Guest guest Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 From EVU-Secretariat <evu-secretariat Date 21:12 Jan 10 Subject EUROPEAN VEGETARIAN UNION - NEWSLETTER 1.2003 Dear friends, is not too late to wish you all a happy 2003 during which the world certainly will not yet (!) go veggie but hope for more consideration and solidarity is permitted all the same. This optimism is supported by the growing attention that vegetarians enjoy by the international press, and for that reason I have enclosed some articles which you may find interesting and helpful. We have received the following brochures and e-documents which I can forward to you, should you be interested: ---------- Brochures : *the Club Natura Oliva - Vegetarian Festival in Turkey - http://www.european-vegetarian.org/1212.0.html **Veggie Kids worldwide (from USA) ----------e-documents: *THE DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL AGRICULTURE A case for humane and sustainable agriculture - Compassion in World Farming Trust **Joint WHO/FAO expert consultation on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases - Geneva, Switzerland - 28 January - 1 February 2002 - DRAFT Happy 2003! with best regards Herma Caelen EVU Secretariat B 7011 Ghlin - 26, Rue Moncoureur e-mail evu - website http://www.european-vegetarian.org --- Contents: -1- EU: Fisheries ministers reach deal on 2003 quotas -2- UK Press: *Vegetarian diet 'cuts heart risk' **Why vegans were right all along *** Letter Nitin Mehta/The Independent -3- Gambia: Lifeline for Biodiversity -4- Japan/Veggies in Space: Bean me down, Scottie, bean me down -5- India: " Vegetarian Kerala'' in 10 years -6- Veggie links and interesting websites -7- Vegetarian Diary until May 2003 ----------------- -1- EU fisheries ministers reach deal on 2003 quotas BRUSSELS - European Union fisheries ministers agreed last week on emergency measures aimed at saving from extinction several species of fish - mainly cod - in setting next year's fishing quotas. The quotas, many sharply reduced from 2002, were less than initially proposed by the EU's executive commission. But they still sparked widespread anger among European fishermen who say the cuts will drive them into bankruptcy. " We have succeeded today in doing something which has never been seen in the history of the EU, which is reform of the fisheries sector and the Common Fisheries Policy, " EU Fisheries Commissioner Franz Fischler told a news conference. " This decision was far from easy. It also means there will be a bitter pill to swallow in the short term. We want to bring cod back to an acceptable level, " he said after five days of tough negotiations. Germany and Sweden were the only nations to vote against the final compromise deal. Scientists say cod stocks in northern EU waters are at their lowest levels ever recorded and had recommended a total ban on cod fishing, a drastic measure that the Commission avoided in order to minimise the economic impact for coastal communities. For cod, a culinary staple in several European countries, the ministers agreed to a 45 percent cut for the North Sea against the 2002 quota. The Commission had first wanted a 79 percent cut. This will be combined with compulsory cuts in the number of days vessels may spend at sea. In the case of North Sea cod, for example, this will be nine days every month. Similar measures and a 45 percent quota cut will apply to hake, where stocks are also dangerously low. They will come into force on a temporary basis from February 1 until a final recovery plan for both species comes into effect from July 2003. EU ministers also agreed to phase out public aid for building new vessels from the end of 2004. While subsidies would still continue until then, they would be conditional on member states cutting back more ships than are added to the fleet. There would also be new rules for aid to modernise vessels. For example, there will be no more subsidies to increase a vessel's fishing capacity. The idea of tying up large numbers of boats for weeks on end had raised the hackles of countries such as Spain and France - home to the EU's largest and second largest fleets - and they were also dismayed by Commission proposals to trim subsidies. Fischler said all countries had been forced to make painful compromises to reach the deal, which he said was urgent to address the desperate stock levels of cod and related species. " For countries like Britain and Denmark, it will be very difficult to accept these measures. But they have said yes, because they are aware of their responsibilities, " he said. " Scientists have been demanding these measures for 12 years now. Eventually we have managed to achieve what our neighbours Norway did some time ago, " he added. Environmentalists slammed the final