A Limited Company".

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R E P O R T

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Since becoming Vegans about years ago, the main question from friends and acquaintances has been "but what do you e a t ? " As we run a small day nursery at our home we come into contact with many parents of young children and we therefore thought it would be a good idea to have a Vegan evening on April 26th.

The idea was that we would make as many varieties of food as we could, give away recipes and have a table with Vegan, Vegetarian, and various other types of leaflets, plus posters kindly supplied by the Vegetarian Society, Chickens L i b . , etc. Also two posters made by our eleven year old son, Andrew, comparing the economics of producing meat as against that of producing cereals, beans etc.

We decided to advertise the event in three local wholefood shops and one health food shop to see what the response would be. When the number reached 80 we realised that there was great interest in the area and proceeded to plan the menu, write out the recipes for everything we were going to make, about 50 in all, and arrange for them to be duplicated.

A s the day approached we began to wonder if we would ever get everything ready in time, as we were preparing everything as fresh as possible, except for four items which, through lack of time, we had to f r e e z e earlier, and only the two of us to do everything.

The day before the event there was an article about us in the local Holmfirth paper saying, amongst other things, that if anyone wanted to attend they would be welcome, and in fact about eight people attended after reading it.

It would take too much space to list everything we made, but we tried to give as much variety as possible, to show the non-vegetarians that we do not live on a diet of lettuce leaves and nuts, which surprising as it may seem, is an idea which is quite prevalent according to our information.

T o give an idea of the menu, we made soups and pates, hot savouries, e . g . sweet and sour kidney beans, lentil and sunflower seed lasagne, cold savouries, e . g . nut roasts, lentil and tomato bake, quiches, rissoles, pies; desserts, e . g . apricot and hazel flan, date and apple slice, fruit jelly, nut cream, and ice cream, biscuits, cakes, scones, home-made sweets, salad dressings and seven different salads.

In all about 95 people attended, and great surprise was expressed by everybody at the variety, quantity and quality of the food available.

Many went away with leaflets and recipes and we have already heard from some of them that they have tried and enjoyed various recipes.

We hope in some small way to have helped to make a few more people aware of the cost in life,

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money and health of what they eat.

We r e a l l y enjoyed meeting some more Vegans who attended and thank all of them for making the e f f o r t , some of whom travelled considerable distances.

We would like particularly to thank Sally Phillips f r o m Doncaster for the bunch of f l o w e r s she gave us and for all the help in clearing up afterwards.

Also Diana Virgo f r o m Glossop for the lovely thank-you card which she sent us, it was most appreciated.

Graham and Delya Bull

Our appeal for local vegan contacts in the last issue of " T h e Vegan" has borne fruit, as shown by the list of names and addresses in this issue.

If you do live near one of our named contacts, please do all you can to help them in the task of spreading the vegan message.

Regular meetings a r e already being held in some places and these local groups a r e planning events such as vegan cookery courses and a "Vegan Shopping Day", when a central hall is to be hired On a Saturday in order to invite shoppers in for a taste of vegan food and a look at our portable exhibition, our f i l m "A Better Future for A l l L i f e " , our literature and ourselves!

Organising such events is part of the job of your Assistant Secretary, Laurence Main ( SN3 3 P Z , Wiltshire), but local support is vital for their success.

A speaker, with or without our f i l m , can also be provided for other meetings.

If you a r e a r e a teacher or a r e involved in other societies, please do all you can to enable us to reach a wider audience by arranging f o r the Assistant Secretary to give a talk and filmshow on veganism to your school or club.

If there a r e any local festivals please help us to maintain a vegan presence.

One thing that is important is plenty of advance notice, so your support i s required now.

Vegan meetings at the Nature Cure Clinic, 15 Oldbury P l a c e , London (nearest tube station: Baker Street) a r e held on the last Tuesday of each month, starting promptly at 7.00 p. m.

Please note, however, that there will be no meeting in June because of the clash with the Festival for MindBody-Spirit at Olympia.

