Global Vegfest Event Programme by VegfestUK

GLOBAL VEGFEST

September 18th & 19th 2021

GLOBAL VEGFEST

September 18th & 19th 2021

Welcome to the first Global Vegfest!

It’s a real honour to bring to you a whole line-up of fabulous talks and panels focusing on veganism, activism and plant based lifestyles, from some of the most influential and inspirational vegan voices on the planet. The content is free, online, and available anywhere with an internet connection, before during and after the event, and you are welcome to share and engage wherever you like. All the panel are available to watch after the weekend, and you will find them all in this handy event programme! There’s also a wonderful vibrant online vegan Marketplace where you can find out more about some excellent vegan businesses, services and initiatives, and in addition you can find some news of Global Vegfest 2, which will be hosted online on December 18th & 19th 2021, and there’s a roundup of our first 2 issues of Plant powered Planet and Força Vegan online Magazines too. Enjoy!

Our thanks to all those participating in Global Vegfest, and special gratitude for the support of:

- Vegan Business Tribe

- Plant Based Health Professionals UK

- VIVAS Vegan Women’s Leadership

Marketplace: A vibrant collection of vegan businesses, services and initiatives with some dynamic and inspirational individuals behind them. Please do give them a visit and say hello!

Livestreams: An eclectic collection of panels, presentations and perfor- mances all available free to watch online, with opportunities to engage, debate, comment and ask questions during the live sessions whilst watching. All the livestreams will be then be available to watch directly afterwards right here in the event programme.

Speakers: Find out a little more about all our participants at Global Vegfest with over 50 speakers and performers taking part over the weekend!

Find out more: You can view this online event both live and afterwards right here in this event programme. Alternatively, do check out our social media and website where you can also find all of this content free. www.vegfest.co.uk

Virtual Tickets: Support the Global Vegfest and its free content with the purchase of a Virtual Ticket, priced £5 and £10. There’s also opportunities to sign up for a Supporters Subscription to our magazines.

Yaoh

Yaoh is based in Bristol, UK, and is one of the UK’s original hemp companies, with a range of hemp bodycare and food products that are 100% vegan and free from animal testing. Yaoh’s food range is also 100% certified organic.

www.yaoh.co.uk

Veo

Veo is one of the UK’s most sustainable online shopping destination, showcasing thousands of unique products from hundreds of independent brands across Fashion, Beauty, Food & Home.

Sustainable living shouldn’t require compromises in our choices, so at Veo you don’t have to: the good stuff, no compromise.

veo.world

Vegan Check App

Vegan Check is the first social vegan platform. The only social platform you wont read ‘plants feel pain’ in your feed.

www.vegancheckapp.com

AvaCare

AvaCare was founded when three passionate dads combined their expertise as pharmacists and nu- tritionists with their love for their families. The resulting vitamins and mineral products are designed with our family, and yours, in mind.

www.avacare.co.uk

Vegan Adventure Holidays

Vegan adventure holidays in Central America. www.veganadventureholidays.com

Plamil Foods

Plamil is the original vegan factory, created in 1963 to produce vegan soya milk, then chocolate and mayonnaise. Today they produce not only the world famous Plamil range, and the hugely successful So Free range of chocolates, but have just launched their new project supplying vegan chocolate to caterers and food producers

www.plamilfoods.co.uk

Representnation

At Representnation we are committed to redistributing resources through the sales of our solidari-tees to collaborators that are working on issues that affect people, planet & animals. We support fair wages, no modern-day slavery and all deliveries are sent in 100% recyclable packaging.

representnation.teemill.com

Happy Carrot Skincare

Our mission is to make your combination skin calm, balanced and happy! Our award-winning range of skincare superheroes are simple yet super effective. We focus on planet-friendly upcycled ingredients and we use 100% recycled plastic packaging. Happy Carrot Skincare is a Vegan Founded business.

www.happycarrotskincare.com

Into The Wylde

Reawaken play with certified vegan & organic, herb & water-based lubricant, Wylde One. Made from 5 carefully chosen botanicals & packaged sustainably, with an intimately-balanced pH, it’s plant based & has a ‘body identical’ feel so you can connect with confidence. Condom compatible & non-drying.

www.intothewylde.com

The Vegan Approach

The Vegan Approach supports individuals to go vegan, stay vegan and to live a healthy vegan life. Our easy to follow 6 steps to going vegan programme can be accessed via our website, short film or by attending a talk at an event. We also offer a nutrition talk.

