The Vegan Winter 1977 by The Vegan Society

VEGAN SOCIETY FOUNDED 1944—REGISTERED CHARITY

VECANISM is a way of living on the products of the plant kingdom to the exclusion honey.

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I t encourages the study and use of alternatives f o r all commodities

normally derived wholly o r partly f r o m animals. T h e objects of T h e Vegan Society are t o further k n o w l e d g e of, and interest in, sound nutrition and in the vegan method of agriculture and f o o d production as a means of increasing the potential of the earth t o the physical, moral and economic advantage of mankind.

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Dr. Frey

Deputy P r e s i d e n t :

Ellis. M r . J. Sanderson.

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Mrs. K . Jannaway, address as above.

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Transformation "O, the fabulous wings unused Folded in the heart!" (From "A Sleep of Prisoners" by Christopher Fry) It is very warm and snug in the nest. Our parents bring our food; we eat and sleep and our body grows - our legs and our wings grow. A1 most imperceptibly we learn to use our legs and move about inside the nest, and then one day with growing awareness we discover the great outside world and the need to use our untried wings to move about it freely. By trusting our inner and outer guidance, we will probably overcome the dangers involved in the process of learning to fly so that soon we shall have greater joy in using our wings than in using our legs. When man uses his "legs", he is using his intellect and his ego - consciousness - his head, but when he uses his "wings", he is using his heart and his creative imagination. Compared with what is possible - the full human potential most of us only use a small part of our "head" potential and our "heart" potential hardly at all. Tony Buzan suggests that modern man only uses about 1% to 15% of his brain potential, whilst the competitive and aggressive condition of business and industrial life blows a cold wind upon the petals of the heart, making the bud very reluctant to open. Some souls,a little braver than the rest, unfold their wings and venture to the edge of the nest and perhaps away from the safety of the nest to a nearby branch. But most soon return - they do not wish to be out on a limb. A few centuries ago, anyone who followed his heart or his mind into channels away from current, safe and traditional ways of thinking, was likely to run up against authority and public opinion. The Church as the custodian of truth, caused many to recant and drove the braver souls to their deaths. In our times, the power of the Church over men's earthly lives has waned to give way to Science asthe arbiter of truth. A man may now risk scientific or professional death if he strays away too far from the fold. Yet more and more searchers after truth are prepared to ignore the mockery of their more materially based colleagues as they venture forth into new fields and explore consciousness and energy fields. Science has done a wonderful job in exploring the material world, and, in discovering more and more about the life reactions and processes, has been led to consider the infinitesimal, the microcosmic and the macrocosmic, and many patterns and a Plan are being suggested that postulate a Planner and a supreme Intelligence. But in this process only one half of man's mind and brain has been partially used, the other half remaining mostly dormant. Whereas as a material scientist the emotions are imprisoned whilst the intellect appraises analyses and synthesises, the scientist of the spirit must use life's experience and also set the intellect and ego temporarily aside and meditate and allow the heart and intuition to reveal their truths to him. Then the intellect may be used as a trained servant

to express these truths In the service of life. Dr. Graham Howe said "When it comes to the 'religion of experience' I claim that I believe in Infinite Benevolence which created the world and everything in it, and I believe that we are all interdependent, balanced in this ecology of the great experience of living". Swami Ramdas said "We seek outside of ourselves until we make the great discovery which is that our heart is the sanctuary where the Lord of the universe dwells in all his glory". Keats wrote " I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affection and the truth of Imagination". Whilst Shelley expressed the thought beautifully in "Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge. It is the impassioned expression on the face of science". Using our head, we are spectators of l i f e ' s processes. Using our hearts, we become aware that we belong and are "in" life - vital parts in an evolving whole. In a material sense our bodies are our homes, whilst the intellect despite its microcosmic, galactic and historic journeys tells us that the finite cannot grasp the infinite; but the heart through its "inward" eye is not bounded by time or space. When we develop our heads and our hearts in a balanced way, we see ourselves and the universe in a different way. A process of transformation takes place. From being apathetic, or self-seekers, we begin to see ourselves as part of a greater whole, and begin to work f o r the good of the whole. Avenues of service formerly obscured,open up to us - our family, friends, neighbours and those whom we meet, or hear of, have need of us. Our awareness grows and we find that the animals, the plants and the earth itself have need of us. Our adversaries and those who ill-treat others and other kingdoms have need of us - and we have need of all of them. If we express the 'caring-for' principle with wisdom and gentleness, we shall join with hosts of other positive beings and become co-creators of the new order. Let us be inspired by the thoughts and lives of other men and women, but let us not forget that our own unique experience and inner guidance can express to us the way forward - the way in which the Infinite Benevolence wishes us to go. Truth is revealed to each according to his present understanding, and that is why we should be neither unduly critical of our own thoughts and experiences, nor of our brother's which may differ from our own. If we truly adopt a vegan way of life with balance between head and heart development, we shall become aware of a gradual transformation within ourselves, from loneliness in a cold universe to a sense of belonging to a caringfor, living, developing cosmos; from a fractional, segmented life to becoming a vital part of a creative whole; from life as a predator to life as a server. Let us each unfold the wings of our heart and fly forth without fear, trusting the inner voice as a bird does which migrates over continents. Jack Sanderson.

Reign of Love Those who have hung upon the cross of life And felt the pangs of every creature's pain A thirst to bring compassion to the weak Can efforts such as theirs be all in vain ? Upon the darkened desert of the world They lift the lamp of love upon their way, That all the demons of devouring wrong And cruelty may melt and pass away. There is a subtle whisper in the wind All the green buds unfurl their tender leaves, Seeds long since sown obey the law of life Whose wondrous web is spun behind the scenes. Oh, soon beneath those wide protecting arms, Now grown to strength upon the parent tree Will every gentle creature walk in peace Delivered now from man's iniquity. Oh yes! the message murmurs thro1 the world And softly rises to the mystic spheres Where every star rejoices in the birth Of sweet compassion born of human tears. For in the wilderness a voice is heard Proclaiming: "Soon the harvest will be in. Those tender seeds sown in the stony land Bear fruit at last" - Oh, reign of love begin! Dorothy Thomson.

All Life is One All life is one. This is the theme which runs through esoteric and academic philosophies and the religions since man's earliest times. We are all that we see and more, from the tiniest speck to the distant stars, all Is cme and the one contains the many. This being so, every creature is part of us and we in turn are part of a much greater scheme than we can readily comprehend, all that happens is of personal significance. There are those who have come to realise this via many routes. Life may be said to be a dream but man has turned it into a nightmare. Many are asleep, indeed it would not do for us all to wake up at once for this would result in chaos, but this fact does not exonerate us from our duties to the creation while we are here. In turn we are presented with a unique opportunity from moment to moment, to realise what lies behind the mystery of the creation. What has happened to the world today and what man does to his own kind and to other creatures needs no reiterance. Now what is required is work to restore the order and harmony of the world. Without the vision of single Individuals nothing would get done and for each of us our heritage would be poor indeed. Great efforts have been made and are being made by men and women often in obscurity and sometimes against terrible odds to stem the flow of brutality which threatens to engulf the world. Ignorance is to ignore the truth. No deus ex machina is going to descend out of the sky and rid the world of its follies overnight, we have to take a positive step, the choice is left to us. Life is not easy, it is a constant battle against lethargy which encourages habitual rituals and the acceptance without question of secondhand meaningless opinions, thrust upon us from our childhood. However there are life-lines thrown to us too, remember the nursery rhyme; How many miles to Babylon, Three score miles and ten. seventy years, the sum of a man's life. Indeed it takes most of a man's adult life to free himself from the rubbish accumulated over the years before he realises that life is the one thing he hasn't really got, whatever else he's acquired. Those who want a permanent happiness, one which cannot be destroyed, they have to examine life closely to see where permanence lies in an ever changing world. Some are victims of suffering or helplessly witness the pain that is inflicted on other beings. There is a saying, unhappiness i s the grit in the oyster that produces the pearl, sometimes it is suffering that spurs us to action.