Speakers for these meetings a r e always welcome, the intention being that they provide an opportunity for vegans to practise public speaking whilst among friends. Refreshments a r e provided by the participants, thus providing an opportunity for new vegan dishes to be tested.

Similar meetings a r e held e v e r y f i r s t and third Sundays of the month f r o m 2.00 p . m . at the Family Service Unit, 26 Severn Street, L e i c e s t e r .

Regular meetings a r e also held in BOURNEMOUTH at Friends' Meeting House, Wharncliff Road. Boscombe on first Thursdays a : t 7 . 3 0 p . m. and on third Tuesdays at the home of Eva Batt, in L I V E R P O O L at' the home of Jean Maguire, , L i v e r p o o l on f i r s t Sundays at 2.30p. m . ; in READING â&#x20AC;˘ at L i s & Colin Howletts-, .

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LEICESTER: LONDON (NORTH) : LONDON (SOUTH): MERSEYSIDE:

LIVERPOOL:

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NORFOLK: SHROPSHIRE: SOMERSET: STAFFORDSHIRE: YORKSHIRE (SOUTH): YORKSHIRE (WEST): EIRE:

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Please w r i t e d i r e c t to your l o c a l vegan contact i i you have one.

I f there i s n ' t one near you, please consider o f f e r i n g your s e r v i c e s as a l o c a l vegan contact to the Assistant Secretary, Laurence Main, SN3 3PZ, W i l t s h i r e .

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LETTERS FAT

IS NOT

ENOUGH

It was satisfying to read the account of the self-healing of angina through adoption of a diet that avoids animal-derived foods.

(Louise B. Carter, "Vegan", Volume 27, No. 1, page 12). This has already been done on a large scale and reported in the medical and lay press.

(Dr. T . H. Crouch, New Zealand Medical Journal, February 9, 1977, pages 109-10, and New Vegetarian January 1977, page 7.) To achieve the disappearance of angina it is important to avoid as a minimum all traces of cow and egg produce.

One must be extremely thorough and take into account the addition of cowmilk to biscuits, margarine, etc.

Labels must be minutely analysed. The New Zealand report described a series of 38 coronary sufferers who started their cow/eggf r e e diet taking 361 pain tablets per month gross, and six months later needed only 44 between them.

So the account by Louise B. Carter has not been an isolated case; there have been repeated successes using the above type of dietetic exclusion in coronary disease.

When one goes off cow and egg foods - we are talking about fats AND proteins the immunoglobulins in the bloodstream alter.

These are protein groups that the body produces in response to unfavourable elements admitted from outside.

Immunoglobulin E almost vanishes from the serum after several months on the diet - a report on this phenomenon was submitted to The Lancet (Dr. T . H. Crouch, The Lancet, November 5, 1977, pages 979-980) - and this indicates in the light of our present knowledge that these two foods are regarded by the human system as generally unwelcome.

It is likely that the cowmilk element is the major cause of immunoglobulin E change because it has such deep significance in matters of sensitivity by virtue of our bottle feeding habit.

The flood of cowmilk in infancy is becoming recognised as an extremely tricky practice and a great many scientific references point this out from various angles.

So the disappearance of angina pectoris on the vegan diet reflects the reversal of a habit that only humans indulge - eating immense quantities of proteins intended for the development and repair of a totally different animal.

One should never ponder over the state of affairs that allows proteins and fats designed to build and run muscles, organs, and nervous systems of mentally inert ruminants to bathe the tissues of cerebrally gifted humans.

It is easy to appreciate that arterial disease can ensue from such a process.

It will be of interest to readers to know that the New Zealand series contained several persons who suffered from severe leg pains on walking or exercise, "angina of the l e g s " , as it were.

These responded to the diet as dramatically as the chest pains.

So it is not only heart arteries that benefit.

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[ would urge readers who know people with this kind of problem to draw their attention to the principle of cow/egg avoidance, and thereby bring the possibilities to the notice of the medical profession that has been extremely reluctant to turn its thoughts away from preoccupation with non-specific fat levels.

Mrs. Louise B. Carter might yet have written an article that could stimulate new awareness into the power of animal PROTEIN to do damage in sensitive target organs.

