It's full steam ahead for Nottingham's all-vegan and volunteer-led catering campaign Veggies as their 2014 tour is in full swing, with more events being added all the time. Most recently they have taken part in Leicester's annual environmental event, the Greenlight Festival, and also travelled down to Milton Keynes to bring vegan food to activists taking part in an anti-vivisection demo.

Supporting the Environment

Greenlight Festival is an annual showcase of all things green and sustainable in Leicester, with environmental community projects and local green businesses taking part. Veggies were invited to come along as you can't get any greener than vegan, and also Veggies is award-winning for its strong environmental ethics!

The Veggies team had some really positive conversations with members of the public and gave out lots of information about the reality of animal agriculture for the animals, the environment and people. After trying some delicious cruelty-free vegan food and milk alternatives, several people filled in veg pledges to make the compassionate lifestyle choice and go vegan to help stop animal suffering and safeguard the planet.

Opposing Animal Testing

A few days ago some of the Veggies team went down to Milton Keynes to bring vegan food to animal rights campaigners taking part in an anti-vivisection demo. The demo was organised by AVC (Anti-Vivisection Coalition) against MSD Laboratories, who were recently exposed in undercover footage killing puppies and kittens for the animal testing industry. The morale of campaigners was boosted by having Veggies along with their food, provided by donation. Veggies has been supporting grassroots campaigners with important work for animals, the environment and human rights for thirty years (they celebrate their 30th birthday this year!)

** Some websites of interest **

AVC - http://www.stopvivisection.org.uk/
Greenlight Festival - http://greenlightfestival.org/

Find out about adopting a plant-based diet on the Vegan Society website - www.vegansociety.com

And of course, see what other campaigning adventures Veggies is going on this year over on their website: www.veggies.org.uk