Who we should ask would we emulate, the three wise men or the three wise monkeys? Isn't it easier to turn a blind eye, a deaf ear and keep silent about evil than to search for the "Good"? It is levelled against some that they are too emotional, but no intellectual argument however skilful can justify the cruelties man inflicts on helpless creatures that cannot plead for mercy. Being dumb, however, doesn't mean being stupid, it simply means, unable to speak. There cannot be peace while man still continues to kill. Now this is so fundamental and so vital that it would be sheer hypocrisy to gloss over it and there is no excuse for not caring. Of course he likes to defend his motives by his superior intellect but there Is nothing clever about the obvious economic stupidity that allows him to feed his food to animals, then eat them like some parasitic worm. The pattern of perfection cannot be fully realised until man has built his foundations on the ethical principles of loving kindness. Beauty and love are at the heart of creation, anyone who thinks this sentimental let him make no mistake; Christ for example was no "softie". To withstand the severity of a Roman scourging, you had to be tough; it more often than not ended there and then in death. Any man who has no compassion for animals and who can ignore the atrocities perpetrated upon them daily is blind in this area and we must not allow them to lead us. We must push back the frontiers of consciousness little by little until we have cleared the ground in which the fruits of others can grow and flourish. To borrow an analogy from Archimedes, "Give me where to stand and I will move the earth," it is my belief that the Vegan has found the place on which to make the stand. The family butcher is aptly described, for it is part of the great family which is butchered and the guilty secret is blazoned down every high street where a birthright is sold for a mess of pottage. The Incongruity of the jolly straw hat and gay apron which attempts to disguise the deed would indeed be funny if It were not so tragic. In front of the television the human animal turns up his nose at the beast devouring offal, while he sits back replete from steak and kidney pud. How often we hear that phrase, " I love my steak". On an evening out he dresses up as if murder were a thing to celebrate. He is so sure of civilization with the high minded talk of Science and reason and a touch of Mozart. As in the days of Noah". There are those who groan Inwardly knowing that in the background shoved out of sight people and animals alike are tortured. Can one be too sensitive ? Surely pain and anguish are still pain and anguish for whoever and whatever feels them. Thank God and it is thank God, that there is hope, we are their hope. Between the sleeping and the waking is a twinkling of an eye. From misery to joy is the same distance. Paradise is imminent and in the striving towards it we will attain it. Lilian Jones.

Testing on Animals We frequently receive letters asking why certain products listed as vegan in earlier issues of the Journal are not on our current lists of acceptable products. Nineteen years ago when I took over from Christina Harvey the task of listing things that vegans could buy with a clear conscience, we neither of us had any knowledge of animals being used in the testing of products. Anything which contained no animal ingredients we were quite happy to list as vegan. We have learned much over the years and, because we believe that the cruelty involved in the exploitations, suffering and death of laboratory animals is as un-vegan as killing and eating them, our enquiries must now be more searching and explicit and the percentage of acceptable replies received is naturally much lower. The L P 50 Test-What is it? This is used to determine the toxicity of various products and the animals traditionally used are rats, mice, rabbits, dogs (usually beagles), and monkeys. Cats are occasionally used instead of dogs. Almost any substance, if administered in a large enough dose, will kill. The standard test is to force massive doses of the test substance down the throats of animals in order to discover at what dosage level half of the animals die within fourteen days. This is the LD 50 test - where LD stands f o r Lethal Dose and 50 means 50% (i. e. half of the animals) die. Almost inevitably this proceedure means that all the animals are made severely ill, some taking perhaps two weeks to die, others just managing to survive. The amount of suffering caused by this is considerable. Where food additives not particularly poisonous; are being tested, very large quantities must be forced into the animals by stomach tube, sometimes killing them by causing internal rupture I could go on f o r 48 pages but my aim is to remind readers that the less processed, tinned, dyed convenience foods we use, whether or not they may contain dairy products, the better for the animals as well as ourselves. T o help us get the best from "first-hand" foods the Vegan Society's booklet "First Hand: First Rate"* should be in every vegan home, in the home of everyone who abhors vivisection, whatever they feel about other aspects of life. R. S. P. C . A . Investigation Recently the R. S. P. C. A. has undertaken in depth investigation into animal testing of cosmetics and have very kindly offered to make the replies available to us. Whatever the results, the mere fact of these investigations will help to make more people aware of the extent to which animals are

cruelly exploited in testing cosmetics. Although only cosmetic companies are being approached as yet we are hopeful that their investigations will develop to Include household products in future. It is interesting to note that, of the 36 well-known cosmetic companies originally approached, one third did not reply and, of those who did, more than half admitted using animals for testing their products. Of the others, one one is considering using animals in future, one (American) could not say whether their products were tested in the U. S. A . , three use ingredients which may have been tested by the producer, one replied that they were not prepared to give any information, and two did not manufacture any cosmetics themselves. This leaves very few firms indeed, and it must be remembered that these enquiries, helpful and detailed as they are, apply only to TESTING. The questionaire did not ask about ingredients. To sum up, the work now being done by the R. S. P. C. A. is providing a clear, if depressing, picture of cosmetic testing in general and it demonstrates more clearly than ever that vegetarians can rely only on those few companies which have our principles in mind and produce toiletries, soaps and cosmetics made from pure, natural, non-injurious, vegetable ingredients only and therefore do not need testing. The extra expense and trouble in procuring them is well justified. It should be borne in mind that there is no legislation whatever concerning toiletries and the proposed E. E. C. Directorate on the marking of cosmetics possibly in 1989, probably much later - will ask only for harmful additives to be listed on the label, not all the ingredients unfortunately. So if and when legislation is implemented it will not help vegetarians. Nevertheless it is a step in the right direction.

'Our species is the most cruel and destructive of all that inhabit this planet. If the lower animals, as we call them, were to formulate a religion, they might differ greatly as to the shape of the beneficent Creator, but they would nearly all agree that the devil must be very like a big white man.'

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Conscience Man is born with a conscience Conscience is a feeling and has nothing to do with the intellect. It is situated in the solar plexus, the emotional centre of the body. It is not influenced by any intellectual reasoning, opinion or opinion of others. In early childhood conscience is unadulterated and not smothered with later conditioning, by opinion of parent, by school, wireless, television and other such influences. Gradually however, the voice of conscience becomes quieter and quieter as it is overlaid by the conditioned intellect. One has to become very quiet to listen to conscience and generally when it is felt the intellect does not obey it, and great harm is done to the whole biochemical processes of the body and to the external circumstances concerned. No scientist has to my knowledge attempted to establish physiologically the existence of conscience, its function and its chemical mechanism. This is very strange since conscience is one of the most important functions of the body. When listened to and obeyed, conscience enables the whole bodily mechanism to become harmonious and the more it is obeyed the more the individual evolves until he or she becomes a whole person, knowing exactly what is right and what is wrong. Without obeying conscience, the individual gradually deteriorates and all the functions of the body become disorganised. Eventually, the individual cannot distinguish between right and wrong and becomes an auto- addicted mechanical machine, oblivious to all the terrible cruelties perpetuated by himself and mankind. "Homo Sapient "becomes a mockery because all possibility of evolution ends. Evolution to a higher state of consciousness depends on an active conscience. The voice of conscience whispers within and the noise of the world thunders without. The intellect generally believes the outer world and current opinion, so eventually the mechanism of the conscience can no longer function. When this happens to an individual, part of him or her has died and the possibility of further evolution is lost forever. If the world Is to be rescued from its present state of appalling cruelty and chaos, the first step is to teach the young and older generations to obey their conscience whatever the consequences may be. Unless this is done, our present civilization is doomed. v _ - sf 0 ^^. Frey Ellis

MIND & BODY FESTIVAL 1978, April 30th - May 7th The Vegan Society is having a stand again. WANTED offers of help and ideas for poster on the theme"The New Age cannot be founded on the slaughter house."