What an advance when all angina sufferers are treated along these recommendations.

T. H. Crouch ( D r . ) FEEDING

CATS

I heard a radio programme in which a vet. said that cats need much more protein in their diet than do dogs and therefore their diet has to be very careful ly balanced.

I do know that cats synthesise their own Vitamin C, so could there be other differences such as amino acid ratio requirements so as to make vegetable protein unsuitable for felines ? . „ SHOES -

.

Anne Wade

HOW I MANAGE

I have two pairs of canvas shoes by Sacha bought from the Top Shop in The Strand at a cost of £12.99 each, and they are really wonderful.

For wet days I have plastic shoes from Damart at Oxford Circus which cost about £7.50, and also little boots wit h zip sides and cotton lining from Bury Boot & Shoe Co. for £4. 50.

For rough walking I wear T e s c o ' s boys' sports shoes in blue suedette.

All styles have a low heel.

Doreen Craddock H A P P Y HEART In 1975 I was a meateater but I'd always loved animals.

In 1976, reading about Beauty without Cruelty, I decided to become vegetarian, but had no idea at the suffering I was causing by eating dairy products!

I then met a lovely ladv, Margaret Ploger, who was a vegan and I had dinner at her house, and I was convinced that I should choose the really compassionate humane diet!

At the end of 1976 I became a vegan.

I now have a clear conscience and a happy heart: MENSTRUATION

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Have other women found that the vegan diet has had a favourable effect on their menstrual cycle ? Since changing my diet, my periods have become pain f r e e and very light. I wonder if this is a sign of a more natural way of life - or the reverse.

(Editor - A recent article in the "New Scientist" suggests the f o r m e r . Also recent research has confirmed the long held belief that breast feeding acts as a natural contraception - especially if the baby is allowed to feed frequently - on demand.)

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WHALE

OIL

In reply to a letter on the banning of whale and seal products into this country, Hector Munro, M. P. in the Department of the Environment reminds us that primary whale products, other than sperm oil (used to soften leather), Ambergris and spermacetti wax have been banned in this country since 1973.

But why are perfume fixatives and oil still enjoying exclusion from the ban?

Probably because they are the imports in which this country is most commercially interested.

No one could be persuaded to eat whale meat even in wartime.

At the moment import licences are required for whale products but, says Mr. Munro, these are not normally refused. Rather than this country banning all whale products unilaterally, the Department of the Environment is hoping to persuade the E. E. C. to agree to a complete ban on whale imports, to take effect in 1982, giving industry time to switch to alternatives (which are available) and the production of these to be increased to meet the demand expected. ^ a g r e e m e n t on this is reached, fine, but if the other E. E. C. countries are not prepared to co-operate (which is probable) where are we then? Can we do nothing now without the agreement (permission?) of the E. E. C. ? Surely we could go ahead on our own on such a domestic matter? Even if their plans are successful, the perfume and leather trades will have a further two years in which to stockpile whale products, on top of the seven years they have already enjoyed this concession.

If the wholesale and very cruel slaughter of whales is wrong, and we all know it is, let us not encourage it by delaying the ban on all whale products.

We could keep our hands clean, in this particular aspect, whatever the other continentals may do.

There are a number of lists being circulated containing the names of companies which, voluntarily, are not using whale products.

This is excellent, but do not assume that the products are vegan, as a few people are doing.

For instance 'K' shoes are not treated with whale oil, but most 'K' shoes are made with leather. Remember non-leather products do not require oil treatment.

Eva Batt SICK OF STOCK

REPLIES?

Do other vegans get as sick of stock replies as I do if I approach others with a view to veganism?

From my best friend - "Don't send me any more leaflets.

It makes me feel bad." From my mother - "No one would ask me out to lunch or dinner any more".

From others - "But all the butchers would be out of work". " I don't eat much meat.

I could easily do without i t " . " I couldn't give meat up, I like it too much." " I can't bear to look at the leaflets. " " I agree with you entirely" (but don't do anything about it:'.) To all these people how about this quote:- "He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really co-operating with i t . " Henry Thoreau.

