OxVeg Online News 1/3/2009
Dear Member, It was a busy month in February for OxVeg, with free food stalls on Cornmarket Street, Oxford to celebrate both Valentine's Day and Shrove Tuesday (where we fried over 80 pancakes in 4 hours!). Read more on the website, www.oxveg.co.uk . The Dining Out Club met at the Pink Giraffe, Oxford last Friday for a Chinese, and this month we are looking at Tapas on 27th March. We also have a cookery workshop, and are looking at organising another free food stall, so if you would like to help, or just stop by and chat, we hope to see you soon. Heather OxVeg Secretary ====================================================== FORTHCOMING EVENTS (* denotes events organised by OxVeg) Thursday 5 March, 7pm. Replacing Animals in Research: What's Happening in Europe? Public meeting chaired by Sir David Madden with Caroline Lucas MEP, Mike Baker (President - Eurogroup for Animals) and Emily McIvor (Policy Director - Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research), Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles, Oxford. Organised by Voice for Ethical Research at Oxford (www.vero.org.uk). (The meeting will consider progress in the law governing animal experimentation throughout the EU, what this could mean for the UK and how the public can influence the decision-making process.) Sunday 8 March, 1.30-3.30pm. * OxVeg cookery demo at St Michael at the North Gate, Cornmarket Street, Oxford. Paul, Rachel and Heather from the OxVeg committee will be demonstrating some simple vegan recipes such as scrambled tofu, cupcakes, and chocolate biscuit cake. We will also have a selection of cookery books for sale (including 10% discount for OxVeg members). All are welcome, and admission is free. Thursday 12 March, 5pm. "The Great British cat and dog massacre of World War 2" - a talk by Dr Hilda Kean, History tutor at Ruskin College and author of "Animal Rights", Seminar Room East, Mansfield College, Mansfield Road, Oxford. Organised by Voice for Ethical Research at Oxford (www.vero.org.uk). Monday 16 to Friday 20 March. Animal Rights: past and present, Ruskin College, Walton Street, Oxford. A course taught by Dr Hilda Kean and Kim Stallwood. Dr Hilda Kean is a tutor in History at Ruskin College and is the author of Animal Rights and many articles on the history of animal rights. She runs Ruskin's pioneering MA in Public History and organizes public history conferences and the Ruskin public history discussion group. She researches and publishes in public and cultural history and the cultural position of animals. Her latest book is People and Their Pasts: Public History Today (with Paul Ashton). Kim Stallwood is a veteran animal advocate who has held leadership positions for some of the world's foremost animal-welfare organizations in the United Kingdom and United States (e.g. CIWF, BUAV, PETA). He is an independent author, scholar and adviser on animal welfare and related matters. He became a vegetarian in 1974 when as a student he worked in a chicken slaughterhouse. He has been a vegan since 1976. He is European Director of the Animals and Society Institute. For further information and registration please contact Beryl Stewart on 01865 517807 or email Protected email address. Saturday 21st March Brighton Vegan Fayre, Brighton Centre, Brighton Organised by the same people as the Bristol Vegan festival (YAOH), this is the first ever Brighton Fayre. The line up includes The King Blues and SohoDolls, plus a solo appearance from Mark from the Levellers, Brighton's biggest and best band ever! Plus Macka B vegan reggae superstar, and The Clive Palmer Band + Robb Johnson. If you would like to meet up with other OxVeg members, we can put you in touch - email Protected email address . Saturday 21st March, 11.30-3.30 * OxVeg Free Food stall, Cornmarket Street, Oxford We are looking at doing a free food stall on Mother's Day to promote veganism (since cows and chickens are pretty hard-working mothers). If you are able to help out, either with baking some yummy vegan snacks beforehand, or on the day, please contact Heather on Protected email address . Friday 27th March, 7.30-10pm * OxVeg Dining Out Club, Al-Andalus Tappas Bar, Oxford At present we are considering Al-Andalus Tappas Bar, Little Clarendon Street, Oxford. We are awaiting confirmation that vegans will be catered for. If you would like to come, please contact Natasha on Protected email address . Saturday 12th April, 10-12pm * OxVeg Raw Chocolate Cookery Demo, venue to be confirmed (will be Oxford based). To celebrate Easter, Heather will be showing us how to make our own chocolate, with nothing but raw ingredients and some hot water. Saturday 18 April, 10am - 4pm. Witney Green Fair, Langdale Hall, Witney, Oxon. Admission 25p, children and senior citizens free. As in previous years OxVeg will be running a stall at this event. Please contact us if you could offer an hour or two of your time to help on the stall. Saturday 18 April, 10am - 6pm. The Incredible Veggie Show, Royal Horticultural Halls, Greycoat Street, London, SW1. 