www.theveganapproach.co.uk

Nutcessity

Vegan Business Media

Vegan Business Media is a content, events and training platform providing resources for vegan and plant-based business owners created by award-winning jour- nalist and PR consultant Katrina Fox, author of Vegan Ventures: Start and Grow an Ethical Business (foreword by Philip Wollen).

www.veganbusinessmedia.com

Nutcessity make a range of palm oil free, organic and indulgent nut butters. Founded in 2016 by a peanut allergy sufferer, all products are verified peanut-free, and are packed in sustainable, plastic-free packaging. Their multi award-winning Date & Walnut Butter is a must!

www.nutcessity.co.uk

VIVAS

VIVAS is a global community and media brand for vegan women driven by compassion, purpose … and a bit of sparkle! Our mission is to help vegan women become better leaders – in your professional field, advocacy and life, and to provide a space where you can be supported in your endeavours.

www.thevivasnetwork.com

Doctorok

Doctorok.com offers downloadable, selfhelp hypnosis programs by Dr Tracie O’Keefe DCH, a clinical hypnotherapist, psychotherapist and naturopath with more than 25 years’ experience. Get help with a range of issues from habits and phobias to pain management and insomnia, and much more.

www.doctorok.com

Black Veg Society

The Black Veg Society’s (BVS) mission is to educate the public, particularly BIPOC communities, on the benefits of veganism and the plant-based diet while building a community centered around healthy, accessible, and sustainable food and a focus on compassionate lifestyle choices.

www.blackvegsociety.org

Inclusive Food Service

A Vegan, Food Safety & Inclusivity Expert, Authored “Inclusive: The New Exclusive. How The Food Service Industry Can Stop Leaving Money On The Table.” to show restaurants how to earn more & risk less by better serving customers with dietary preferences. A win-win for all. book.heatherlandex.com

The Liberation Trilogy

The Liberation Trilogy by M. C Ronen: a page-turning, suspenseful dystopian thriller series that is sure to keep you at the edge of your seat from the very first page; PLUS will make you think about the real world in which we live, and the implications of your daily choices.

www.amazon.com/dp/ B092DXFKWY

Vegan FTA is a global positive activism hub, which produces exclusive video series, articles and blogs and shares a wide variety of activist content. Our mission is to inspire and teach both pre and existing vegans to be more active in the movement, through showcasing as many formats as possible.

www.veganfta.com

Main Street Vegan Academy

Change your life - and the world: Become a certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator. Founded in 2012 by Victoria Moran, MSVA has over 500 grads on 6 continents. Faculty includes JL Fields, Joshua Katcher, Joel Kahn, MD, Milton Mills, MD, and Jasmin Singer. Next Zoom course starts in January.

www.mainstreetvegan.net/academy

JIVINITI

JIVINITI is an intersectional public health research program, as well as a platform for cross-cultural dialogue by connecting the dots between human, animal, and planetary health. Check out our Spotify Podcast “Connecting the Dots” and our Youtube Channel “JIVINITI” to learn more about our work.

www.thevirsafoundation.org/ connecting-the-dots

YOGARPANAM

Yogāchārya Samitā Rāthor, founder of Yogārpanam and Pablo’s Doggy Foundation, was initiated into Yoga and its therapeutic benefits by her long-time mentor and guide Sir T.K.V. Desikachar. She is an Ex-Monk, Counsellor, Life Mentor, Yoga & Vedic Scholar, Vegan and a Traditional Diet Specialist.

www.yogarpanam.com

Yoga Is Vegan

Yoga is Vegan. A podcast & project dedicated to inspiring Yogis to embrace veganism.

www.yogaisvegan.com

The Virsa Foundation

The Virsa Foundation Inc is a 501c3 Intersectional Nonprofit in Boston. Since 2018, our advocacy has impacted 400 rural women artisans & dairy farmers in India & low income women in underserved communities in the US through our evidence-based research efforts at the JIVINITI program.

www.thevirsafoundation.org

Project GAIA

Project GAIA aims to explores the connection between nutrition & COVID-19, especially among US BIPOC persons. Our unique study design empowers the Vegan & Plant-based Community, Influencers and Organizations to pitch in with their distinctive voices. Learn more: jiviniti@ thevirsafoundation.org.

www.thevirsafoundation.org

Luna Tree Jewellery

The jewellery is all handcrafted in fine silver which is great for anyone with metal sensitivities as the silver is so pure. Nature is the continuous inspiration for Luna Tree be it water, fire, earth, flora and fauna or the animal kingdom. The jewellery is all supplied with a gift box and packaged completely in zero waste packaging.

www.lunatreejewellery.co.uk

The Really Healthy Company

The Really Healthy Company supplies a high quality range of leading-edge, innovative and therapeutic food supplements. We have a niche range including the leading Immunomodulator Biobran MGN-3, organically certified Klamath Blue Green Algae® and the unique gut flora reconditioning supplement called Micromax. We are offering 10% with code. VEGFEST10.

www.healthy.co.uk

About Yaoh

Yaoh Hemp Products, founded in 2002, supply an award winning range of hemp bodycare products, including the sunblock range, bath products and the most wonderful hemp oil based moisturisers, lip balms and body butters.