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SHOPPING WH

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Good News.

New - Vegan - foods just coming into the shops from DIRECT FOODS - A range under the trade mark " T R A I L SNACKS ', the first two of which will be "SOYBITS - SMOKEY BACON F L A V O U R " and "RAISIN NUTS AND A P P L E MIX".

Also "SOYA BRAN" from the same Company will soon be in the shops (much more 'roughage' than wheat bran we are told). Watch for these in Health Food Shops.

BUT please delete Telma Spread from your Vegan Shoppers' Guide.

Although all products made by Direct Foods - Ranch House and Protoveg foods - are vegan as stated, the Telma Spread, though marketed by this Company, is not a Direct Foods product and does contain egg.

I did net realise this at the time and regret any inconvenience it may have caused.

TOILETRIES - Several people have asked about the new Elvira range of Avon Beauty Products which are advertised as containing no animal ingredient.

Unfortunately, this Company is not able, at this time, to give us any guarantee that the products or the ingredients have not been tested on laboratory animals.

FOOD - Although the Co-op label Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce still contain small amounts of beef fat, it is the intention of this Company to ' omit this ingredient . . . . in the near future'. You may spot the improved product, by its label, before I do.

If so please let me know.

000O000 Reading some of the replies I get from food processors one woiii be excused for thinking I had not made our requirements perfectly clear.

Which, I assure you, is not true.

Saxby Bros, replied by sending me a pack of their only product which would be suitable for vegans - Ready-Mixed Puff Pastry made with pure lard: By the next post came a similar parcel.

For my further enjoyment? Or perhaps to ensure that I remembered to list their famous product.

One manufacturer of Baby Foods wrote that some of their products contained milk - without naming which - and sent a selection of samples for me to try. All contained milk so I went around the shops and read the labels on all their foods, and every one contained milk!

In such cases, which happily are r a r e , I have the problem of disposing of the food.

T o throw it away or to pass it on? Because I hate waste of any kind, but especially food, I decided on the latter, but I wonder what others would have done.

OCDODOO Those who do not take kindly to bran in their soup, porridge or nut roast will enjoy: ITONA - GRANNY A N N BISCUITS. These are very lightly flavoured with ginger and slightly sweet. A pleasant way of ensuring adequate roughage in 28

the diet.

Nibblers, try Itona NOOTS for a change from salted peanuts.

They look quite similar and have no soya taste - disliked by some.

From the same Company we can indulge - if we darei - in GRANNYMELS Vegan Caramels, or a nutty chocolate called NOOT BARS. These are made with BEAN MILK, Brown Sugar and Soya Flour and , as the name implies, contain crunchy NOOTS. (As I have reached the 'all-spread-out' age my only complaint is that this chocolate is rather t oo nice and tempting for one trying hard to stay on the 'straight and n a r r o w ' . ) oooOooo Members have written to me about stock cubes.

Both HUGLI and MORGA with sea salt are vegan, it is the salt-free kinds which contain milk sugar.

FOOTWEAR FOR

MEN

John White Shoes -

Short Black Boot with inside zip & 2" heel. uppers.

No. 8842EB

Lotus Shoes

Three eyelet Gibson Brogue shoe with PORVAIR uppers. Black No. 6132FB or Brown 6133CB

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ZYLEE

WEATHERMAN Casual Shoe with instep gusset.

P. V. C. throughout. In Black No. 7071FB. Made in half sizes.

WEATHERMAN Brogue Gibson four eyelet shoe in Vinyl.

Black only 6112AB. Half sizes available.

WEATHERMAN Casual with instep gusset and punch design.

Vinyl uppers. Black No. 7313YB or Brown No. 7314TB. Half sizes.

Other makes generally available and illustrated in the current Marshall Ward Mail Order Catalogue: Pleated design with instep gusset, metal toe trim and 2" heel. Vinyl uppers.

In Brown No. 7941WB or Black 7940AB Three eyelet Gibson with pleated front in Grey. Vinyl uppers. No. 6837FB. Three eyelet Apron design Gibson shoe.