compromise and said the plan to save cod was too little, too late, while the gradual subsidy trimming was only a first step in the right direction. The EU will continue to grant aid for scrapping vessels, as part of its long-term goal of trimming the overall size of fleets. " Cod has been sacrificed for the sake of political agreement, " said Julian Scola at the European Fisheries Campaign of the World Wide Fund for Nature. " What the EU is doing is to allow that cod could become commercially extinct, " he told Reuters. Scottish fishermen monitoring the marathon talks said entire communities would be badly hit by the heavy quota cuts. They said the deal made large concessions to southern EU states but left Britain's fishing industry stranded. " Scotland has got the worst deal in all of this. This is an attempt to destroy the Scottish whitefish fleet, " said Alex Smith, president of Scotland's National Fishermen's Federation. " This will not achieve what they are trying to achieve, and that is the recovery of cod. They (the Commission) have bought off everybody and the only people isolated now are the UK. " British Fisheries Minister Elliot Morley said his government was looking at ways to help the fishing industry through the coming difficulties as a matter of urgency. " Today's agreement will kickstart fish stock recovery, " he said in a statement. " Ministers have taken a tough decision now, so that the fishing industry has a long-term sustainable future after years of stock decline. ( Reuters 23 Dec 2002) ---------------------- -2- UK: *Vegetarian diet 'cuts heart risk' - The diet combines vegetables, fruit and nuts Eating more vegetables and soya-based products may be as effective as reducing cholesterol as medication. Researchers in Canada have developed a vegetarian combination diet which they say cuts cholesterol by almost a third in just one month. The diet includes vegetables, such as broccoli and red peppers; soy milk and soy sausages; oat bran cereal and bread; and fruit and nuts. There is hope for a drug-free treatment for some people with high cholesterol Prof David Jenkins The researchers believe the food programme could be a possible drug-free alternative to cutting cholesterol and protecting people from heart disease. Coronary heart disease kills more than 110,000 people a year in England. A major cause is cholesterol circulating in the bloodstream. It has been known for many years that individually soy protein, nuts and fibres like oats and barley can cut cholesterol by up to 7%. Professor David Jenkins and colleagues at the University of Toronto decided to test whether the impact was stronger if these foods were combined. They drew up a seven-day food plan using foods that are commonly available in supermarkets and health stores. A typical day on the diet included: A breakfast of soy milk, oat bran cereal with chopped fruit and almonds, oatmeal bread, vegetable-based margarine and jam; a lunch of soy cold cuts, oat bran bread, bean soup and fruit; and a stir-fry dinner with vegetables, tofu, fruit and almonds. The researchers put 13 people on the combination diet for a month. They found that their cholesterol levels had dropped by 29% by the end of the period. The researchers said the findings suggested the combination diet may be as effective as statins. These drugs have been used extensively for 15 years to treat patients with high levels of cholesterol. Professor Jenkins said further and larger studies are needed before the diet could be recommended to patients. He said: " The take home message right now is that there is hope for a drug-free treatment for some people with high cholesterol. For us, the main feature now is to move this forward into longer-termstudies. " But he added: " This opens up the possibility that diet can be used much more widely to lower blood cholesterol and possibly spare some individuals from having to take drugs. " ( BBC 15 Dec 2002) ** Famine can only be avoided if the rich give up meat, fish and dairy The Christians stole the winter solstice from the pagans, and capitalism stole it from the Christians. But one feature of the celebrations has remained unchanged: the consumption of vast quantities of meat. The practice used to make sense. Livestock slaughtered in the autumn, before the grass ran out, would be about to decay, and fat-starved people would have to survive a further three months. Today we face the opposite problem: we spend the next three months trying to work it off. Our seasonal excesses would be perfectly sustainable, if we weren't doing the same thing every other week of the year. But, because of the rich world's disproportionate purchasing power, many of us can feast every day. And this would also be fine, if we did not live in a finite world. By