In addition, Yaoh supplies organic dehulled hemp seed and hemp oil – bringing those essential fatty acids and plenty of protein to the plant based table. See yaoh.co.uk for the full range – and sign up to our monthly ebulletin and our free hemp hamper giveaways + news of regular special offers.

Saturday

18th September

09:00 BST How to have a successful vegan business

10:00 BST Launching a vegan business

11:00 BST Vegan Activism across Asia & North Africa

12:30 BST Diet & COVID-19; Is there a link?

13:00 BST Modern day considerations with Milennials, Gen Y & Gen Z

13:30 BST Nutrients of concern on a vegan diet

14:30 BST Força Vegan: Global Vegan Activism

16:00 BST Bridging the gap between racial divides in veganism

16:30 BST Gatherers over hunters: How war & patriarchy shaped human culinary history

16:50 BST Tracie’s vegan, feminist re-imagining of ‘Carmen’

17:30 BST Animal Rebellion in Action

19:00 BST Animal Rights Activism

Vegan Business Tribe

Vegan Business Tribe is a community of over 1,000 vegan business owners across the globe who are on a mission to create a fairer, cruelty-free world for both animals and people.

Founders and vegan industry experts Lisa Fox and David Pannell are on a mission to skill-up vegan businesses so that you can make a bigger impact in the business scene. By joining Vegan Business Tribe, you get access to support from Lisa and David and the whole VBT community, as well as being able to come to regular online networking meetups, drop in on a business clinic with your

After the last couple of years, the work that VegfestUK is doing in bringing the global vegan community together has never been so important. We are privileged to stand alongside them.

fellow vegan business owners and study the 24-module ‘Marketing Viploma‘, the first full marketing course written exclusively for vegan businesses!

Members who just want to access the weekly content can join the site for free, or those looking for more support (or are wanting to support Vegan Business Tribe in their mission) can choose the £12.99

a month option to become a full part of the Vegan Business Tribe community and get access to all the live events, meet-ups and community hub.

Visit nesstribe.comwww.veganbusito learn more or check out the weekly Vegan Business Tribe Podcast on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your pods!

How to have a successful vegan business

Saturday

9:00 BST

There has never been a better time to launch a vegan business. Interest in vegan and plant-based is at an all-time high but with so many huge brands now entering the market, how can you launch a vegan business that is ethical but also financially viable? David Pannell is a vegan entrepreneur and co-founder of Vegan Business Tribe, an online community of over 1,000 vegan businesses. In this live seminar, David will show you how having a vegan business might be the best bit of vegan activism you ever do - and how to make sure you create a business with the best chance of succeeding in a growingly-competitive market.

David Pannell

David Pannell is the co-founder of Vegan Business Tribe, a website that offers support and mentorship (or help to get started!) to anyone with a vegan business. David is a successful vegan entrepreneur who has launched, built, and sold numerous businesses over the past 20 years. In his past life, David was a sector-specific ambassador for The Chartered Institute of Marketing and (with his partner Lisa Fox) runs vegan consultancy Promote Vegan –helping high-street brands and food companies better understand and engage vegan customers.

Saturday 10:00 BST

Launching a vegan business

David Pannell from Vegan Business Tribe leads a lively panel discussion with four people who started their own vegan business to find out how they did it. Featuring Keith Lesser from Vegan Accountants, Steve Hutchins from DoGood Vegan Dog Food, Mitali Deypurkaystha from Let’s Tell Your Story Publishing and Trevor Banagee from The Freedom Switch. We ask: what’s stopping more vegans from launching their own businesses? Do you need to have money to start your own company? What should you do in the run up to starting, and what do our panelists wish they had done different?

About David

David Pannell is the co-founder of the online business community Vegan Business Tribe as well as being the founder of vegan consultancy Promote Vegan. In his previous career, David ran his own marketing and business growth agency for over 12 years and is also the official UK agent for The Vegan Society‘s Vegan Trademark scheme.