Vinyl upper, in Black No. 6828MB, All the above are made in sizes 6 - 1 1 but no half sizes are available except where mentioned. Various soling materials, but none are leather.

FOR LADIES Lotus Shoes

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Four eyelet Shoe with punched tri m in brown No. 1054EB

Clarks Shoes - Wide fitting Navy Blue Court Shoe No. 4214TB 'HEIDI' a T-bar Court with uppers of Black patent TORLON. 2|" heel, wide fitting. No. 1049RB. 29

Ankle strap Shoe with punch design in Rust colour. No. 4215PB. Wide fitting.

Classic sling- back Court with stitched trim. PU (polyurethane) uppers.

In Brown No. 1059FB. Dunlop Shoes - Ladies slip-on Casual, l g " heel. P. V. C. throughout in a choice of several colours.

Two eyelet tie Casual. P. V. C. throughout.

I5" semi wedge heel.

In choice of four colours.

Moccasin style shoe with wedge heel and gilt trim. P . U . upper, crepe sole.

In Brown or Black.

There are very many 'fashion' shoes around with high heels and often very slim straps.

Smart, but not too good for the feet! Really comfortable, low heeled, shoes without any leather are much more difficult to find.

Among the latter is a sling back, open toe, wide fitting, low heeled sandal which has two wide, adjustable straps.

PVC upper in camel colour.

Also a foamlined, Tan walking shoe with elasticated gussets.

PVC uppers, wide fitting, low heel. And a Blue Sandal with stretch, adjustable straps.

PVC uppers, l o w heel, wide fitting.

Three wide-fitting shoes with 2" heels are: a tri-coloured sandal with open toe, sling back and ankle strap.

PVC uppers. A similar shoe in plain colours (Beige or Navy) with a textured weave finish, and a Teak colour sling-back in PVC. All in sizes 3 - 8 .

Generally available or from Marshall Ward Mail Order Catalogue, where they are illustrated.

WALKING

BOOTS

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Sorry folks!

Still searching for a good vegan walking boot, I gave the name in Spring of an imported one which, according to the review in "Great Outdoors", was suitable.

I have now heard, through a keen member,that the San Marco range of plastic boots has been discontinued due to a design fault.

Also, they now tell us that they were not vegan anyway as they were lined with leather.

I am very sorry for any inconvenience caused to members.

I know many of you have been waiting so long for a suitable hill-walking boot which was why I rushed into the Spring Vegan before finding the address of the maker in Italy, and getting written confirmation, which is my normal practice.

Back to square one!

TOILETRIES Charles TISSUE PLANT Weleda

P e r r y - ALMOND and LEMON DEEP CLEANSERS, SUNFLOWER OIL, INDIAN E L M FOUNDATION, WHEAT GERM B E A U T Y B A L M OIL CONDITIONER, COCONUT OIL SHAMPOO. - ROSEMARY SOAP

FINBAR HOUSEHOLD SOAP is now available from many shops around the country, including Beauty Without Cruelty in London. codOooo 30

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VEGAN

FOODS

A l l items printed in C A P I T A L S are VEGAN Crawfords

SLIMMERS' OATCAKES, NAIRN'S OATCAKES, MACKIE OATCAKES, MITCHELHILL DIGESTIVE BISCUITS, VESSEN BRAN OATCAKES, VESSEN BRAN WHEATEN BISCUITS

Earthlore

B COMPLEX T A B L E T S contain Vitamin B12 (5 meg per tablet)

Granose

Christmas Puddings have been discontinued

Lanes

VIT B12 T A B L E T S

Littlewoods

RYE BREAD, M A L T LOAF, MINI HOVIS LOAF, BAKED JAM and BAKED A P P L E R O L L , CRUMPETS, DIGESTIVE BISCUITS, CRUNCH COOKIES

Lyons Tetley

READY BREK STANDARD and BUTTER flavour only.

Chocolate flavour contains powdered milk.)