comparison to most of the animals we eat, turkeys are relatively efficient converters: they produce about three times as much meat per pound of grain as feedlot cattle. But there are still plenty of reasons to feel uncomfortable about eating them. Most are reared in darkness, so tightly packed that they can scarcely move. Their beaks are removed with a hot knife to prevent them from hurting each other. As Christmas approaches, they become so heavy that their hips buckle. When you see the inside of a turkey broilerhouse, you begin to entertain grave doubts about European civilisation. This is one of the reasons why many people have returned to eating red meat at Christmas. Beef cattle appear to be happier animals. But the improvement in animal welfare is offset by the loss in human welfare. The world produces enough food for its people and its livestock, though (largely because they are so poor) some 800 million are malnourished. But as the population rises, structural global famine will be avoided only if the rich start to eat less meat. The number of farm animals on earth has risen fivefold since 1950: humans are now outnumbered three to one. Livestock already consume half the world's grain, and their numbers are still growing almost exponentially. This is why biotechnology - whose promoters claim that it will feed the world - has been deployed to produce not food but feed: it allows farmers to switch from grains which keep people alive to the production of more lucrative crops for livestock. Within as little as 10 years, the world will be faced with a choice: arable farming either continues to feed the world's animals or it continues to feed the world's people. It cannot do both. The impending crisis will be accelerated by the depletion of both phosphate fertiliser and the water used to grow crops. Every kilogram of beef we consume, according to research by the agronomists David Pimental and Robert Goodland, requires around 100,000 litres of water. Aquifers are beginning the run dry all over the world, largely because of abstraction by farmers. Many of those who have begun to understand the finity of global grain production have responded by becoming vegetarians. But vegetarians who continue to consume milk and eggs scarcely reduce their impact on the ecosystem. The conversion efficiency of dairy and egg production is generally better than meat rearing, but even if everyone who now eats beef were to eat cheese instead, this would merely delay the global famine. As both dairy cattle and poultry are often fed with fishmeal (which means that no one can claim to eat cheese but not fish), it might, in one respect, even accelerate it. The shift would be accompanied too by a massive deterioration in animal welfare: with the possible exception of intensively reared broilers and pigs, battery chickens and dairy cows are the farm animals which appear to suffer most. We could eat pheasants, many of which are dumped in landfill after they've been shot, and whose price, at this time of the year, falls to around £2 a bird, but most people would feel uncomfortable about subsidising the bloodlust of brandy-soaked hoorays. Eating pheasants, which are also fed on grain, is sustainable only up to the point at which demand meets supply. We can eat fish, but only if we are prepared to contribute to the collapse of marine ecosystems and - as the European fleet plunders the seas off West Africa - the starvation of some of the hungriest people on earth. It's impossible to avoid the conclusion that the only sustainable and socially just option is for the inhabitants of the rich world to become, like most of the earth's people, broadly vegan, eating meat only on special occasions like Christmas. As a meat-eater, I've long found it convenient to categorise veganism as a response to animal suffering or a health fad. But, faced with these figures, it now seems plain that it's the only ethical response to what is arguably the world's most urgent social justice issue. We stuff ourselves, and the poor get stuffed. (The Guardian - 24 Dec 2002 - Geroge Monbiot - www.monbiot.com - sent to us by Maxwell Lee ) *** From Nitin Mehta The following letter was published in the Independent on Friday 20th. Dec. 2002 Feed the world Sir: It is a wonderful gesture on the part of The Independent staff to raise money for the famine in parts of Africa. We in Europe also need to make lifestyle changes as part of a long-term solution to the problem of starvation. At present 38 per cent of all grain grown in the world is feed to the animals. Food that can feed human beings is diverted to feed animals. A staggering 47.9bn animals were killed for food in 2001. Poor countries are also using up fertile land to grow animal fodder to feed animals raised for slaughter in