• New Website for Vegfam

  Vegfam have a brand new website – find out more about Feeding the Hungry without exploiting animals

• Bristol Vegan's Ellen nominated for 'Unsung Hero' Award

  Bristol Vegans co ordinator Ellen Howard has been nominated for the ‘Unsung Heroes’ vegan award!

• Beanie's and Bute Island sponsoring the BVF 08

  Beanie's and Bute Island both confirm a ‘Supersize’ sponsorship deal for the BVF 08, along with a host of other sponsors and supporters

• BVF 08 on Original Radio - listen here!!

  Tim from Yaoh and the BVF 08 was live on air on Original radio in Bristol Monday april 28th chatting about the vegan fayre – listen to a recording here

• BVF 08 - Programme & Show Specials now available to download

  The 48 page colour programme for the BVF 08 is now available to download – as is the 32pg Show Specials booklet, with 80 special offers listed at this years BVF

News from ActiVeg

• Animal rights group turns its fire on celebrity meat-eaters

  Animal rights protesters have launched a series of angry campaigns against A-list carnivores. They are shifting their focus from celebrities who wear fur to others who encourage the "exploitation" of animals by eating them.

  Check out this story on www.independent.co.uk.

• Pamela Anderson: 'Jessica Simpson Is A B*tch'

  Pamela Anderson has slated Jessica Simpson for wearing a slogan t-shirt proclaiming ‘Real Girls Eat Meat’.

  Check out this story on www.entertainmentwise.com.

• New Vegetarian Food With Several Health Benefits Photo: bricolage108

  A new vegetarian food that boosts the uptake of iron and offers a good set of proteins. This could be the result of a doctoral dissertation by Charlotte Eklund-Jonsson at the Department of Food Science.

  Check out this story on www.sciencedaily.com.

• Miracle diet from the Med

  Adopting elements of a Mediterranean-style diet, which is high in fruit and vegetables and low on red meat and dairy produce, can reduce the risk of cancer by almost a quarter, according to a major study of people's eating habits.

  Check out this story on www.independent.co.uk.

• Badger cull proposals rejected

  The government has decided against a cull of badgers in England to control TB in cattle, the BBC understands.

  Check out this story on news.bbc.co.uk.

• Extinction risk 'underestimated'

  The risk of extinction for many species may have been seriously underestimated, according to new research published in the journal Nature.

  Check out this story on news.bbc.co.uk.

• Elite Island athletes who are vegetarians

  A group on Vancouver Island is showing athletes don't need meat to compete.

  Check out this story on www.canada.com.

• Rotting cheese recycled in Italian food scam: report Photo: bricolage108

  Eleven thousand tonnes of rotting or out-of-date cheese from European dairies were mixed with fresh products and resold, according to an Italian police investigation reported by La Repubblica on Friday.

  Check out this story on afp.google.com.

• Is vegan farming all it's hyped to be?

  The tradition of farming the land in New Mexico's Espanola Valley had been passed down from Don Bustos's Spanish ancestors, who tilled the same soil centuries before.

  Check out this story on www.thestar.co.za.

• If this is how they treat their staff, imagine their attitude to animals.

  A meat company supplying Tesco has been accused of "Dickensian employment practices" by making workers clock off when they go the toilet.

  Check out this story on news.bbc.co.uk.

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