ANNUAL REPORT 1977 WHAT MORE THEN CAN WE DO ? The Vegan Council is happy to report another year of growth in membership, activity, publicity and influence. It has had thirteen business meetings since the last A. G. M. on September llth, 1976. Each time it has met under the chairmanship of Eva Batt and at the Nature Cure Clinic in Central London. Arthur Pay who has been very active for veganism in East London since he joined the Society after the "Open Door" programme, was co-opted to the Council in February. Four hundred and seventy one new members have been enrolled during the year. We have had twelve resignations and ten deaths. Three hundred and twenty who paid subscriptions in 1976 have not yet paid in 1977, but about half of those are only just due and subscriptions have been coming in well since reminders went out with the Autumn Journal. We should be able to claim a membership increase of at least two hundred during the year. Of the four hundred and seven people who joined during the "Open Door" period (February, March,April 1976 ) over sixty percent renewed their subscriptions in 1977. A number of generous donations and a few bequests have been received, and, as a good proportion of members pay more than the minimum subscription (an increasing number in the most useful form of covenants), It has been found possible to keep required subscriptions at a low level. This means that none need be prevented by financial difficulties from bearing witness to their support of the Society's work. The work of the Society is done largely by devoted volunteers and very little is spent in administration and overheads. The Council has given great thought to spending the Society's money wisely, so that although expenditure on publications, advertising and publicity generally has increased considerably, it has been so arranged as to bring in good returns. Literature sales at meetings have more than paid for expenses, and although the profits on those sold from Leatherhead are a little down on those of last year (because of the great demand after the "Open Door" programme in 1976)they are nearly seven times as great as the average figure for the years 1972-75, i. e. before the "Open Door" programme. A s a result there is a good balance in hand, ready to meet such challenges and to seize such opportunities as lie ahead.

There have been some changes in the staffing at Leatherhead, where Yvonne Webber's and her father's (Mr. Keith)much appreciated services have been replaced by the skilful part-time help of Peter White, Ruth Oakshett and Pat Buxton. We were sorry to lose the services of Dorothy Hanson as Advertisement Secretary and are very grateful for her efficient organisation of the task. Eileen Scott has taken on the work of Advertisement Manager and Local Contacts Secretary, as well as continuing to do most of the skilled typing and helping the Society's work in many other ways. Kathleen Jannaway remains as General Secretary, well supported by her husband who does all the duplicating for the Society gratis, made the stands for the Mind & Body Festival and has provided transport to seven Exhibitions and Festivals. Frances Quinn and Dorothy Blanks still give freely of their time and skill in many ways. The Vegan has been produced punctually each quarter and its circulation, at two thousand seven hundred, is now more than twice that at the beginning of the current series in 1973. Every effort is made to meet the needs of a widely varying membership: the Spring edition places emphasis on the ecological and economic aspects of the vegan case, the Summer on human health, the Autumn on animal welfare and the Winter on ethical considerations. Thus all four strands of the case for veganism are presented within the number of pages limited by high postage. The number of libraries (now forty-two)and Health Stores (now twentyeight) stocking the Journal has increased, though members are urged to greater efforts in these directions. The steady demand for the two recipe books, "What's Cooking?" and "First Hand! First Rate" is most encouraging. About one hundred and fifty items are posted from Leatherhead every week and very many others from Enfield. Many thousands of leaflets have been distributed both through the post and at meetings and festivals up and down the country. The Enfield Boutique has helped i to spread vegan ideas and products as well as those of Beauty Without Cruelty and the profits have been most generously given to the Society by Eva Batt who works long and late both in the boutique and in packing parcels in the evenings. The boutique is at 123 Baker Street, Enfield, and is open Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Three new leaflets have been published; "Youth Hostelling and Camping the Vegan Way", suggested and paid for by a member, the Vegan Products list, fruit of many hours of letter writing by Eva Batt, and "Food for a Future", a new "hand-out" summary of the case for veganism, named after Jon Wynne Tyson's excellent book which, as a paper back, is achieving the wide circulation it deserves. "Vegan Mothers and Children" has been reissued with a new Foreword

incorporating the findings of recent research. Harvest from the seeds sown is being reaped in many ways besides that of rising membership and financial return. Practically unheard of a few years ago, the word "vegan" is now becoming nearly as common as "vegetarian", and the superior logic of its case is being widely acknowledged. There are frequent mentions of veganism in the press and on television and radio, and the Council is receiving invitations to participate in the activities of an increasing number of societies. There is evidence of many people moving towards veganism without actually contacting the Society first or considering joining it. Evidence of the improved standing of veganism in the medical field has been increasing rapidly. Few doctors and nutritionists now question its adequacy and some are using the vegan diet as a healing diet for many disorders. A brief mention in the Sunday Times of October 17th, 1976, of a Society (the Vegan)that had pioneered a diet free of animal products, brought over one thousand two hundred requests for further information, mostly from readers who had been put on the diet by orthodox medical practitioners. Recognition of the value of a balanced vegan diet for children has been growing and invitations to take part in research on blood clotting and cancers have been received. Appreciation of the vegan diet is also growing among alternative healing practitioners. When they become aware of the fact that the methods they advocate are incompatible with lives based on the slaughterhouse, great progress both in healing and in veganism may be expected. Members of the Vegan Council have spoken to appreciative audiences in many parts of the country, from Liverpool to Helston and from Wolverhampton to Nottingham, asking only help with expenses in return for their services. Vegan stalls have been manned at sixteen different events, usually by the indefatigable Serena Coles as well as many other members, and the "Open Door" film has been shown at least sixteen times. Arthur Pay's "cuckoo" tactics of offering a film show free to any organisation that could provide him with an audience have had considerable success. Among group activities, room must be found to mention Vegan Society members participation in campaigns against blood sports, the fur trade and vivisection which are doing much to awaken the public to abuses to animal life. Contrary to some adverse publicity, most members of such groups are consistently non-violent in their methods and moreover most of them are well aware of the continued cruelty and exploitation of animals by the food industries that in sheer magnitude alone exceeds the remorselessness of the experimental laboratories. Vegan groups are active in Bournemouth and Blackburn, Sweden, Australia and South Africa and individuals in many other places. The cafe and its supporting group continues to flourish in North London. Reprints of vegan articles