Europe. The amount of soy fed to animals in the US could feed the whole populations of India and China. Deforestation, pollution of the world's waterways, acid rain and a host of other problems can be avoided if mankind weaned itself off a meat diet. Nitin Mehta ------------------------------ -3- Gambia: Lifeline for Biodiversity Biodiversity is the great variety of life on earth. It gives us the foods we eat, the medicines we rely on to stay in the pink and the natural beauty which are a delight to the eyes and heightens our creativity. Conserving this diversity is one of the greatest challenges facing mankind today. Every surviving population of plants and animals, no matter how small or imperiled, offers at some hope for the future. A clear understanding of extinction risk is needed to actualize that hope. This is what the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species sets out to provide. For many, the most remarkable features of life on earth are its endless, extraordinary, overwhelming variety.There are other corals that glow in the dark, ants that farm fungi and fish that electrocute their prey; marvels of creation, they excite, amuse, inspire, and bewilder. But the magnificent colour palette of earth's biodiversity is fading. As species are pushed to extinction at many times the natural rate, there is more at stake than aesthetics. Human lives and livelihoods (so intimately connected with biological resources) are becoming permanently impoverished. The human future is being sacrificed to thoughtless exploitation and short-term gain, as key habitants are bulldozed, fragmented, and degraded. The ecosystems are destabilized by climate change, pollution, invasive species, and other direct human impacts.A veritable army of conservation professionals and dedicated naturalists of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) is working to observe and document the effects of these activities on species and eco-systems. The information they collect is a priceless one, if it is to be used effectively. Thus, it must be collect, analyzed and the results communicated to everyone from decision makers to the general public. This is the job of the IUCN Red List Threatened Species. The Red List is based on information supplied and processed by the SSC's vast network of volunteers across the world, be they experts on plants, birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians or invertebrates; government officials, botanic garden and zoo employees, wildlife researchers, or protected area managers. They belong to one or more of the SSC's 110 specialist groups on species from elephants to orchids, crocodiles to medicinal plants. According to Craig Hilton - Taylor, the Red List Officer for the IUCN species programme, these specialist groups convene workshops, undertake field projects, raise funds for and carry out research, publish action plans designed to protect key species, provide scientific advice to conservation organisation, government agencies and IUCN members. Collectively they are the world's single greatest source of information on species and their conservation needs. The Red List is no less than the world's most comprehensive and authoritative inventory of the global conservation status of plants and animals. It is also a method of gathering information that brings objectivity and rigour to the classification of species according to their extinction risk. Above all, the Red List is a wake-up call to all of us. By working together, we can help preserve what remains of the earth's treasurable colour and variety. (The Independent (Banjul) 27 Dec, 2002 - allAfrica.com - http://allafrica.com/stories/200212270475.html) -------- -4- Japan: Bean me down, Scottie, bean me down By ROWAN HOOPER " I don't think the human race will survive the next 1,000 years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. But I'm an optimist. We will reach out to the stars. " So said cosmologist Stephen Hawking last year. Optimist or not, it is clear there are many formidable hurdles to clear before we will be able to live for extended periods away from Earth. It may take centuries before we have truly colonized space, but the prospect -- especially after the Space Shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth last week -- no longer belongs to science fiction. A fundamental challenge is to find a way of growing food in space. When Atlantis touched down, it carried with it seedpods from soybeans that had been planted and nurtured, which then germinated, developed into plants and flowered -- all in space. It is the first time that a major crop has completed its growth cycle, from planting seeds to growing new seeds, in space. Space poses huge and unique challenges to biotechnicians. Can a seed germinate