OxVeg Online News, 7/12/2008
Dear Member, Over the past few weeks our secretary Heather Shepherd has been working hard to create a new, more attractive and informative website for OxVeg. The results of her efforts can be found at www.oxveg.co.uk . The index page of our old website (www.ivu.org/oxveg/index.html) still exists although it simply redirects the reader to the new site. Most of the other pages have been transferred to the new site. OxVeg will remain a member society of the International Vegetarian Union, who have hosted our website since its inception, to support their work promoting the vegetarian/vegan lifestyle worldwide. Heather writes: We're just back from the Campaign for Climate Change, where we have been enlightening the public about the environmental benefits of being veg*n (animal farming contributes 18% of greenhouse gases, compared to 13.5% from the whole world's transport). Last weekend again saw us in London for Animal Aid's Christmas Without Cruelty Fayre, where I bought lots of ethical gifts, and tasted some delicious food from Scheese and Redwoods. Coming up we have the OxVeg Christmas dinner and stalls at the Green Fayre and Cowley Road Christmas Market. We still need your favourite recipes for Christmas Day, be it a nut roast, or delicious alternative to encourage people to forgo the Turkey this Christmas. We have also launched our new website at www.oxveg.co.uk, so do check it out (all event details are there), and give us suggestions on where is good to eat in Oxford, or events that you would like to see organised. To access the members-only area of the website, you will need the following credentials: Username: member Password: oxveggie Bye for now, Heather (The username and password for the members-only area of the website are given in confidence and must not be divulged to anyone else. Either or both may be changed to ensure that the members-only area is, indeed, exclusive to members of OxVeg. Changes will be notified via OxVeg Online News.) ====================================================== FORTHCOMING EVENTS (* denotes events organised by OxVeg) Saturday 13 December, 10.30am-4pm. Winter Green Fair, Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford. We are running a stall at this event organised by Oxfordshire Green Party (event details from Holly on 07929 424055). (If you can help on our stall for an hour or two please contact Paul on 01235 769425.) Sunday 14 December, 11am-2pm. Kitchen Buddy Vegan, Gluten-free & Raw Culinary Workshop, St Ethelwold House, East St Helen Street, Abingdon. Cost is £35 for individuals, £60 for couples / friends. Groups of 4 or more get one free place. To register contact Theresa Webb: email Protected email address or phone 020 8697 2755 / 07734 166 738. Further details at www.kitchenbuddy.eu . * Friday 19 December, 6.30pm. OxVeg Christmas meal at The Jam Factory, Holybush Row (off Frideswide Square by the railway station), Oxford. To confirm your place, please send your menu choice with a cheque for the full amount made payable to OxVeg to: OxVeg Christmas Dinner, 20 Alden Crescent, Barton, Oxford. OX3 9LT. Alternatively, to pay via paypal, please email secretary{at}oxveg.co.uk for details. Menu: Starred items are vegan (if you have other special requirements, please let us know so that we can accommodate. We will also arrange a raw vegan option if there is a demand). Starters: - Roasted plum tomato and basil soup * - Caramelised red onion and goat's cheese tart - Rocket and watercress salad topped with toasted pinenuts Mains: - Wild mushroom risotto with shaved parmesan (a vegetarian parmesan, we're told) - Aubergine, tomato and courgette lasagne topped with mozzarella - Marinated tofu with spiced lentil and slow-roasted butternut squash * - Mediterranean vegetable cous-cous stuffed portabello mushrooms with tomato sauce * Desserts: - Rich chocolate brownie with a whisky cream - Roasted apple crumble with creme anglaise - Caramelised banana with a citrus fruit salad and candied orange * - Orange and amaretto parfait with a chocolate tweel Prices: Two courses £15.95, Three courses £19.95. Dishes may contain traces of nuts. A 10% discretionary service charge will be added to parties of 6 or more. Saturday 20 December, 3pm. Cowley Road Christmas Market, Manzil Way, Oxford. We are running a stall here to promote a veggie Christmas. If anyone is available to help, either cooking beforehand, or helping on the day, please contact Heather on 01865 765580, or ov{at}ivu.org. Saturday 20 December, 3.30pm. Candlelit Vigil to mourn the deaths of millions of animals for food, clothing, research, sport &c over the course of the year. Martyrs' Memorial, St Giles, Oxford. Please wear black and bring a candle. Organised by Oxford Animal Protection. ====================================================== Christmas stocking ideas from the Vegan Society Edition 8 of The Animal Free Shopper is now available to purchase. The latest version is the largest ever produced, detailing thousands of vegan products as well as contact details for many vegan companies and organisations and a listing of E numbers to avoid. Makes a perfect xmas gift and still only £4.99! (OxVeg will have copies on sale at our stall at the Winter Green Fair if you want to save postage costs.) For a limited period only, the Society are offering their educational CD-Rom free with every copy of Feeding Your Vegan Infant with Confidence by Sandra Hood purchased. The combined book and CD make a perfect present for vegans with young family members, or those about to become parents. A bargain at £9.99 for both! Further details at www.vegansociety.com ====================================================== Badger petition Secrect World Wildlife Rescue Centre in Somerset have organised a new online petition against the proposed cull of badgers in Wales in a misguided attempt to curb the spread of bovine tuberculosis in cattle. This is against the clear scientific findings of a government 10 year research programme that cost 53 million pounds. A similar cull in England has been rejected by DEFRA Minister Hilary Benn MP. For further details of the Black & White campaign to protect Britain's badgers and to find out how you can help care and protect badgers please visit www.Secretworld.org . Locally, Oxfordshire Badger Group can be contacted via the Chairwoman Julia Hammett on 01865 864107 or email hamoxford{at}aol.com. ====================================================== Talk and interview online On 24th September I gave a talk to members of London Vegans entitled "Lessons for vegetarians and vegans from the EPIC-Oxford study" (EPIC-Oxford is a long-term study of the health of more than 65,000 persons in the UK, about half of whom do not eat meat. One member of the audience recorded the talk, and you can hear edited highlights and an interview with a dietician and view the slides from the talk at http://verdantreports.org/2008/11/01/epic-oxford-calcium/ ====================================================== Vegan / sugar-free / gluten-free Christmas cakes from Blue Lotus Products Blue Lotus offer a luxurious range of fresh cakes in a wide range of flavours, from the popular chocolate to the traditional rich fruit. So that no one need miss out this Christmas we cater for all your special dietary needs, whether you're looking for dairy free or gluten free, vegan or pure vegetarian -- we'll have it. You can order on-line or by phone and they will be delivered directly to your door anywhere in the UK. For full details contact the Blue Lotus Team on 0116 2998122 or go to www.BlueLotusProducts.co.uk ====================================================== European Parliament Committee calls for a reduction in meat consumption According to Compassion in World Farming, a European Parliament Committee has taken a radical position on livestock and climate change. Its recommendations include: "encouragement of a switch from intensive livestock production to extensive sustainable systems" and recognition that "total meat consumption also needs to be reduced in particular in industrialised countries." See www.ciwf.org for more details. Meanwhile, CIWF have created a 4-minute YouTube video on livestock and the environment as part of an international Greenpeace campaign to highlight the urgency of action on climate change. You can view the video (essentially clips from a video produced for CIWF's Eat Less Meat campaign) at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCoWh77w1s ====================================================== And finally ... As this will proably be the last OxVeg Online News of 2008 it just remains for me to wish you all a relaxing Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Best wishes, Paul Appleby OxVeg Online News editor
Author: Paul Appleby
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