appear in various parts of the world, including Norway, and the Vegan Newsletter surfaces regularly from 12 Wray Crescent, London, N4. Various members, Eva Batt, Serena Coles, Susan Besford and Elspeth Gartside have offered the hospitality of their homes, and individuals, too many to mention, have given their services in many ways. The Social Gatherings on the last Tuesday of each month at the Nature Cure Clinic, 15 Oldbury Place, London Wl, five minutes from Baker Street Underground Station, have been very useful and enjoyable. They give members a chance to get to know each other and the Council, and to relieve new members of that feeling of isolation that is the only real remaining difficulty of a minority movement, the importance and logic of which are yearly becoming more and more obvious. We are much indebted to the management of the Nature Cure Clinic for making these meetings possible. Two events especially have made outstanding contributions this year and have offered useful guidance for future progress - the Mind and Body Festival at Olympia in April and the R. S. P. C. A. Symposium on Animal Rights , in August. The Festival gave great evidence of the hundreds of thousands of people seeking for an alternative to the present hopeless, shallowly materialistic, dominant culture that, carried by vested interests anditsown momentum rather than any deliberate intentions, threatens to sweep mankind to nuclear doom. The R. S. P. C. A. Symposium sounded clearly the challenge that only the extension of compassion to all forms of life could bring man the peace and truly abundant living that he now rightly forfeits by his callous greed. What more then can we do? Recognise realistically the enormity of the challenges and dangers that confront us. Then, spurning all narrow self-interest and the fear it breeds, nurture hope by complete committal to the service of life in whatever way seems right and proper to us as individuals, with our own peculiar gifts and limitations and in our own peculiar circumstances Nothing less than 100% committal will bring success, but activity must be on a broad front with no time wasted in narrow sectarianism or petty criticisms of the contribution of others. "The destiny of men has to fulfil itself in a thousand ways so that goodness may be actualized. What every individual has to contribute remains his own secret. But we must all mutually share in the knowledge that our existence only attains to its true value when we have experienced in ourselves the truth of the declaration "He who loses his life shall find it'.' Kathleen Jannaway.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING About ninety people attended the 33rd Annual General Meeting of the Vegan Society held on October 15th, 1977 at Westminster Meeting House, St Martin's Lane, London. Dr Frey Ellis, President of the Society,took the Chair. All the members of the Council were there except William Wright who sent his apologies - it was his son's eighteenth birthday. In his opening remarks, the Chairman spoke of the great advance of veganism during recent years, especially with regard to its standing with the medical profession. The diet was no longer derided but was being commended as health giving by orthodox nutritionists. The Minutes of the 1976 A. G. M. were read by the Secretary and passed unanimously. The Annual Report of the Vegan Council was then read (see following pages) Its adoption was moved by Mark Thompson and seconded by Mabel Cluer. The Treasurer then presented the Accounts for the Year. Subscriptions had increased by well over ÂŁ200, donations totalling ÂŁ7,742 had been received and profits on literature were very good. Office and organisation costs had been kept to a minimum so there was a good balance in hand. There was some discussion as to the best placing of the money so as to get maximum interest with minimum involvement in undesirable concerns. The adoption of the Accounts was moved by Roy Smith and seconded by George Walker. Jack Sanderson took the Chair while Frey Ellis was re-elected President (proposer E. Batt and Seconder Grace Smith) The re-election of the Council and Treasurer was also carried unanimously, having been proposed by Robert Thompson and seconded by Beatrice Camm. The election of Arthur Pay on to the Council was proposed by Eva Batt, seconded by Kathleen Jannaway and carred unanimously. Grace Smith proposed that Jack Sanderson and Kathleen Jannaway be re-elected as Editors and this was seconded by Coles and carried unanimously. REPORT ON THE HOME FOR ELDERLY VEGANS Serena Coles reminded the meeting that an offer had been made by Homes for Elderly Vegetarians Ltd to open a Home jointly with the Vegan Society for vegans. Serena Coles had considered proposals from members and had visited many properties but it had been decided the the offer from the H. E. V. Ltd. was most promising. The Vegan Council would be responsible for the day to day running of the Home and only vegan food would be served. Draft proposals had now been drawn up by the Solicitors and would be considered shortly. It seemed as if Wardens would be found without any great difficulty but a sub-committee of people with specialised knowledge as surveyors, electricians, and builders was urgently needed and people were asked to come forward and offer their services.

REPORT FROM PLANTMILK Ltd. Arthur Ling, Managing Director of Plantmilk Ltd. spoke of the valuable research into the use of Plamil for babies and children which will be summarised for the next "Vegan"; there is still time for parents to co-operate. The new line - rice pudding with sultanas- was now in the shops and samples of a new cheese spread and of carob flavoured Plamil would be available in fc^-^the tea bseak. Members were asked to tell local proprietors that Plantmilk Ltd. goods could be ordered direct from Folkestone. Export prospects were encouraging especially In Australia and France. Arthur Ling thanked all those who were helping in various ways, especially Mr Beddowes and Mr Fox. REPORT FROM THE NEWSLETTER AND CAFE GROUP Malcolm Home spoke of the Newsletter, now l \ years and 13 issues old, and of the Vegan Cafe which had for 18 months been serving meals to an increasing number of people, impressing them with the pleasantness and the variety of the vegan diet. (See page 29) RONNIE LEE Beatrice Camm was asked to speak of the remarkable trial of Ronnie Lee who, the previous week, had been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for rescuing mice from a laboratory. Ronnie Lee had defended himself well and had given a convincing picture of one who was motivated solely by compassion. *

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After a most enjoyable tea, organised and served by Lilian Jones, Margaret Ploger, Sally Andrews, Liz Witt, and helped by contributions from other members, the meeting gathered again to hear Dr. GORDON LATTO, who gave an entertaining as well as a most useful talk on "The Way Forward". He complimented the Society on its vitality and on its growth in membership and status. He emphasised the Importance of vegans demonstrating in their own lives the healthiness of the vegan diet. He then gave practical advice on how this could be helped by simple practices. He aroused much laughter by his stories - thus giving practice in a very healthgiving activity - laughing. Many appreciations of his talk have been received and the Vegan Council is very grateful to Dr Latto for giving his valuable time and experience . The last half was spent mainly in discussing a matter that has been much in the thoughts of the Vegan Council for many years, but for which there have not been the resources until recently - a land project under the direction of the Council in which the growing of food by veganic methods would be demonstrated and used for research. Bob Howes, a young member from Manchester, invited others who might be interested in such a project to see him after the meeting.

Jfestfoe fteripe* - that no animal died to provide - HEALTHY TOO - no cholesterol as no animal fat or eggs; no hard fat; no sugar; only 100% flour. ECONOMICAL TOO in money and time - AND DELICIOUS! CHRISTMAS CAKE 8 oz. currants 8 oz. sultanas 4 oz. seeded raisins 1 tblsp. molasses 1 teasp. baking powder 1 tblsp. lemon juice

12 oz. flour (100%) 4 oz. oil 1 flat teasp. mixed spice 1 teasp. grated orange peel (optl.) * i pt. soya milk nuts to decorate (optional)

Prepare fruit, chopping raisins. Mix well with molasses, oil, lemon juice and soya milk*(made by whisking 1 dsp. soya flour in half pint water).* Mix baking powder, flour and spice and stir lightly but thoroughly with lifting motion into fruit mixture. Bake for 2 hours at 300°F in tin lined with greaseproof paper. Cover with greaseproof paper and cook for further 1 hr. at 250£>F.

MINCE PIES (2 dozen) Pastry 16 oz. flour (100%) 2 flat teasp. baking powder Pinch of salt (optional)

6 oz. oil 6 oz. water

Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Whisk together oil and water and mix with flour, lightly but thoroughly. Put in fridge or cool place for \ hour. Roll out between sheets of greaseproof paper - not too thinly. Cut into rounds, line bun tins, fill and cover. Bake 25 minutes at 400°F. Mincemeat Filling 8 oz. currants 4 oz. seeded raisins 4 oz. sultanas 12 oz. grated apples

1 teasp. grated orange peel (optional) 1 teasp. mixed spice 3 tblsp. lemon juice 2 tblsp oil

Prepare fruit. Chop raisins. Stir all ingredients well together. Preferably make the day before use, but will not keep for more than a few days as no sugar.

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Christmas

Recipes given in order of serving. MUSHROOM SOUP (4 servings) 6 oz. mushrooms 6 oz. cooked potatoes 3 tbls. oil

salt to taste f pint soya milk *

Cook prepared mushrooms in oil. Liquidise with potatoes and soya milk (or chop and pound thoroughly and beat in). Bring to boil, simmer about 10 minutes, stirring frequently.