and grow properly in microgravity? How can water and nutrients be delivered to a plant in conditions of weightlessness? Will genes that evolved over millions of years on Earth work properly in space? Previous experiments have been described as " crude. " The research initiative, which took 97 days and was conducted aboard the International Space Station, demonstrates that crop production can be accomplished in space. The final frontier -- a long-term human presence in space -- is a little bit closer. Soybeans are undoubtedly a major crop, one of the most-consumed foods in the world. The world's largest seed company, Pioneer, is the brand leader in soybeans, with more than 100 product varieties on the market.It was Pioneer soybeans that came back with Atlantis. The beans grew in a specialized tray within a growth chamber developed by the Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics -- a NASA Commercial Space Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. " This was an incredible scientific opportunity for us and our partners, " said Tom Corbin, a researcher on the project. " Studying the effects of soybean plants grown in space will help us expand our knowledge of soybeans and facilitate continued improvement of soybean germ plasm for farmers. " Now the soybeans and seeds are on Earth, Pioneer and WCSAR scientists will analyze them to determine if the space-grown beans have genes for improved oil, protein, carbohydrates or secondary metabolites that could benefit farmers and consumers. That information will then be used to improve the soybeans' efficiency and profitability for farmers. And, of course, to increase sales for Pioneer -- experiments conducted in space are not ceap. The success will encourage NASA research on " advanced life-support " technologies for sustaining human colonies on Mars and elsewhere in space. Earlier this year, Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., received $10 million to lead the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training for Advanced Life Support. The center's director, Cary Mitchell, said they will develop " biospheres " -- self-sustaining environments that will be essential for future space colonies. Researchers from Alabama A & M University in Normal, Ala., and Howard University in Washington, D.C., will work with Purdue scientists. " Although there have been differences in emphasis among the three centers, " said Mitchell, " they are all working toward the same goal: that of enabling self-sustaining human colonization of planetary surfaces beginning during the late second or early third decades of the 21st century. " The human inhabitants [of biospheres] are going to be eating mainly a vegetarian diet, " Mitchell continued. " They are going to have a lot of crop waste -- roots, stems, leaves, things you don't eat. Microbes will digest these wastes with natural enzymes. " Another Purdue scientist, Richard Vierling, will also have been encouraged by last week's beans from space. Vierling arranged for former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn to conduct microgravity experiments on soybean seedlings during his 1998 Space Shuttle Discovery mission. Those experiments, which tested whether DNA transfer could be conducted in microgravity, proved not only that it could be done, but also that it was more successful and efficient than DNA transfers in a control group on Earth. Of the soybean seedlings from that first space experiment, 9 percent exhibited the trait introduced. On Earth, less than 1 percent of the control group showed the trait. " Genes were transferred more efficiently to targeted cells in space than on Earth. The results were so significant we're going to improve our experiemnts and try them again, " Vierling said. So the prognosis is good. If plants can grow in space, if a life form that evolved on Earth can flourish off it, then we have made a small step toward the colonization of space and have every reason to be as optimistic as Hawking. After all, as the Russian physicist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) said: " Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever. " (The Japan Times: 1 Nov, 2002) ---------- -5- India: " Vegetarian Kerala'' in 10 years Thiruvananthapuram: A 47-day long vehicle jatha will be taken out from Guruvayur on Sunday as part of the campaign for ''Vegetarian Kerala and Meatless Bharat in ten years " . Organised jointly by the Kerala Unit of the ''Indian Vegetarian Congress'' and the ''Kerala Animal Lovers' Association,'' the campaign would be led by journalist and Kerala Animal Lovers Association President A V Krishnan Moosad. Moosad said in a statement here on Friday that the jatha would cover the northern districts of Kerala, Mangalore, Sringeri, Dharmasala, Udipi, Mookambika, Goa, and