Walking around and seeing an ever increasing number of ‘Vegan Options Available’ signs outside cafes, bars and restaurants; being able to enter almost any supermarket and find a huge selection of vegan products; and watching as huge multinationals back worldwide bans on animal testing, there certainly is a huge change happening at the moment, and…
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Vegans & Omega 3 – The Truth
It’s recently been in the media that Miley Cyrus has given up being vegan, because her brain wasn’t functioning properly and she claims to have needed fish and omegas in her life. Miley is only right about one thing – needing omegas. However, getting it from fish is not the way forward. Omegas are healthy…
Ksoni – Black Owned Vegan Beauty
In addition to protesting, signing petitions, making donations, and making calls to government officials, another great way to make your voice heard and support Black Lives Matter is to purchase from black-owned beauty and fashion brands. Many people don’t realise that the financial impact of COVID-19 has generally affected black-owned brands harder than others. Housing…
Is Your Energy Supply Animal Free?
Britain’s greenest energy company Ecotricity have blown us all away with the revelation that over half of Britain’s homes are (sometimes unknowingly) using electricity and gas generated from animal parts. Ecotricity have always promoted sustainable living in all forms, and has a long standing history of refusing to buy electricity or gas from animal related…
Go Dairy Free with Koko…
Did you know that over 75% of the human population worldwide are lactose intolerant? This is totally normal. We are not supposed to drink cows milk. Cows milk is for baby cows. We are, in fact, the only species that drinks milk from another species. Most animals don’t continue to drink milk after infancy, thus…
Random Food… My Vegan Pantry
The Vegan Pantry When you are new to being vegan, a whole wonderland of flavours and product ranges open up before you. It can be a little like being lost in a sea of new goodies, with so many choices, you don’t know which way to turn. So I’ve written this post of those of…
Random Fun Stuff… Halloween Treats for Good Little Ghouls & Boys!
It’s that time of year again, when you have a stash of chocolate and sweet treats to dish out to anyone brave enough to knock your door. Aah, Trick or Treaters don’t you love ’em? Well, as you’re doing the shop this week, why not spare an extra thought for those who make our goodies,…
Random… Favourite VegFest Contenders!!
Following up from my earlier post, all about VegFestUK and the launch of my competition, I thought I’d write a follow up post as I’ve had some great entries and favourites. I thought I’d share with you some of my favourites from those nominated in the VegFestUK Awards. If you want to head straight for the competition…