Panellists:

Mitali Deypurkaystha

Ghostwriter turned international bestselling author Mitali Deypurkaystha, aka ‘The Vegan Authority Creator,’ transforms vegan leaders and entrepreneurs into published authors. Featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, & Fox, she’s helped her clients generate over $5 million. In 2021, she decided to focus on serving the vegan/ethical community. She envisages a day soon when using animal products will be archaic, but this can only happen if vegan voices become louder. It’s her life’s mission to make this happen.

Steve Hutchins

I’m Co-Founder of DoGood - our mission is to build a sustainable future for our pets & planet through 100% plant-based, freshly cooked & nutritionally complete dog food.

Join us at wearedogood.co.uk

Trevor Banerjee

Trevor Banerjee works with individuals and organisations from all over the world to be the best version of themselves, to get rid of the thoughts & beliefs that have inhibited their lives thus far and replace it with self-affirming beliefs that actually empower them to live their lives to the fullest. Trevor is also a best-selling author of The Freedom Switch and spends his spare time helping the incredible people at Think Equal, an NGO that wants to bring Emotional Intelligence to every school in the world.

Saturday 11:00 BST

Vegan Activism across Asia and in North Africa

Creating a vegan world happens when activists from around the globe come together, share their skills and resources and empower each other.

Join our panel discussion to meet vegan activists from four different countries3 are members of the Animal Alliance Asia - to find out about their work, their challenges and achievements.

“Animal Alliance Asia believes that empowering and amplifying the voices

About Leila

Dr. Leila Dehghan, is a doctor turned plant-based nutritionist.

Leila is passionate about food justice and health equity. She aims to find effective ways to address racial and socio-economic issues that affect health.

Her project “Food and Diversity” seeks to introduce a plant-based diet to people of the global majority (a term coined to refer to Black, Indigenous and people of

Panellists:

Elly Nakajima

Elly Nakajima (she/her) Co-founder, Director of Animal Alliance Asia. Born and raised in Japan, Elly is dedicated to building a more inclusive and culturally relevant animal justice movement in Asia. She read BSc Psychology and MA Filmmaking in the UK, and worked in media for over 10 years prior to founding Animal Alliance Asia.

Ailya Khan

I am a vegan grassroot level activist stationed in Lahore, Pakistan. I have been working on peer to peer anti specie ism dialogue. Previously I have been volunteering as a rescuer and rehoming animals. I have been part of gender/ sexual minority movement, active advocate for the feminist movement in the country.

Simohamed Bouhakkaoui

Founder of Vegfest Morocco; President of Veg’morocco; Climate Researcher; PETA vegan mentor; Content Creator - www.moroccanvegan.org.

Plant Based Health Professionals UK

Plant-based health professionals UK is dedicated to evidence-basedproviding education and helping our community to live a healthier liffe by adopting a whole food plantbased diet. Last year’s pandemic has highlighted the importance of diet and lifestyle in our overall health and well-being. Can a plant- based diet reduce our Covid-19 risk? Join our talks to find out how to harness the power of whole plant foods for optimal health.

Last year’s pandemic has highlighted the importance of diet and lifestyle in our overall health and well-being. Join our talks to find out how to harness the power of whole plant foods for optimal health.

www.plantbasedhealthprofessionals.co.uk

www.plantbasedhealthonline.com

Diet & COVID-19; Is there a link?

12:30 BST

In this talk Shireen will bring you up to date on the science supporting a healthy diet for reducing the burden of COVID-19. She will highlight how diet impacts our ability to fight infection and which foods and nutrients are known to support the immune system.

Dr. Shireen Kassam

Shireen Kassam is a Consultant Haematologist and Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician at King’s College Hospital, London, specialising in lymphoma. She also works at Winchester University where she provides the UK’s first University course on plant-based nutrition.

Shireen is founder and director of Plant-Based Health Professionals UK and in 2021 co-founded and launched the UK’s first regulated, online, plant-based lifestyle medicine healthcare service, Plant Based Health Online.

Livestreams

Modern day considerations with Millennials,

Saturday

Gen Y & Gen Z 13:00 BST

This talk will discuss the trends, influences and modern-day diets in younger generations, the health aspects of a plant-based diet when exploring modern day issues around mental health, gut health and other health concerns from these younger generations. The talk will also then cover considerations for health care professionals in distilling advice to younger patients and how to ensure impactful change and compliance.