BRAZIL NUT ROAST (4 portions - double ingredients if required cold for Boxing Day) 6 oz. brazil nuts 1 teasp. Barmene or Marmite 3 oz. porage oats 1 teasp. mixed herbs 4 oz. onions 4 oz. soya milk * 3 tbls. oil Fry thinly sliced onions in oil. Chop roughly then grind nuts. Mix with onions, Barmene, herbs, oats and soya milk. Bake 30 minutes at 350 on the middle shelf. Garnish with parsley.

TOMATO SAUCE 6 oz. cooking tomatoes 2 oz. oil 1 teasp. Barmene or to taste

1 dst.sp. soya flour. 2 dstsp. cornflour or other thickening i pint boiling water or stock

Fry tomatoes lightly in the oil. Mix soya flour and thickening to cream with 3 dsp. cold water. Pour on boiling water, stirring as mixture thickens. Add to tomatoes In pan, simmer and stir for a few minutes.

ROAST POTATOES Scrub and simmer 15 minutes. Cut into quarters and coat with oil and roast on top shelf of oven at 350째F f o r 35 minutes. ROOT VEGETABLES Simmer mixed, diced root vegetables for 5 minutes in just enough water to prevent burning. Put in casserole on bottom shelf of oven at 3500F for 25 minutes. SPROUTS Prepare and, 10 minutes before needed to serve, pour on enough boiling water to cover and simmer. Strain and serve immediately.

Dinner CHRISTMAS PUDDING 3 oz. currants 3 oz. sultanas 6 oz. seeded raisins 1 teasp. grated orange peel (optional) 2 tbls. lemon juice ÂŁ teasp. mixed spice

1 tbls. molasses 4 oz. soya milk * 3 oz. oil 2 oz. flour (100%) ÂŁ flat teasp. baking powder 4 oz. bread crumbs (100%)

Prepare fruit, chop raisins, mix all ingredients, except last three, thoroughly together. Mix flour, baking powder and bread crumbs and stir lightly into fruit mixture. Mix well. Put in pudding basin with 2" to spare at top for rising. Cover with a piece of cloth, secure with rubber band. Simmer for 4 - 8 hrs. before Christmas Day and 30 - 60 minutes immediately before using. (May not keep more than a week or two as no sugar.) Serve with cashew nut cream or date and soya sauce. CASHEW NUT CREAM 4 oz. cashew nut pieces

4 oz. water

Grind nuts finely and whip up with water. To get smoother mixture,liquidize 3 oz. ground nuts with 4 oz. water and fold in other ounce.

SOYA AND DATE SAUCE 2 oz. dates 2 oz. cornflour

^ pint soya milk * (as above recipes)

Liquidize dates in soya milk - removing coarse bits. Make cornflour into smooth cream with 2 tbls. soya milk. Boil rest of the soya milk and add to cream, stirring vigorously. May need to boil up to thicken.

CELERY SOUP 4 oz. outer celery stems 1 tblsp. oil

6 oz. cooked potato f pint soya milk *

Pre-boil celery in milk for 5 - 1 0 minutes. Liquidize & heat up. Salt to taste. Cold Brazil Roast and Salad Fruit Salad and Cream Mince Pies

HAZEL NUT ROLLS Filling 6 oz. hazel nuts 3 oz. porage oats 6 oz. onions 4 tblsp. Oil

(2 dozen) 2 hpd. teasp. Barmene (or Marmite) 1 hpd. teasp. mixed herbs 3| oz. water or soya milk *

Fry thinly sliced onions in oil, grind nuts. 5 minutes.

Mix all ingredients and leave for

Pastry As for mince pies, but mark into rectangles 4" x 6". Make nut mixture into rolls, place on rectangles and roll pastry round them. Bake 25 minutes at 400째F.

CHEESE STRAWS 4 oz. flour (100%) 4 oz. porage oats

2 teasp. Barmene (or Marmite) 3 oz. oil 4 oz. water

Mix flour and oats. Mix Barmene and water and stir in oil. Mix all together. Spread on baking tray. Bake 25 - 30 minutes at 300O - 350째F. Mark into inch strips immediately after removing from oven.

DATE AND CASHEW AND A P P L E CREAM SLICES 4 oz. flour (100%) 3 oz. oil 4 oz. porage oats 4 oz. water 8 oz. dates I flat teasp. baking powder Mix flour, oats and baking powder. Clean dates, removing coarse pieces. Chop and mix with flour. Whisk oil and water together. Mix well with dry ingredients. Spread on baking tray. Cook for 30 minutes at 350째 F. Mark into rectangles immediately after removing from oven. When cold spread with filling and sandwich together.

CASHEW AND APPLE CREAM FILLING 3 oz. cashew nuts 3 oz. apple

f teasp. lemon juice

Grind cashew nuts finely. Grate apple finely and mash thoroughly with lemon juice. Press in cashew nuts and work to firm smooth mixture.

Produced by the Vegan Society, 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey. Inquiries welcomed - S. A. E. please.

T H E ENFIELB

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(01 363 2982)

YOUR OWW STORE FOR VEGAN COMMODITIES where you will find hundreds of REAL vegetarian products including TOILET SOAPS, SHAMPOOS & COSMETICS of all (vegan) kinds made by ALO, BEAUTY WITHOUT CRUELTY, CHARLES PERRY, DEIMEL, JABLEY, LUSTY S, McCLINTON'S, MODERN HEALTH, NATURAL WOMAN, PURE PLANT PRODUCTS VEGECOS, WELEDA, YIN YANG etc AND CLEANING MATERIALS such as WASHING-UP LIQUID, HOUSEHOLD SOAPS, SPONGES, DUSTERS, TEA TOWELS, CAR POLISHERS, and the popular ENFIELD PLUS CHAMMY which does all that an animal washleather will do, wears better and costs far less. (NO price rise in five years! Probably a record?) AND VEGAN COOKERY and other BOOKS.

AND

A selection of HEALTH FOODS (no pills or potions). ARTIST'S BRUSHES.

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EDUCATIONAL, self-adhesive signs for Home, Shop, Club or Car "NO SMOKING PLEASE. PEOPLE ARE BREATHING" (3 for 25p and stamp). AND

SHOES

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IN THE FOOTWEAR DEPARTMENT A good selection of completely non-leather, British Made, Shoes, economically priced and designed for COMFORT - no 'high fashion' styles. PAY US A VISIT Try on Shoes and test Cosmetics, Creams, Soaps and Perfumes without obligation. Browse among Books, Journals and free Leaflets. We are over ENFIELD TYRE CO. on the W8 'bus route, or 6 mins. walk from ENFIELD TOWN stn. - going North. The BOUTIQUE is OPEN on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. (CLOSED on Tuesdays and Wednesdays). If you cannot call, shop at home in comfort and with confidence. Just send 15p (stamps will do) and a largish stamped addressed envelope for illustrated leaflets, price lists and order forms. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Why not help yourself and the cause by supporting this VEGAN ENTERPRISE, all the profits from which help the Society to spread the message of veganism.

Party

A T THE E N F I E L D BOUTIQUE ****************************

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You are invited to a Social at your vegan Boutique In Enfield on Sunday, February 12th at 2 p. m. As Eva proposes to retire to smaller premises on her 'coming of age' as she puts it, this may be our last opportunity to enjoy a party there. Tickets, from 123 Baker Street, Enfield, EN1 3HA, are ÂŁ2 each. As these will be exchanged on the day for anything in the Boutique to that value: Soap, Toiletries, Shoes, Household items, Cosmetics, Books, Make-up or Health Foods, you cannot missi Carrier bags supplied. Light Refreshments.

(Contributions to the table will be welcomed).