Mapletons

GOLDEN CRUNCH, FRUGRAENS, YEASTREL, RISSOLES IN TOMATO SAUCE, LUNCHEON R O L L , NUTTER, SUENUT, RISSOLES IN BROWN SAUCE, SAVORMIX, CREAMED COCONUT, BRAN CRUNCH, AGAR AGAR

Marigold

SWISS VEGETABLE BOUILLON, A P P L E & ROSE P E T A L J E L L Y , V IT PRO SOYA PROTEIN FOOD

Patersons

OATCAKES - GIRDLE, FARMHOUSE and F A R L

Scofa

WHEATMEAL BISCUITS

Sharwood

CREAMED COCONUT

Smedley HP

Other than CANNED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, only BAKED BEANS IN TOMATO SAUCE

Sunwheel

FRUIT & NUT MUESLI

Waitrose

RYE and WHEAT CRISPBREADS. CANNED SATSUMAS IN NATURAL JUICE NO LONGER VEGAN - In case you have not noticed it, the Heinz Low Calorie Tomato Soup must be deleted from all vegan lists.

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VEGAN

P R O D U C T S

SUGGESTIONS FOR GETTING THE FACTS Members have asked us how to word letters of enquiry to manufacturers and what to ask.

I would suggest being as brief as possible, keeping the letter to the subject. The Chief Chemist is not interested in personal problems or how long one has been a vegan, etc.

The less he has to wade through the more likely he is to reply fairly promptly.

We find the wording must vary according to the product about which one is enquiring.

If it is a FOOD, I ask whether it contains any ingredient of animal origin and make sure to mention dairy products and eggs.

Dried milk or whey is sometimes overlooked unless mentioned.

Stearatet: from animal fats, and lecithin (which also can be either from milk or of vegetable origin) may suffer this fate if not mentioned.

Emulsifiers, when used, are a problem, as it is unlikely that the food processor will know the source of the various ingredients and it could put him to quite a lot of trouble to gel this information. Animal-based gelatine, dyes and flavourings should also be mentioned.

Even if you accept honey yourself, ask about it as we do not include foods containing honey in our lists.

TOILETRIES. Ask about lanolin, dairy products and eggs, beeswax, animal fats such as tallow, honey, stearates, animal glycerine or animal-based fixatives in perfumes such as spermacetti, musk or ambergris.

In particular ask about testing on animals, either here or elsewhere, either as the finished product or the individual ingredients.

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS. Similar to toiletries according to the product, for there is such a wide range, from cleaning materials to typewriter ribbons, tyres and engine oils.

Oils and paints may contain 'marine oil', polishes an animal wax, almost anything could contain beeswax, and lanolin is also widely used, as are dyes and perfumes.

As you will realise, there can be no 'sample letter' as we would get, and deserve, some cheeky replies if we asked a paint manufacturer if h e uses honey, or a food processor about added perfume!

It is unusual to get a complete reply first time (you may get none), which means a further letter asking about whatever has been overlooked, as politely as possible of course.

One must never adopt a critical attitude. T o manufacturers we are a fussy minority, and we appreciate the time they may have to spend in getting the information for us. _ Eva Batt 32

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S Please send to the Secretary, 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, by 1st August 1980 for the next issue.

A d v e r t i s e r s a r e asked to note that we shall be unable to deal with box numbers in future. Rate - 5p a word.

R A W FOOD. For f r e e leaflet describing its great value as part of diet, send SAE to Vigilex Publications, Vega House, 18 Bar Street, Scarborough, YOll 2HT MAKE BREAD WITHOUT Y E A S T ? Read: THE PRISTINE L O A F .

The therapeutic benefits of Sourdough Bread.

With recipes. F r o m Health food, shops or: , Leeds, 8. Send 60p inc. p&p.

A.HIMSA - quarterly magazine of the American Vegan Society.

Veganism Natural Living - Reverence for L i f e .

Calendar year subscription $8 or ÂŁ4 includes 5 issues of North American Vegetarian Society's "Vegetarian V o i c e " .

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

M E D I C A L , C U L I N A R Y herbs for sale.

Most varieties available.