Sunni Patel

Dr Sunni (PhD, MBA, BSc) is a qualified culinary medicine coach as well as a Level 3 fitness instructor and personal trainer with an established background as a published clinician-scientist and corporate leader. His research in the past has primarily focussed on risk factors for diabetes and heart disease. He was diagnosed with IBD in 2014 and founded the platform Dish Dash Deets® as a gut-health influencer following his own transition to a plant-based diet and has made it his mission to create plant-based recipes, educational content, and coaching programs for the wellbeing of others.

Nutrients of Concern on a Vegan Diet

Saturday

13:30 BST

This talk by nutritionist Rohini Bajekal highlights the key nutrients to be aware of on a vegan diet and how to thrive and sustain this way of eating in the long-term. We will look at B12, Vitamin D, protein, iron, calcium, zinc, iodine and omega-3 fats. Learn how to obtain these important nutrients from plant-based foods, practical ways to increase intake and when supplementation is a good idea.

Rohini Bajekal

Rohini Bajekal is a nutritionist (MA Oxon, MSc Nutrition and Food Sciences, Dip IBLM) and a Board-Certified Lifestyle Medicine Professional. She provides 1-1 evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle advice to her clients.

Rohini is Communications Lead at Plant-Based Health Professionals UK, an organisation providing education around the benefits of plant-based diets in the prevention and management of chronic disease. She is the co-author of “Living PCOS Free,” due for release in February 2021.

Saturday 14:30 BST

Issue 2

Vegan: Global Vegan Activism

Welcome to the Força Vegan Global Vegan Activism panel – a light hearted get together with some of the activists featured in Força Vegan Online Magazine during 2021. Catch up with the latest news and views from around the world of Global vegan Activism with these pioneering and innovative activists in a lively and uplifting session hosted by Tim Barford - editor of Força Vegan.

Panellists:

About Tim

Tim Barford is a long term vegan activist currently organising Global Vegfest and publishing Forca Vegan Magazine and Plant Powered Planet Magazine Online, having previously organised some of the UK’s biggest vegan events, including the flagship VegfestUK London at Olympia. Tim is a football fan and loves blues guitar & dance music. And hummus

I am an Animal Rights activist based in Athens. I volunteer for grassroots organizations and I am a member of the The Animal Rights Show team, an initiative aiming to explore issues related to veganism and Animal Rights and to bridge the gap between academia and the grassroots through weekly live discussions. I studied translation at

Benny Malone

Samarjenna Kamal

I’m Summer/Jenna. Veganism, culture, environmentalism, human and animal rights interest me, so I always research into them.

Tivai Seyenam

Dr. Doe K.S. Nyamadi aka Tivai Seyenam hails from Ghana in West Africa. He is an Osteopath, Sports Massage Therapist, Vegan, Environmentalist, health advocate, Musician & the Director of Vibrant Vegan Society of Ghana (VVESOG), Accra Animal Save & The African Vegan; co-founder of Seyenam foods.

Roger Yates

Roger Yates has been a vegan since 1979. He was the founder or co-founder of a number of “action groups” since the 1980s and is currently the organising volunteer for the Dublin-based Vegan Information Project. He has a PhD in sociology on the support pillars of cultural speciesism.

Simohamed Bouhakkoui

Founder of Vegfest Morocco; President of Veg’morocco; Climate Researcher; PETA vegan mentor; Content Creator - www.moroccanvegan.org.

Livestreams

VIVAS is a global community and media brand for vegan women driven by compassion, purpose … and a bit of sparkle!

There are so many incredible vegan women from around the world whose voices, stories and talent deserve to be shared. I’m delighted to have the opportunity to curate these dedicated livestream programs for Global Vegfest.

- Katrina Fox, founder of

VIVAS

courage, tenacity, resilience, sparkle, joy and celebration.

Sign up for our free newsletter, or join as a full member to access our regular networking sessions, courses, private LinkedIn group and more.

www.thevivasnetwork.com

Saturday 16:00 BST

Bridging the gap between racial divides in veganism

Racial divides within the vegan movement have come to the fore in recent times, as more people of colour speak out about the lack of inclusion and diversity, particularly in mainstream organisations and campaigns.

In this panel, serial entrepreneur and speaker Naijha Wright-Brown will host a discussion looking into impactful action plans to overcome these types of issues in the mainstream vegan movement and what the term ‘White Ally’ really means.

Panellists:

About Naijha

Naijha Wright-Brown is the Marketing Director for The Land of Kush, VeganSoul Bistro, Executive Director of the Black Veg Society, and Secretary of the Board of the Restaurant Association of Maryland. Naijha has an MBA in Business and is a successful serial entrepreneur.

