veganfood

Info:  The story begins in November of 2001, when Ingrid decided to do something with the recipes she'd been shamelessly pilfering from alt.food.vegan -- other than hoard them to herself. And so the typing began.

After originally sticking the site on tripod (poor student syndrome), Ingrid received an email from a certain individual by the name of mincus, offering his extremely skilled services to host the site himself. And so, after having the luck to find quite a cheap domain name, and mincus' marathon, record-breaking creation of the site's backend, veganfood was reborn.

The last we heard, Ingrid got restless at work one day and decided to 'avoid work to do work' - designing a new layout for the site. mincus also thought this might be a good opportunity to add a few dazzling features like a comment/membership system, so we have a feeling it may be looking a bit different soon.

The Vegetarian Charity

Info:  The Vegetarian Charity is a registered charity that exists to help needy vegetarians and vegans up to, and including, 25 years of age. It also aims to promote knowledge of vegetarianism among young people up to, and including, 25 years of age. The Charity awards grants to suitable projects in most parts of the world. Financial assistance can be given for educational courses and the relief of poverty. In general applicants may apply on their own behalf or, in the case of young children, a parent or guardian can apply on behalf of the child.

Grants are available without consideration of ethnic origin, race or religion. The Charity is UK based but considers applications from most countries. Grants are made to individual applicants for the relief of poverty and to assist with educational courses. Each application is considered on its merits and it is not possible to say in advance whether or not it will be successful. Assistance to students studying courses of higher education is generally only given for first degrees and not for postgraduate study. However, all applications are considered on their individual merits.

Vegan Campaigns

Info:  Vegan Campaigns promotes veganism, mainly in the London area. Among the activities that have already taken place are vegan food fairs, information evenings, veggie burger giveaways and street stalls. We have also helped to organise the London Vegan Festival for the past 3 years.

Vegan Organic Network

Info:  Founded in 1996, the Vegan-Organic Network, VON, is an ambitious UK registered charity with an international network of active supporters. Our aims are to research and promote vegan-organic (also known as stockfree organic) methods of agriculture and horticulture throughout the world so that green, clean and cruelty-free food becomes widely available.

Vegan-organic/stockfree organic broadly means any system of cultivation that excludes artificial chemicals, livestock manures, animal remains from slaughterhouses and indeed anything of animal origin such as fishmeal.

From large farms to window boxes, we show farmers and home growers how to use vegan-organic methods. Our supporters include people of many viewpoints, some involved in growing food, some not, but all united in recognising the need for a fundamental restructuring of food production methods and land use and their importance for human well-being and social justice, for animal welfare and biodiversity and in the battle for environmental sustainability.

We publish a magazine “Growing Green International”. There is also a free advice service for members of the public, home growers, smallholders and farmers. Through our Stockfree Organic Services wing, farms can be certified as Stockfree Organic; our Stockfree Organic Standards are inspected by the Soil Association in the UK and QCS in North America. We organise farm walks, allotment and garden visits and volunteer placements on stockfree organic holdings, publish guides for farmers and home growers, support higher education in our methods and as they say, much more.

Vegan Society

Info:  Western food choices have a major impact on the natural environment and the developing world. For a more comprehensive explanation see our Environment Booklet.

The UK has

- 3 million vegetarians and vegans (around a quarter of a million) including thousands of Hindus.
- A further 3 million people with problems digesting milk
- Millions more who avoid particular animal products for ethical, health or religious reasons.

The Vegan Society supports all who wish to replace or reduce animal products in their diets and provides expert advice to

- The media
- Doctors, dietitians, caterers and food producers
- Authorities dealing with food labelling, additives, school meals and other public health issues

People rely upon The Vegan Society for

- The authoritative nutrition manual, Plant Based Nutrition and Health
- The regularly updated Animal Free Shopper
- The trusted Sunflower Logo on animal free products.

Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation

Info:  The Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation – or VVF – is a registered charity. It was set up to monitor and to explain the increasing amount of scientific research linking diet to health – providing accurate information on which to make informed choices.

Vegetarian Society

Info:  The Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom is the oldest vegetarian organisation in the world. It is an educational charity promoting understanding and respect for vegetarian lifestyles.

We set standards for what is truly vegetarian, then challenge perceptions with National Vegetarian Week. We reward integrity within the vegetarian marketplace with the Annual Vegetarian Society Awards. Going vegetarian is an easy way for people to lower their own environmental impact and help ensure worldwide food security - we explain why. We offer expert advice on nutritional issues and provide free information to individuals, companies and organisations. We keep vegetarianism in the news and feed the real facts to the press. We campaign to raise the profile of vegetarian issues and help people understand the reasons for choosing a vegetarian way of life.

We give talks and presentations to schools, colleges and community groups. We distribute teacher and student packs to ensure that vegetarianism is well represented in the Food Technology curriculum. We teach members of the public and professional chefs how to cook imaginative, creative and delicious vegetarian food.

We work behind the scenes with the food industry to improve provision; persuading food manufacturers and retailers to use free range eggs, to take the gelatine out of their yoghurts or to cook their veggie burgers separately from their meat. We give vegetarians and vegans from all walks of life a louder, stronger, better-informed voice.

VeggiePets

Info:  Since 2003, we have been supplying the best selection of healthy vegetarian dog and cat food throughout the United Kingdom.

Viva!

Info:  Eating meat, fish and dairy causes environmental destruction, damages human health, contributes to global hunger and inflicts immense suffering on billions of animals across the world. Viva! believes that the solution to all these problems is in our own hands: the best way to stop the destruction and the cruelty is to stop eating animals now – go vegetarian, or better still, vegan. Through popular campaigns, solid research, undercover exposés and effective media skills they have brought the reality of modern farming into people's living rooms. They have enlightened millions, shocked most and changed the diets of many. You can help with these successes.