Cracking Nuts Millions of bags are nuts are sold in England, the most popular being supermarket brands, KP and Marmite-covered cashews. These brands are small and artisan, and made without palm oil. Nuts and seed are high in protein and calcium but also very high in fat, so keep to small bags! Most nut bags…
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Enjoy a Zero Waste Vegan Picnic
Just because you’re having a picnic, barbecue or garden party, doesn’t mean that it has to involve leaving lots of litter everywhere. Use these ideas to still enjoy your special day, but keep the planet and wildlife safe. This biodegradable cardboard picnic table is light yet sturdy, and comes with paper plates, wooden cutlery sets, napkins…
A More Compassionate Sunday Roast
The Sunday Roast began as a Christian tradition, of eating after church. Very few roast dinners feature more expensive free-range meats, and there is not enough land in England for everyone to eat this way, so plant-based is the way to go, to avoid factory-farming. Vegan Quorn Pie (The Veg Space) uses any vegan chicken in…
How to Help Our Small Farmers
No matter what you eat or don’t, there is no doubt that most of our small farmers are struggling, in a world awash with big supermarkets that pay peanuts and often not in advance, so this creates real risks for a failed harvest. And helping farmers also helps animals with feed, welfare etc. Also read…
Why We Should Give Up Palm Oil
Annalise Draws for Greenpeace Everything on this site is free from palm oil, so you don’t have to go label-hunting. Some ‘sustainable forests’ have found burned-to-death orangutans inside, defending their homes and babies. Vegans are increasingly concerned at the amount of companies (and organisations) accepting this term. Greenpeace say the oft-quoted ’round table on sustainable palm…