Naijha co-founded Vegan Soulfest and Maryland Vegan Restaurant Week and has a digital talk show, Naijha Speaks! Naijha is truly a people person and loves making connections.

Priyanka K. Naithani

Priyanka K. Naithani has worked in the international development sector since 2013, collaborating with NGOs, governments, and international research institutions (including The Hunger Project, USDA, World Vegetable Center Taiwan, The World Food Prize, and Harvard Medical School). As a multicultural immigrant from India and Ecuador, Priyanka currently focuses on intersectional veganism, climate justice, and evidence-based policy change with The Virsa Foundation and JIVINITI Research Program.

Livestreams

Saturday 16:00 BST

Erin Sinnaeve

Erin is a Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in Lifestyle Medicine and Allergy/Immunology in the greater Chicagoland area and a professor of Population Health and Epidemiology. Erin is a member of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She is the secretary for the Health Equity Achieved through Lifestyle Medicine, a member of the Jiviniti coalition, and a board member for the Plant Based Nutrition Movement in the Chicagoland area.

Gwenna Hunter

Founder of Vegans of LA and Vegans for Black Lives Matter along with managing multiple vegan food aid programs in Los Angeles.

Leila Dehghan

Dr. Leila Dehghan, is a doctor turned plant-based nutritionist. Leila is passionate about food justice and health equity. She aims to find effective ways to address racial and socio-economic issues that affect health. Her project “Food and Diversity” seeks to introduce a plant-based diet to people of the global majority (a term coined to refer to Black, Indigenous and people of color).

Gatherers Over Hunters: How War and Patriarchy Shaped

Human Culinary History

Saturday

16:30 BST

Nivi Jaswal presents an evidence-based historical tour of how war, hunting for fame and glory fuelled the tropes of “meat, masculinity and military” that we’ve come to deeply believe in. This is a story of how animal-based consumer behaviors and habits aren’t just a matter of individual “choice & rights”, rather a function of an undercurrent of collective Carnist consciousness that has been meticulously built over time. Once we know the bloodied underbelly of this Animal Industrial Complex, it’s easy to take it apart and supplant Plant-forward thought - one that’s more sustainable and compassionate. But will human greed and our species’ itch to keep warring upon another get the better of us?

Nivi Jaswal

A connector at heart, Nivi Jaswal, MBA, NBC-HWC, MVLC, brings experience in marketing, research & strategy in CPG, Life Sciences and Media & Research; In assignments across APAC, EU & Mid East & Africa, Nivi has managed complex innovation, research & communications projects. At her nonprofit VIRSA, Nivi brings together specialists in Anthropology, Psychology, Animal Rights, Lifestyle Medicine, Filmmaking to design intersectional vegan initiatives addressing public and planetary health.

Livestreams

Tracie’s Vegan, Feminist Reimagining of ‘Carmen’ 16:50 BST

Saturday

The original storyline of the ballet Carmen is old-fashioned, misogynistic and promotes oppression of women and animal cruelty. Both Carmen, who is characterised as a loose woman who drives men to jealousy, dies at the hands of an ex-lover, and the bull dies at the hands of the matador.

In this variation from Carmen Tracie O’Keefe, clinical hypnotherapist, psychotherapist and counsellor, who enjoys dancing on pointe, changed and updated the narrative.

Tracie O’Keefe

Dr Tracie O’Keefe DCH is a clinical hypnotherapist, psychotherapist, counsellor and naturopath in Sydney, Australia.

Passionate about health and wellbeing, Tracie, 66, enjoys dancing on pointe and creating created short performance pieces from well-known ballets reinterpreted through a vegan, liberation and sustainability lens.

Global Vegfest in September 2021 will screen a recorded video of Tracie’s reimagining of ‘Carmen’ as a feminist, vegan animal rights activist who saves the bulls.

Saturday 17:30 BST

Animal Rebellion:

Animal Rebellion in Action

www.animalrebellion.org

Animal Rebellion is a mass movement that uses nonviolent civil disobedience to bring about a transition to a just and sustainable plantbased food system, to halt mass extinction, alleviate the worst effects of climate breakdown and ensure justice for animals. Spokesperson Bel Jacobs will introduce the movement’s aims and methods before interviewing Laila Kassim, co-founder of Animal ThinkThank, on the future of animal advocacy in a world which is finally starting to question human dominance over nature and other species in ways that could have seismic impacts on a climate-challenged future.