If enough guests wish it, Eva will give a skin care and make-up demonstration, with the not-so-young particularly in mind; although the basic principles apply to all. From someone who really knows what she is talking about, her tips on how to make the very best of what we have, without indulging in extravagance and using only vegan products ,are always keenly sought. We regret that, due to the limitations of space, only ticket holders can be admitted on the day so please send for yours early and so help us to gauge requirements. HOW TO GET THERE By train to Enfield Station or by road to Enfield Town. Then, walking or riding, due North along Silver Street, passing the Civic Centre on your right. The Boutique is the first shop past Parsonage Lane, on your right - by the telephone box. Six to seven minutes' walk.

FUTURE

MEETINGS

FARMING WITHOUT EXPLOITING ANIMALS Peter Roberts was once a farmer himself, now he is the director of "COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING", the organisation that is doing so much to awake the public conscience. He will speak at a special meeting organised by the Vegan Society on Thursday, March 16th at 7.30 p. m. at the Friends' Meeting House, St Martin's Lane, Westminster, (on the right a few minutes from Trafalgar Square.) Simple buffet fare will be available from 6. 30 p. m. REPORT ON THE L V. U. CONGRESS IN INDIA by our delegate, Serena Coles. Last Tuesday in January ,the 31st at 7p. m- the Nature Cure Clinic, 13 Oldbury Place, W l . (Behind Marylebone Church, 5 minutes from Baker St. Station) REGRET NO SOCIAL on December 27th Looking forward to seeing you on January 31st and February 28th, 1978. 20

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A.G.M. 1978 Next year's A. G. M. will be held at Westminster Meeting House again,on October 7th. Please note and spread news of the date. The evening speaker will be STEPHEN CLARK, author of the "Moral Status of Animals" and full member of the Vegan Society; one of the forthright young academics who are doing so much to forward Animal Rights. He is Lecturer in Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. MRS.

ROSA DALZIEL

O'BRIEN

We are very sorry to have to announce the death on September 23rd 1977 of Mrs Dalziel O' Brien pioneer of the veganic (vegetable organic) gardening system. We hope to publish an appreciation in our next issue. WAS JESUS VEGETARIAN? Many Christians assume that he was not but there is no convincing evidence for this. Others are sure that the right interpretation of the Gospels leads to the conclusion that he was. Certainly to put him down as a flesh-eater is completely contrary to his image as "perfect love". It degrades him as lower in compassion than the Buddha and other spiritual leaders. It is probable that the Gospels as we have them in the Bible are edited versions of more complete teaching. A member has sent details of books which portray Jesus as teaching vegetarianism and reverence for all life. 1. "The Gospel of the Holy Twelve" by Rev. G. J. Ouseley, ^venth edition, El plus 27 pence postage, Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road, London S. W. 1. 2. "The Gospel of Peace of Jesus Christ", translated from the original aramaic by E. Szekely and P. Weaver, 80 pence plus 22 pence postage, C. W. Daniels, 60 Muswell Road, London N. 10. The Vegan Society has duplicated copies of "Was the Master a Vegetarian"?, an article by Rev. V. A. Gore, in which he examines the evidence in the four gospels. Please send 10 pence stamp to: 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey.

"While still our Lord went on, teaching how fair This earth were, if all living things be linked In friendliness and common use of foods. Bloodless and pure - the golden grain brought fruits Sweet herbs, which grow for all Seeing that knowledge grows and life is one And mercy cometh to the merciful". EDWIN ARNOLD on Buddha.

PUBLICATIONS

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What's Cooking?

The unique cookery book by E v a Batt.

£2.25

Over 270 recipes and valuable information and advice. Written with such vitality and clarity, humour and commonsense that it is a delight to read and own. INTRODUCTION T O PRACTICAL VEGANISM

First Hand: First Rate

40p

- with basic recipes

25p

A recipe booklet especially written

f o r those seeking to live as far as possible on the food they grow themselves.

Vegan Mothers and Children

Pioneers of the New Age 38p

Accounts by 10 vegan mothers on bringing up children the vegan way.

30p Accounts by 12 vegans of long standing on how they fared through the years.

In Lighter Vein 65p A collection of verses by Eva Batt. Humorous but pervaded with compassion for living things. Attractively illustrated by Jill Bennett. Written and illustrated by Mabel Cluer. 7 0 p Attractive booklet on choosing and using the fresh foods around us. • * * * * * * * *

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£1. 25 yearly subscription. 25p single copy.

LEAFLETS - Vegan Products by Eva Batt 25p including postage. Guidance for Slimmers, Guidance for Diabetics, Is Cow Milk Good for Humans? Blueprint for a Humane World, Feeding Dogs & Cats lp each + S. A. E. Youth Hostelling and Camping the Vegan Way 5p + S. A. E. (reductions for Groups) SOLD (but not published) BY THE VEGAN SOCIETY - (prices include postage) "FOOD FOR A FUTURE" by Jon Wynne Tyson. An excellent exposition of the case for complete vegetarianism (paperback) £1.10 "The CIVILISED ALTERNATIVE" by Jon Wynne Tyson (hardback) £3. 34 "STAND AND DELIVER" by Kenneth Brown. A humorous and most effective guide to public speaking. Learn to speak for veganism 85p "COMMON SENSE COMPOST MAKING" by May Bruce 85p "CHILDREN OF A L L A H " Collected poems 1977 by Nina Hosali, founder of the Nature Cure Clinic £1 (£2 for three) Vegan Badges 60p + S. A. E.

Pendants 55p + S. A. E.

MEMBERSHIP £1.25 ($4) Special reduced rates for young and old. All orders and letters to the Secretary, 47 Highlands Rd., Leatherhead, Surrey.

A L L PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE.

VEGFAM We have kindly been asked to report on VEGFAM:1976

India

Destitute children/orphans, local foodstuffs

Bangladesh - Refugee children, soup (grain/pulse, flours) " " Vegetable supplies Ethiopia - Two more tube wells for local crops

1977

Lesotho

Kenya

India

Irrigation, vegetable crops for unemployed: feeds families and keeps them together Several thousand seedling macadamia nuts and avocado pears for waste land

- Feeding children, as before

Bangladesh

£ 200 200 400 400 500 200 500

Canada

Indian Reserves (communal use) walnut trees

500

Mexico

Peasant villages (communal) fruit/nut trees

500

Tanzania We are working out an appropriate figure (probably £500) to aid in the near future a horticultural scheme for young workers, and hope to support similar schemes in Shri Lanka and India. At Reading University in June, Dr. Mrs. Devadas reported on the Leaf Protein trials in S. India, involving the addition of various plant proteins, leaf protein and milk powder to monitored children's diets. Leaf protein proved far more beneficial than other plant proteins but second to milk powder in height and weight gains. Its mineral and vitamin contents, however, surpassed milk, and it was by far the cheapest additive used. Leafage used is lucerne (Medicago sativa). We shall be supporting further trials/long-term production. Dr. Richard St. Barbe Baker (Founder of the Men of the Trees), having initiated our tree-planting in Kenya last year, visited us to discuss desert reclamation and afforestation etc and was with us again in August, giving a talk on his life work, when he received VEGFAM's cheque for £1,000 for the food trees in Canada and Mexico. He left us a generous supply of signed copies of his "Caravan Story and Country Notebook" (75p +9jp postage,) Young people have organised fasts, street collections etc for VEGFAM and we are very grateful for all their hard work, and to everyone whose gifts have enabled us to carry on. Ruth & Friedenstern Howard Trustees. VEGFAM feeds the hungry via plant-based foodstuffs, leaf protein, seeds, irrigation, etc. Trustees,, The Sanctuary, Lydford, Okehampton, Devon. Visitors welcome. TeL Lydford 203.