Send for lists.

Stamped envelope p l e a s e . C . A . P . (I-ferbalist), 9 Eden T e r r a c e , Newlyn, Penzance.

THE HUNGER PROJECT invites you to join with other members in the developed countries, and millions, involuntarily, in other parts of the globe, to last 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 2000A. D. Ask about the Hunger P r o j e c t .

T e l . 01-539-8081. 45 Bulwer Road, London Ell. A N ASSOCIATE VEGAN o f f e r s to invest in genuine Vegan or Humanitarian venture.

A c t i v e or sleeping partner ship.

West- Midlands p r e f e r r e d . .

A S P I R A N T M A L E VEGAN (Capricorn), tired of bean stews, seeks intelligent, non-smoking vege/yegan woman (25 - 39) with sense of humour, able to provide some slight change of menu and share the mortgaged home in Bath.

Interests: music, the country, jogging, dancing, reading, Yoga, people and l i f e -

THE L E Y HUNTER is the leading magazine of Earth Mysteries, including ley-lines.

Send s . a . e. for full details of ÂŁ3.60 for annual subscription to: The L e y Hunter, P . O. Box 152, London N. 10.

V E G F A M feedsi the hungry via plant-based foodstuffs, leaf protein, seeds, irrigation etc.

Trustee Ruth Howard o f f e r s accommodation in return for some help with house/land.

The Sanctuary, Lydford, Okehampton, Devon.

T e l . Lydford (082 282) 203.

B U L L FIGHTING - See "Holidays in Spain" on next page f o r appeal f o r protests against this "tourist attraction!'.

W A L K THE MAENROUTES:

T w o new titles available f r o m the Vegan Society

at ÂŁ1.05 each (inc. p. & p. ) : A WILTSHIRE W A Y

(162 miles around Wiltshire via Stonehenge) and

A SOUTH COAST W A Y

(81 miles f r o m Dover to Eastbourne via Battle).

A L L SEASONS WHOLEFOODS.

Selling O N L Y Vegan products.

We o f f e r a

comprehensive range of pulses, grains, nuts, dried fruit, organic flours, wholemeal bread (Vegan), fruit juices, oils, pasta, etc. and over 100 herbs and spices.

Plus Vegan cosmetics

Bulk supplies available.

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E T H I C A L V E G A N L A D Y PENSIONER (Aged 60) wishes to rent flat or small house (away f r o m main roads' noise).

Electric p r e f e r r e d .

Unfurnished.

Write

to: YOUNG M A L E V E G A N requires a f u l l - t i m e post in a vegetarian environment.

An outdoor job in a pleasant rural setting would be most welcome. .

BULK BUYING.

Johanns Enterprises L t d . , (Hoathlye Foods), 71 St. John's

Road. Tunbridge W e l l s , Kent. TN4 9 T T .

READING WHOLEFOODS, 7 London Road, Reading, T e l . 55175, will deliver f r e e locally.

HOLIDAYS IN SPAIN. A member has sent us a truly horrifying account of the treatment of horses in the bull rings of Spain.

Blindfolded and thus quite incapable of avoiding the blows f r o m the bull's horns they a r e repeatedly gored and when too weak f r o m loss of blood to stand a r e dragged f r o m the ring to be patched up and sent back again as soon as possible.

We need millions of letters to the Spanish Ambassador, tourist agents, and to all thinking of going to Spain, protesting against this savage and debasing "entertainment".

(Will the member who sent the information please w r i t e ' o the Secretary as soon as p o s s i b l e ? ) P I OT FOR C A R A V A N required by vegan working in London.

Write

ISLE OF WIGHT A N I M A L A C T I O N & VEGAN GROUP wishes to f r e e any animal f r o m suffering and death if it can.

URGENT ; JUST R E C E I V E D requests for 1. A copy of Richard R y d e r ' s " V i c t i m s of Science" - for an American University Course.

2. Details of experiences of psoriasis for research work. 3. Lodgings with vegans or vegetarians for French student coming to Essex University in September.

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HOLIDAYS PENZANCE.