Panellists:

I’m Bel Jacobs FRSA. I’m a former fashion editor for Metro turned climate and animal activist and campaigner for alternative systems in fashion. I am a member of Extinction Rebellion, spokesperson for Animal Rebellion and co-founder of Fashion Act Now, aiming to challenge the industry as it stands. I edit two online magazines - https://beljacobs.com and https://hownowmagazine.com - and am founder of the nascent Fashion in Schools project, aiming to inform and educate secondary school students about how the current fashion system operates and exploits other peoples, animals and the planet. My dream is to open a permaculture garden, animal sanctuary and animal education centre in Dorset!!

Laila Kassam

Bel Jacobs

Laila is a co-founder of Animal Think Tank, a grassroots organisation building a social movement for Animal Freedom in the UK. She is co-editor of a new book called “Rethinking Food and Agriculture: New Ways Forward” which envisions a truly just and sustainable food system. Laila has been involved in social change for most of her career having previously worked in the international development sector for 15 years. She has an MSc in Development Management and a PhD in Development Economics.

Livestreams

Saturday 19:00 BST

Animal Rights Activism

Animal Rights Activism is increasing, and with the growth in veganism and plant based diets, once more taking centre stage in many parts of the world. Whilst this growth is hugely welcome, and very necessary, will it continue to thrive and grow, especially as we emerge and move beyond the global pandemic? And what will it achieve? The 1980s saw a big surge in Animal Rights Activism, with some notable successes and gains, but in some respects some clear setbacks and potentially counter-productive activity. This panel welcomes 4 individuals who were all active in the 80s and still active today, and we take a critical yet supportive look at 3 current Animal Rights Activities, with a view to learning from previous experience and sharing ideas and suggestions for improving our chances of attaining animal liberation whilst averting climate change disaster:

- Animal Rebellion

- Camp Beagle

- Saks 5th Ave Fur Store closure

The session also marks a reunion for the first time in over a decade with Gary Francione joining Roger Yates to offer their views and advice to these campaigns, with thanks to Philip Murphy for initiating this historic reunion.

Panellists:

Tim Barford

Tim Barford is a long term vegan activist currently organising Global Vegfest and publishing Forca Vegan Magazine and Plant Powered Planet Magazine Online, having previously organised some of the UK’s biggest vegan events, including the flagship VegfestUK London at Olympia. Tim is a football fan and loves blues guitar & dance music. And hummus obviously.

Roger Yates

Saturday 19:00 BST

Philip Murphy

Philip Murphy is a longtime practitioner in the Vipassana, or Insight Meditation tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He has served as a director at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, the Insight Mediation Center of the Pioneer Valley (Easthampton, MA, USA), and the New York Insight Meditation Center. Philip is the founder of the pan-dharmic social justice organization Ahimsa Dharma AntiSpeciesist Action (ADASA).

Gary Francione

Gary Francione is the Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University, New Jersey, and is visting professor of philosophy at the University of Lincoln, UK. He has authored numerous books and articles on animal rights theory and is regarded as a leading scholar in the field of animal ethics and animal law. He has been a vegan since 1982 based on his acceptance of the principle of ahimsa, or non-violence, and he rejects the use of all animal products, including silk and wool. He is a serious student of Jain philosophy and has written about Jainism and animal ethics.

09:00 BST The Vegan Songstress

09:30 BST Social Media Activism

11:00 BST The Veganization of Yoga

11:30 BST Vegan Women Writers: Amplifying Your Message and Movement Through Books

11:50 BST Performance by Mem Davis

12:30 BST Stress R.I.P! How our lifestyles can be both the cause & cure of this global condition 19th September

13:00 BST 7 nutrition hacks for plant-based athletes

13:30 BST A new approach to Type-2 Diabetes

14:30 BST V for Life: A Taste of Lithuania

15:15 BST Vegan & Gluten-Free Pecan Pie

16:00 BST Music by Ruby Moss

17:00 BST Planting Value in the Food System & Camp Beagle

19:00 BST ADASA: Insight, to Incite: Contemplative Practice and Consistent Anti-Oppression Activism

The Vegan Songstress

Irish singer-songwriter Jennifer Faust (the Vegan Songstress) was born in Dublin in a family in which her great aunt was a singer, her uncle was a published poet, and her father and both grandfathers were band drummers.

Jennifer started writing songs at the age of 8. Jennifer also began creating art at an early age and has a FB page called Jennifer Faust Art.

In recent years, since going vegan, a great deal of her artworks have expressed themes about the human use of other animals.

