Sainsbury’s have announced they will launch a “meat-free butchers” in east London this month. The retailers have said they are getting behind Meat-Free Week from June 21st by encouraging the public to sample more plant-based products by opening a meat-free butcher’s shop. When we say sample, we do mean sample! Customers will be given the […]
Life in a Lab Bonnie was a beautiful Beagle who spent most of her life being tested on in a UK lab in England. She was eventually rescued by Christine and her family – and this is Christine’s account which she so kindly shared with us to allow people to gain a slight understanding about […]
To celebrate this important Earth Day 2019 we are sharing a letter from the Plum Village website written to Mother Earth by vegan peace activist & Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh It is a meditation and a contemplation that can help create an intimate conversation with our beautiful planet. Above all, it is a practice […]
No Matter What We Do, We Can Always Make A Difference This blog has been on the cards for quite a long time, but, life is what it is, and it dictated to me that this would must be completed with patience; I have simply not had the time to think about blogs far less […]
On the banks of Glasgow’s Forth & Clyde Canal overlooking the city’s west end Tomillo shines its beacon of plant based perfection! Whether you are vegan or non-vegan, living in Scotland or visiting, eating in Tomillo is an absolute must for any food lover. Their food and its presentation gives all the feel of a […]
By Mark D Pritchard Plant-based curious…. My first steps into a plant-based diet in April 2018 were not your typical ones. It was a dark time; darker than many could imagine. Having separated from my wife only two days after my mother died in December 2017, my world had been ripped apart. I was unable […]
In 2009 in Piedmont Italy, Fedy set up “La Piccola Fattoria degli Animali” (The Little Animal Farm) https://www.facebook.com/PigWhisperer/ This would be a place devoted to pigs saved from slaughterhouses and factory farms, but which would also give hospitality to dogs and cats that have been ill-treated or abandoned. We caught up with Fedy and asked […]
A statement I hear quite often is “The Save Movement doesn’t actually save animals”. Having been closely involved with the movement from it’s UK birth in 2016, I decided to share my thoughts on the movement and what came out of my involvement with them. A Time For Change… In 2010 I took the Five Mindfulness […]
The Rise of Veganism Up until just a few years ago Veganism was believed to belong to a niche group of people who were viewed by non-vegans as tree-huggers, thin, weak-bodied hippies who lived on a diet of “rabbit food”. However, that is no longer the case as veganism is growing massively around the world […]
The absolutely brilliant 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood The Handmaids Tale has been adapted by Hulu into a critically acclaimed and multiple award winning TV series of the same title. The Handmaids Tale depicts human females being enslaved and kept like prisoners – just as farm animals really are! Just like dairy cows, these human […]