NATURE HAS AWAY

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Enjoy life to the full with

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SHOPPING

EVA

To begin with the corrections. Jewish friends have been telling me that I was wrong in thinking ("The Vegan", Summer 1977)that Kosher food marked Parev or Parve would be both egg and milk free - vegan. Although this is often the case, such foods could contain egg, though not milk. BISCUIT BLOOMERS. While admitting that the labelling laws in this country are better than nothing, it must be realised that, from a vegan point of view, they certainly make fish of one and fowl of the other - sorry - turnips of one and radishes of another. For instance, one company can continue to label its vegan product 'SALAD DRESSING' while another is not allowed to do so even though the latter lists all the ingredients and emphasises the point by adding 'NO EGGS'. This is grossly unfair to say the least. You can also be sure that any biscuits called 'CREAM CRACKERS', whether or not they contain the usual milk powder, will certainly contain no cream: And we have again been assured that CRAWFORD'S BUTTER PUFFS are vegan, despite their name. (Misleading to non-vegans?) The latest news from United Biscuits is that MCVITIE'S JAFFA CAKES and RY-KING CRE5PBREADS, previously and incorrectly listed as vegan, contain dairy produce. The explanation given was that the makers had overlooked the details of the enquiry and had assumed we were only concerned about animal fats. (As R y K Ing contain egg we would not have expected them to be on their animal fatfree list anyway.) So, until all biscuit manufacturers agree - or are obliged - to list ingredients, we suggest our members, if they are not able to make at home, should buy only those biscuits which have the ingredients stated on the packet. VEGAN FOODS Bonne Sante (Fats) PEANUT BUTTER Health & Diet Food Co. (Savouries) HERA VEGETABLE CURRY, VEGETABLE SUPREME, VEGETABLE GOULASH. Heinz (Savouries)CURRIED BEANS with SULTANAS. Granose (Savouries)VEGEX, the Courtaulds spun soya protein food contains all the amino acids from which the indigestible carbohydrate components have been removed, iron, a small quantity of starch for palatability and vegetable oil for stieeulence. Furthermore, it is cholesterol-free.

Associated Health Foods (Sweets) Fruit bars: DATE, FIG & BRAZIL, FRUIT & NUT DESSERT, BANANA BAR, BISCUITS Paterson's OATCAKES. Shaws YORKSHIRE PARKINS, BARBADOS MALT, "DEMERARA" and HAZELTINE. Mitchelhill's DIGESTIVE BISCUITS and BRAN OATCAKES. We feel sure this assurance can be relied upon as Crawford's of Edinburgh have taken the trouble to send us a list of the ingredients. The fat used is Vebol 100% vegetarian fat used by some bakers. Scandinavian Suppliers (Savouries) NUTANA VEGETARIAN PATE Pantry stock TEXTURED SOYA PROTEIN MINCE and CHUNKS. (No added colouring or flavouring) More vegan foods now contain added B12, namely: Granose (Savouries) YEX VEGETABLE EXTRACT has a high concentrate of vit. B12. It is also sugar free. Grariose SOYA LAC (Milks) The Infant Formula Soya Bean Milk. Granose TASTEX (Savouries) Yeast Extract. General Foods (Cereals) GRAPE NUTS. All now fortified with vit. B12. Note on Fata The Peerless Refining Co-of Liverpool, supply an entirely vege! table fat, known as H. V. 3., to bakers. Energen use this and Crawford's, the largest chain of bakers in Scotland, use only vegetable oils In their bread. It is often difficult to find out which fats are used in commercially made bread wholemeal included; your local baker may not know what is in the fat he buys. If it is H. V. 3. you can assure him, and local vegetarians, that his bread is entirely acceptable. NOT VEGAN

Energen Digestive Biscuits. Shaw's Northumbrian Piper Shortbread, the 'Haywain' tins of assorted Shaw's and Northumbrian biscuits. Shaw's Ratafias and Macaroons. Mapleton's Bran Flake biscuits. Bitter's Wheat Diet. Frey Slices. All Keenwell Products, other than BIOSALT, contain lactose, milk or whey powder. All Sesonal Sport-Health, Sebeaucare and Natroplan products. Pure Plant Products Epiglow Cream and Epiglow Plus Eye Cream (beeswax only). Rival brand fat, often used on baking tins by biscuit manuiacturers. Vendops Non Dairy Creamer (we have yet to find a vegan coffee whitener). OTHER PRODUCTS BRUSHES. Those with non-animal filament are still being made but are not always easy to find as they now cost more than the 'pure bristle' kind. For list, sendS. A. E. to 47 Highlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey. BICYCLES. Raleigh. The saddles on the CAPRICE, ESQUIRE, BALMORAL and WAYFARER models are of non-leather materials.

LETTERS THE PRIVILEGED ANIMAL ' How comforting to taow that I can never be cooked for a cow's dinner, taught to balance on one leg for an elephant to laugh at, injected with a disease so that a dog can find the cause of its illness, crushed underfoot by a beetle larger than myself. My kidneys will not be taken to provide a vaccine for a monkey. My breastmilk will not be stolen to give to calves nor my babies be sent to the slaughter house. And if I have not a conscience, I can do all these things to defenceless creatures with impunity. Because I am MAN. How fortunate for me. But what a pall of unhappy vibrations I must be creating around the Earth. Something tells me that I must put my own house in order with regard tc all the other inhabitants of our planet before I can expect peace in my time.' Beryl Cox "WHAT WOULD YOU DO ABOUT I T ? " 'What does one do about foxes ? Would you shoot them ? My farmer daughter found her 15 young geese killed. Not one left alive. Some with heads off. Not one taken away by the killer.fox. What CAN one do about this? Similarly what does one do about rabbits? One can't net-off a whole cornfield, Anyhow one would be likely to include a fertile rabbit family in the field. These problems make me despair and to think that on this Earth we HAVE to compromise in some aspects; nothing is ever a simple black and white. My veg. garden only survives because the local farmer regularly exterminates rabbits. Previously I used to have rabbits eat the whole of what I'd carefully grown. And at that time I could not afford to ring the plot with netting.' Cleveland Hood.

UlEt^OHE^ of Paisley.

T o J o n a t h a n > b o r n o n 23rd September 1977 to Allan & Eileen Parr 71b 15oz. at birth & increasing daily - breast fed of course.

And to Melanie, born 15th September 1977 to Colleen and Trevor Lomas of Brierfield, Lanes. 8 lbs lOoz. and thriving on breast milk.

"WHAT SHOULD WE WEAR?" The eating of animal food nearly always involves an obvious exploitation of the rights given to animals by civilised people and this is rightly to be deplored. But, in contrast, the use of other animal products does not necessarily warrant the same rebuke. As the substantial hilly areas of the UK are not really suitable for crop production (and as they are not actually necessary for UK self-sufficiency It would seem reasonable to give these areas over to grazing animals which could annually provide us with wool, and as the older members succumbed hide for leather. I think that this strategy of "animal exploitation" is more rational and acceptable than the alternative dependance on man-made non-biodegradable materials. A policy of total abstention from the use of animal materials is not, in my opinion going to encourage people to become vegan as much as one entertaining the selective use of animals in such a way that they are effectively in a national parte setting - protected from those with butchering tendencies. Richard Watling PALM- FAT CANDLES As an alternative to paraffin-wax, why not try using a natural vegetable fat for your candles this Christmas. Palm-fat (in the form of "Silver Standard Vegetable Frying Fat") burns without any pungent smell - unlike soya, hazel or olive oil. The harder the fat: the better it is likely to burn. Just melt the fat in a saucepan and pour it into a glass container. Put a wick in the centre, before the fat solidifies, supported at its base by a metal tab, etc. Richard Watling

RESEARCH - URGENT Professor J. W. T. Dickerson, Dr. F. R. Ellis and Miss N. M. Murch wish to investigate the vitamin D, vitamin C, and Red Cell fragility in Vegans. This would entail a visit to Kingston Hospital preferably fasting and having blood samples taken. This is very important research and it is hoped that as many vegans as possible will co-operate. Dr. F. R. Ellis would like to thank all those vegans who in the past have repeatedly co-operated in various research projects.