many places in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Printed pamphlets against cruelty to living creatures and on evils of non-vegetarianism and its impact on health would be distributed during the several meetings to be held as part of the campaign. (Kerala News 15-Dec 2002 ) -------- -6- Veggie links and websites: *from Gobal Hunger Alliance: Global Hunger Alliance: Please take a moment to visit the new and improved Global Hunger Alliancewebsite for vital information about meat production and consumption as causes of world hunger. Our Archives section has been updated and expanded to include many more readings on related topics: www.globalhunger.net/archives.html Pattrice le-Muire Jones - Coordinator - Global Hunger Alliance - http://www.globalhunger.net **from bunny: Christian Vegetarian Association web site: Hi All, Here is the URL for the web site of the Christian Vegetarian Association. This is a nice site about Christianity, vegetarianism and animals including writings by Steve Kaufman M.D. and Rev Dr Andrew Linzey and more. A very appropriate site to read if you are a Christian consideringbecoming a vegetarian. http://www.christianveg.com *** UK: Sermon for Animals : http://www.aswa.org.uk/docs/jonessermon.pdf **** Recipes Galore : IVU and EVU joint venture project. http://www.veg-r.org/veg-r_temp.php - http://www.veg-r.org/recipes/search.php from: Susan Roghair - EnglandGal - Animal Rights Online, President - http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1395/ http://www.abbeysvegetarianrecipes.com/ http://amacord.com/taste/ http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes.html http://southernfood.tqn.com/library/crock/blveg.htm http://www.foodweb.com/virtualcookbook/vegrecipes.html http://www.webvalue.net/recipes/ http://web.mit.edu/vsg/Recipes http://www.catteacorner.com/recipes.htm http://www.peta.org/liv/recipe.html http://www.vegweb.com/food/ http://www.boutell.com/vegetarian/index.html http://www.soymilkmaker.com/ http://www.vegkitchen.com/ http://www.boutell.com/vegetarian/gravy.html http://www.travelguides.com/bandb/recipes/vegetarian.html http://www.vegweb.com/ http://www.eatsleepcode.com/vegwr/archive.html http://www.vrg.org/recipes/ http://www.living-foods.com/recipes/almondmilk.html http://vegetarian.miningco.com/home/food/vegetarian/library/holidays/blh ostv eg http://www.happycow.net/ http://www.gentlehealer.com/ http://www.imagegypsy.com/orgprr.htm http://www.pcrm.org/health/Recipes/ http://www.jewishvegan.com/recipes.html http://www.veganrecipes.com/ http://www.veganchef.com/ http://home.teleport.com/~noelvn/vegan/vegan_cooking.html http://www.vegparadise.com/recipeindex.html http://www.veganoutreach.org/starterpack/recipes.html http://www.vegancooking.com/links.htm http://www.vegdining.com/Home.cfm ------------------- -7- Vegetarian Diary JANUARY 17-19 Jan - Germany - Wiesbaden - Paracelsusmesse (stand and speeches by Vegetarier Bund Deutschlands e.V. http://www.vegetarierbund.de/ ) FEBRUARY 6-7 Feb - Netherlands, The Hague - Changing Dimensions of the Food Economy, conference organised by AGR and the government of the Netherlands. http://www.oecd.org/EN/document/0,,EN-document-notheme-4-no-20-35999-0,0 0.ht ml AGR: http://www.oecd.org/EN/about/0,,EN-about-notheme-4-no-no-no-0,00.html 13-16 Feb - Germany - Nürnberg - Fair Bio-Fach (weltgrößte Naturkost- und Naturwarenmesse) MARCH All month UK - Veggie Month Campaigning - Animal Aid - http://www.animalaid.org.uk/ 16 Mar - Belgium - Antwerp: V-Day² In January 2002, EVA organised for the very first time V-Day: the Day of Vegetarianism. Hundreds of people had the opportunity to taste vegetarian products, attend lectures and workshops, and enjoy an extensive vegetarian dinner. V-Day was mentioned in the press many times and was attended by about 750 visitors. The event was also supported by many food companies and organisations. V-Day² will be held on 16th March 2003 in Antwerp (Stuurboord). It will be the biggest vegetarian event ever held in Benelux, and will be a must for anyone who is interested in the vegetarian way of life. Also non-vegetarians with an interest in healthy and honest food will be very welcome. For the event we have chosen a very spacious, modern location with a wonderful view of the river Schelde, in the centre of Antwerp. V-Day² will include lectures and workshops and, in addition, there will be room for 700m² of commercial and information booths. At night, there will be a classy dinner for 250 people. We are aiming for an audience of 2,000 people and will try to use this opportunity to show vegetarianism at its best through as much media coverage as possible. More up to date information on V-Day²: www.vegetarian.be/vday2 20 Mar - USA/international - MEATOUT -visit www.meatout.org 20-23 Mar - Germany - Stuttgart - Well-Viva-Messe (stand and speeches Vegetarier Bund Deutschlands- http://www.vegetarierbund.de/) 27 Mar, 19 h - UK - London - Launch of an animated " Anancy " film - The film, which will extol the virtues of a non-meat diet, is to be launched in The " Pod " in The Peckham Library, in Peckham Sq, off of Peckham High St, London, SE15 - free vegetarian/vegan food and drink will be available, along with musical entertainment. Free film copies will be distributed on the night. - Details: zalikauk 29 Mar - UK - VIVA! National Day of Action Against the Farrowing Crate VIVA!, 12 Queen Square, Brighton, E Sussex, BN1 3FD - info APRIL 28-29 Apr - France - Paris - OECD Forum http://www.oecd.org/EN/document/0,,EN-document-593-17-no-20-34768-0,00.h tml Announcing OECD Forum 2003 The OECD Forum is a multi-stakeholder consultation that provides the opportunity for representatives of business, labour, civil society and the general public to discuss and debate with government ministers the key issues on the agenda of the OECD annual Ministerial Council Meeting MAY 17 May - Germany - Hannover - 111 Jahre Vegetarier-Bund Deutschlands Vegetarier-Bund Deutschlands e.V., Blumenstr. 3, 30159 Hannover Tel. 00 49 511-363 2050, Fax 00 49 511-363 2007 - info 19-20 - Global Forum on Agriculture, organised by AGR. http://www.oecd.org/EN/home/0,,EN-home-673-12-no-no-no-0--no-,00.html 19-25 May - UK - National Vegetarian Week http://www.oecd.org/EN/about/0,,EN-about-notheme-4-no-no-no-0,00.html SEVEN DAYS OF SATISFACTION - NATIONAL VEGETARIAN WEEK 2003 National Vegetarian Week 2003 will run from 19 to 25 May. The Vegetarian Society invites you to spring into action and take part in the seven day veggie challenge. Starting from seven basic recipes, the Society is encouraging the media, schools, supermarkets, consumers, caterers and eateries to create their own variations according to factors of taste, budget and style. Each of our basic dishes is simple, tasty and cheap to prepare, with lots of room for embellishment. We hope that this challenge will inspire food editors and cookery writers to compete with each other to produce the tastiest twist - or run their own readers competitions. A great story for a feature, The Vegetarian Society wants to show that cooking vegetarian food is both straightforward and unlimited in scope. Whether you've a taste for traditional British fare or far-flung foreign flavours, vegetarian food really can satisfy everybody. National Vegetarian Week 2002 received enormous media and consumer interest - don't miss the opportunity to make a meal of it in 2003. A press pack containing the seven core recipes, information about sponsors as well as food and editorial ideas will be available from the Vegetarian Society Press Office in January. If member societies of EVU would also like to become involved and make the week an international event VSUK would be happy to provide copies of our recipes, press releases and other material to assist , and you may also adapt the material to suit yourself provided the society is credited. Further information is available on our website at www.vegsoc.org. Please contact Tina Fox on tina if you would like to be involved. 24.5.-1.6., 110 Jahre Eden-Genossenschaft, Oranienburg bei Berlin (ehemals vegetarische Siedlung, zentrale Festveranstaltung am 28.5.) info Vegetarier-Bund Deutschlands e.V., Blumenstr. 3, 30159 Hannover Tel. 00 49 511-363 2050, Fax 00 49 511-363 2007 - info 27-30 May - Russia, Moscow: First International Specialized Fair Festival " Vegetarian World " - Moscow Skolniki Culture and Exhibition Center. further details e-mail: evs-ru 28 May - 1 Jun - Germany - Berlin Ökumenischer Kirchentag (stand and speeches Vegetarier Bund Deutschlands- http://www.vegetarierbund.de/) 31 May - 1 Jun - UK - Tonbridge - ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST GATHERING 2003 - Come along and learn campaigning and activist techniques. Workshops we hope to include will be fundraising, media relations, the law, first aid for animals, starting a sanctuary, designing leaflets and posters, video and photography techniques. If you would like to help run a workshop please let us know - this can only be as informative and worthwhile as they effort YOU put in. ACCOMMODATION; Free basic camping PARTY; on the Sunday evening to celebrate Farmed Animal Action's 1st birthday Farmed Animal Action, PO Box 27, Tonbridge, Kent TN12 5WJ 00 44 845 4560284 www.farmedanimalaction.co.uk - info ----- If you have not done so, why not become member of the European Vegetarian Union now. It is so easy: http://www.european-vegetarian.org/608.0.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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