Self-catering accommodation or vegan/vegetarian meals by

arrangement in home 2 miles f r o m Penzance with large garden, sea and country views.

Car-shelter.

T e l . Penzance (0736) 2242.

INVERNESS. Vegan/vegetarian accommodation in charming cottage on high road between Inverness and Nairn.

Good tourist centre, walking, golf course, sea, beach near by.

Guests welcome all y e a r .

Inverness, IVl 2PG, T e l . 066 78 352 STONEYK1RK. Self-catering vegan/vegetarian accommodation in peaceful part of South-West Scotland.

Breakfasts/Evening meals available on request.

Reduced terms off season. S AE to , Stoneykirk, near Stranraer, Wigtownshire.

CUMBRIA. Spiritual refreshment, Manor House, Lakeland, charming accommodation, spacious grounds, sanctuary, library, vegan.

Pullen, Helmbank, Natland, Kendal, L A 9 7PS. Details SAE. SOMERSET. Vegan/vegetarian cuisine.

Open Christmas and all year except October.

Interesting area.

Sea, sand, hills,, caves, history, sport.

Annual holidiay or weekend break.

SAE Oxford House, 65 Oxford Street, Burnham-onSea, T A 8 1EN. Telephone: 0278 785954.

SCARBOROUGH. Very near sea, self-contained flat available for vegetarians.

T w o bedrooms (twin beds in each).

Self-catering. SAE for details to Vega House, 18 Bar Street, Scarborough, YOll 2HT..

SOUTHERN IRELAND. Vegetarian/Vegan holiday accommodation - close to Wicklow mountains/sea. Home cooking. Charming cottage.- Pure spring water.

Full board ÂŁ10 per day. Details T e l . London (01) 341 1577 or Write Clomnore Cottage, Clonmore. Hackettstown, Co. Carlow, Ireland.

R I P O N . The Gateway to the Dales.

Small guest house accommodating 4.

Bed, breakfast and evening meal. Moderate charge.

Ripon, North Y o r k s , , HG4 1EY, T e l . Ripon (0765) 2G11.

arrmiOH pirn F R E E M I L K TOKENS M r s Jenny Cure of 2 Kingston Mews, Sydenham, L E A M I N G T O N SPA. Warwickshire is ready to send her challenging letter to the Minister of Health, asking Lor vegans lo be eligible for cash equivalents of f r e e milk tokens. She would like to enclose a large petition too . Please would each and everyone of you spare a few minutes and a stamp towrite the following down and pop it in an envelope to her straight away "Cash equivalent of f r e e milk tokens, p l e a s e " Signature,, address.

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RAW HOLIDAYS

AFLOAT

FOOD

COMPENDIUM

with vegans Wendy and Brian BURNETT Its value as a substantial part of diet Practical Hints, Principles, Extracts from Medical Opinions

Relaxing, peaceful outdoor holidays for the adventurous - or the sea-wary French canals, Wild birds,

Hebrides,

animals,

plants,

No experience necessary, Families,

Solent, etc.

individuals,

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scenery

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no age limit children

£65 - £85 p.wk. ( l e s s off-season) Longer or shorter periods available Send stamp for details to : 51 MAIN ROAD, KINNERTON, CHESTER, CH4 9AJ

ECONOMY LAP" 100 for 77p Q<>

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GUESTHOUSE

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Many tv -9 .o all the * o ^ d w h o ,as for smg.

Chris & Chris Phillips members of Vegan Society welcome vegans. Hon baking, wholefoods, safe sandy bead Send S A E for brochure.

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WOODCOTE VEGETARIAN/VEGAN HOTEL T e l . 0736 75 3147 Be our Guests at Woodcote Hotel, The Saltings, Lelant, St Ives, Cornwall and enjoy the peace and quiet of one of Europe's long established vegetarian hotels.

Healthy yet exciting food, sea and country walks, quiet bays with excellent sands.

Woodcote overlooks the Hayle Estuary and all rooms have C. H. and H. C. Residents' Lounge with Colour T . V. S. A. E. for Brochure.

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