V E G A N

N E W S L E T T E R

VEGAN VIEWS is the new name for the Vegan Newsletter, a name we have chosen to try to get away from what we felt was a rather inaccurate image that the word 'Newsletter' gave. At the same time as changing the name we are switching from duplicating to printing, which will give us much more scope for presentation and artwork. What we have not changed is the style and content of the Newsletter and the emphasis on letters, articles, poems, recipes, etc. sent in by readers themselves. We want to keep Vegan Views as a complementary publication to 'The Vegan' and one which gives individuals the opportunity to express their ideas and thoughts in some depth - not only on veganism but also on related topics: ecology, wholefoods, alternative lifestyles, religion, and so on. By the time this is read, our first printed edition of Vegan Views will be out. One of the main features in this issue is a review of the recent articles in 'Ahimsa' (the American Vegan Society's journal) which have strongly crticised the fruitarian diet, especially from the health angle. We would be particularly interested to hear from anyone who is, or was, a practising fruitarian and to hear their comments on these articles. A subscription to Vegan Views, which comes out quarterly at the moment, is 90p f o r four issues but if you would like a free sample copy of the latest issue please send a 7p stamp to us at 12 Wray Crescent, London N4 3LP. Malcolm Home VEGA 87 Highgate Road, London N.W. 5. Tel: 01-267-6223 (Nearest tube: Kentish Town) Open Mondays to Fridays, 5 p. m. - 8. 30 p. m. CHRISTMAS BREAK We will be closed on December 16th 1977 and re-opening on January 3rd 1978 A wide variety of vegan wholefood dishes at low prices. Come and visit usl

Footwear News

* JP?

FOOTWEAR. If you cannot get to your own Boutique, there are a few styles in the 'K' range of shoes for winter. Ask for those which have uppers of Kaylin or Kaytone. Models SCRIPT and SCROLL both have low wedge, soft crepe soles. A i l the uuiU>r.LaJ.b uÂťed a r e stated Ou the insole. Da mart have two non-leather soft shoes for ladies. Numbers 211 and 214. Woven Bootee/Slippers for both men and women. Zipp closing. No. 213. Also slippers No. 215, 217 and 218, and a Foot Muff. All thermolactyl lined. Not all Damart clothing is vegan but the catalogue (from Bingley, West Yorks.) clearly states where wool or leather are used.

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(Please send to the Secretary, 47 Highlands Rd. Leatherhead, Surrey by Feb.ist for next issue. Rate 4p a word: box nos. 7p extra). SAILING CRUISES with vegan couple on 6 berth ketch. Families or unaccompanied children welcome. N. Wales, Scotland, Shetland £50 - £85 p week. SAE to Brian and Wendy Burnett, Min-y-grug, Llandegla, (Nr. Wrexham), Clwyd LL11 3AA VEGANIC. Urgently needed for a few months someone to assist with light household and clerical duties in return for free accomm odation and food. Lady with child might be considered. Send recent photograph and fullest particulars which will be trenf-«d in the strictest confidence to Veganic, 73 Crispin Road, Bradville 1, Milton Keynes MK13 7BT. Buckinghamshire. SCHOOL OF VEGANIC AGRICULTURE. A working partner is needed with a view to full partnership: a young person whose way of life eliminates all animal substances from the diet and is physically and mentally in good health, with proven evidence of a liking for an open-air life growing vegetables, fruit, flowers, etc., or similar occupation, and who would view with favour an opportunity to join the pioneering family of the Dalziel O'Brien's who evolved the unique alternative system of intensive crop production. This is a system which employs surface cultivation (no digging) together with a manurial routine using for the most part a herbally activated compost and withholding all products of an animal organic nature. Write enclosing S. A. E. to:- Veganic, 73 Crispin Road, Bradville 1, Milton Keynes, MK13 7BT, Bucks. SCHOOL OF VEGANIC AGRICULTURE. The 1978 Session of Training will comme nee. in March. Short and extended courses available. Interviews at Milton Keynes or Bath, Somerset. For details enclose stamped addressed anvelope to;Veganic, 73 Crispin Road, Bradville 1, Milton Keynes MK13 7BT, Bucks. LADY 60 with capital of £8,000 wishes to purchase or lease a cottage or flat near or with other vegans or vegetarians. Suggestions welcome. Please reply to P. O. Box 11. EXCITING NATURAL FOOD CATERING for any event (no animal products) also with da ssical music on request. Contact Liz Routier at Cobham. Tel. 3524. SAILING CRUISES with vegan couple on 6 berth ketch. Families or unaccompanied children welcome. N. Wales, Scotland, Shetland, £50- £85 p. week. SAE to Brian and Wendy Burnett, Min-y-grug, Llandegla, (Nr. Wrexham), Clwyd LL11 3 AA "AHIMSA" (Bi-monthly magazine). Veganism, natural living, non-violence organ of the American Vegan Society. Annual subscription 3$ or £1.25. Write for free sample, booklist, information: American Vegan Society P.O. Box H, Malaga, New Jersey, 08328 U.S.A. "MASSAGE, GESTALT, GUIDED IMAGERY". Mind and body inter-relate. Long standing tensions in both can be helped by this combination of methods which takes account of their inter-action. Therapist trained for three years in the use of these techniques. London area. Box No. 11. 30

VEGETARIAN CHEF requires financial help to open a vegetarian restaurant in the Southend area. ., Southend-on-Sea, Essex

ANIMAL

ACTIVISTS

P. O. Box 6, Crowborough, Sussex. Between 30 and 40 people attended the yearly picket of Oxford St. fur shops on Saturday 1st. October. The demonstration was organised by Animal Activists. Visitors to Oxford Street were greeted with large stunning photographs of trapped animals and were given a leaflet to explain the real facts behind 'Fun Furs'. On the banners were slogans like "Bludgeoned for snobs", "Murdered for a jealous woman" and "All furs are stolen". Needless to say, the fur dealers weren't overjoyed to see demonstrators and some very ripe language was heard echoing from fur shops up and down Oxford St. In the 3 years Animal Activists has been campaigning in Oxford Street there has been a marked change both in the response from the public and in the gradual preference for fake furs. The first year the public seemed rather unsympathetic, yet this year the interest was terrific and over 6,000 leaflets were distributed. It was also a pleasure to note that one of the Swears & Wells shops in Oxford St. had already closed and their other branch will shortly be closing. The demise of this large chain of fur shops must give great pleasure to all in animal welfare and a great boost of morale to all AA members. A. A. also held a most effective anti-fur demo, at the Savoy Hotel on the occasion of the 'Woman of the Year' luncheon, as many of the women were dressed in skins (not their ownJ). This resulted in media coverage on Radio 2 and London Radio. Animal Activists are now planning a major campaign against Marrods and intend to picket this famous store daily from the 10th December to 14th January. There is also a national fur demo, planned with fur shops being picketed throughout the country. There are many other activities in the pipeline, so why not contact A. A. and join us?

A C C O M M O D A T I O N FOLKESTONE. Mrs. Allen,

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NEWQUAY. Accommodation and self-catering facilities are available for up to three vegans/vegetarians in a cliff-top cottage overlooking the Harbour. Prepared evening meal optional. No vacancies August. Miss Doney, ., Newquay, Cornwall TR7 1EZ. PERTHSHIRE. Brook Linn, Callander. Vegetarian and Vegan Meals carefully prepared and attractively served. Comfortable Guest House - near Trossachs and West Highlands. Mrs. M. Choffin. Tel. Callander 30103 (SDT 0877). BRANKSOME, POOLE, Dorset. Accommodation offered to vegans/vegetarians, non-smokers, holiday or permanent, self-catering or half board. H. Mather, ., Branksome, Poole, BH12 1BG. * *

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