100 stalls, talks, cookery demos, food samples, nutritional advice, vegan cafe, etc. Admission £4, £3 in advance (under 18s free). Organised by Viva! Further details, location map & ticket bookings at www.viva.org.uk/london . for details. Sunday 19 April, 10am-2pm. Gluten-free, vegan & raw Kitchen Buddy Culinary Workshop. St Ethelwold House, Abingdon, Oxon. Individuals £35, couples £60 (includes lunch). Further details at www.kitchenbuddy.eu or email Theresa Webb at Protected email address ====================================================== Anti-vivisection EDM and petition An Early Day Motion (EDM) is a sort of parliamentary petition that gauges support for a particular viewpoint. EDM 569, in support of the Safety of Medicines (Evaluation) Bill 2009, was recently tabled by Ian Gibson MP. It calls for a proper scientific comparison of animal and human-based testing methods. You can ask your MP to sign it here: http://www.writetothem.com/. Just enter your postcode, select your MP's name, then you can send them a message. You can read more about the Bill on the Safer Medicines Campaign website : http://www.curedisease.net/safetyofmedicines/index.shtml. The RSPCA are running a campaign in support of EC directive 86/609 on animal testing. You can find further details and sign the petition at http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RSPCA/RSPCARedirect&pg=directive86609 ====================================================== Vegan Camp 2009 The 29th consecutive annual vegan camp will be held at Monkey Tree Holiday Park, Rejerrah, Newquay, Cornwall TR8 5QR, from Saturday 1 to Saturday 15 August. Campers will be welcome for any period within the fortnight. There are some caravans to let weekly on site but early enquiries are essential. They sell out quickly and the site will be full in August. Everyone *must* be vegan on site but all are welcome whether vegan or not. At least 100 people are expected to attend, perhaps more since the last two years' events have attracted more than 130 each. Activities are organized throughout the fortnight. All ages are welcome: many children attend and about 35% of campers are under 18. Campers are self-catering but there will be the usual supplies of vegan savouries four times in the fortnight and there are two communal meals per week where we all make or bring something to share. We have our own shop for essentials on site and supplies can be ordered in advance. Please e-mail Gordon Forrest - Protected email address - for booking forms, costs and information, or Daniel Strettle - Protected email address - for all caravan, campsite and booking enquiries. Please do not contact the site owners since all bookings are organized centrally by Daniel, Gordon and the vegan camp committee, but you are welcome to check out their website at www.monkeytreeholidaypark.co.uk. ====================================================== Off the Hoof Off the Hoof is a new quarterly magazine "with a focus on the best of the veggie vegan lifestyle". Published by Yaoh, organisers of the hugely successful Bristol Vegan Fayre, the first issue, priced at £3-95 including postage, is available now (a 4-issue subscription costs £15 including postage). Further details from www.yaoh.co.uk and www.offthehoof.co.uk .) We have been sent 10 complimentary copies of each of issues 1 and 2. If you would like a copy, these will be available (while stocks last) at the OxVeg cookery demo on 8th March (see above for details), or copies can be posted for a £1 post and package fee. Contact Heather at Protected email address to reserve your copy. ====================================================== Review of Vegetarian Visitor 2009 edited by Annemarie Weitzel, Jon Carpenter, 112pp, pbk; ISBN 978-1-906067-04-5, £2-50 Vegetarian Visitor is an annual guide "listing private houses, guest houses, hotels, cafés, restaurants and pubs which take catering for vegetarians and vegans seriously". The 2009 edition follows the well-established format of previous editions, with most establishments having a brief entry (often no more than two lines), sometimes with a short description or accompanying advertisement. After a short introduction explaining how to use the guide and a section listing activity holidays the guide is arranged geographically by region, starting with London and Middlesex, and ending with Wales and Scotland. A further information section lists national and local vegetarian groups. Vegetarian Visitor is largely aimed at visitors from overseas. Indeed, many copies are distributed free of charge through Visit Britain offices abroad. Not surprisingly, therefore, considerably more space is devoted to popular tourist destinations such as the West Country than to less glamorous regions such as the Thames and Chilterns, which is covered in just two pages with only eating places listed. There are some obvious omissions here, including Oxford's best known vegetarian eating place, The Magic Café (apparently the new proprietors declined the offer of a free entry in the guide!). However, Vegetarian Visitor does not claim to be comprehensive, indeed for a mere £2-50 you can hardly expect it to be, and readers seeking a more detailed (but considerably more expensive) guide to veggie-friendly establishments in Britain should seek out a copy of Vegetarian Guides' Vegetarian Britain, the next edition of which is scheduled for publication in April 2009. However, if you're simply looking for a brief, pocket-sized guide to vegetarian-friendly holiday accommodation in Great Britain Vegetarian Visitor represents good value for money. Paul Appleby, February 2009 ====================================================== And finally ... We aim to publish OxVeg Online News regularly on the first Sunday of the month and welcome contributions from members. Please send you contributions to the editor at newsletter{at}oxveg.co.uk . Best wishes, Paul Appleby OxVeg Online News editor
Author: Paul Appleby
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