9:00 BST Sunday

Social Media Activism Sunday 9:30 BST

A panel of experienced animal activists are gathered together to explore social media activism in the 21st century. One major advantage of social media over mainstream media is that activists have more complete control over their content, its form, and the frequency in which it is put out. So, if these represent the upsides of social media activism, and are there any downsides? For example, does a “vegan bubble” form in which vegans may end up by and large just talking to one another? Do dynamic platforms such as TikTok provide a way forward for animal activists? What are the prospects for future social media activism? Join Nella Giatrakou, along with Robert Booth and Jennifer Faust who both have a strong TikTok presence, to discuss these and related issues. The panel is chaired by Dr. Roger Yates of the Dublin-based Vegan Information Project.

About Roger

Panellists:

Nella Giatrakou

@Rogyates

Livestreams

Sunday 9:30 BST

Jennifer Faust

Shane (Vegan Country Boy)

I went vegan five years ago after looking into the animal industry. Shortly after going vegan I started to become active online with the hope of helping people to go vegan and help people see what I didn’t for twenty odd years.

Robert Booth

I’m Robert (28. He/Him) and a social care worker from Dundee, Scotland. I strive to partake in vegan activism within my community and produce short videos on social media platforms such as TikTok. These conversations explore vegan lifestyle, environmentalism and philosophy. The live discussions I have with individuals located around the globe creates an outreach for the global rights movement against harm towards all sentient beings. I believe in a future of liberation.

Sunday 11:00 BST

The Veganization of Yoga

These panelists are all yoga students and registered yoga teachers working for the full restoration of yoga’s ahimsa ethic and vegetarian tradition, and to move contemporary practitioners to embrace veganism for ethical, environmental, health, and spiritual reasons.

They will cover what they’re up against. This includes the explosion of yoga in the West that has brought in a lot of participants, even high-profiles ones, who think the “vegetarian thing” doesn’t apply to them, and the vegetarian yogis who have strong cultural and religious ties to dairy.

With some 500,000 Britons and 36 million Americans practicing yoga regularly, this is a community well worth reaching with the vegan message.

Panelists will help listeners understand the scope of the issue and how to make inroads in their own yoga classes and communities.

About Victoria

Listed by VegNews among the “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors,” Victoria Moran has written books including Main Street Vegan and Creating a Charmed Life. Featured twice on Oprah and host Main Street Vegan podcast, Victoria is director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators. A yoga practitioner of fifty years and a Yoga Alliance RTY-200, Victoria is working on her 14th book, Age Like a Yogi.

Livestreams

Sunday 11:00 BST

Panellists:

Holly Skodis

Holly is a Yoga teacher and the founder of Yoga Is Vegan; a project focused on inspiring yogis to go vegan. Each week she interviews and features yogis from around the world on her podcast and blog.

Holly has been featured in Vegan Health & Fitness Magazine’s Yoga Edition, Yoga Journal’s Stoke Your Spirit: 26 Images to Inspire Authenticity with renowned photographer Robert Sturman and I AM – Celebrating the Perfect Imperfect. A photographer’s quest to empower women and portray ageless beauty.

Achāryā Samitā Rāthor

Achāryā Samitā Rāthor, is an Advisory Consultant, Former Monk, Life Mentor, Yoga & Vedic Scholar, Yoga Therapist, Traditional Diet Guide, Clinical Hypnotherapist & Counsellor. A long time vegan Yoga pupil of Sir T.K.V. Desikachar, she is the founder of Pablo’s Doggy Adoption and Yogarpanam which in English means Yoga Offering - Surrender. An inspirational cartoonist for over two decades, she uses her inner awakening experiences and profound universal wisdom with scientific psyche principles.

Sunday 11:30 BST

Vegan Women Writers: Amplifying Your Message and Movement Through Books

Writing a book can be a powerful way to spread your message and grow a movement.

Whether it’s a business book, recipe book or a piece of fiction, it has the power to make an impact on large numbers of people.

In this panel discussion, hosted by book coach Mitali Deypurkaystha, three vegan women authors who have written books in the above-mentioned genres, will discuss the process of writing, confidence, finding your voice as a woman and a vegan, and more.

Panellists:

About Mitali

Ghostwriter turned international bestselling author Mitali Deypurkaystha, aka ‘The Vegan Authority Creator,’ transforms vegan leaders and entrepreneurs into published authors. Featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, & Fox, she’s helped her clients generate over $5 million. In 2021, she decided to focus on serving the vegan/ethical community. She envisages a day soon when using animal products will be archaic, but this can only happen if vegan voices become louder. It’s her life’s mission to make this happen.

Heather Landex

Heather works internationally with the World’s largest food safety compliance and restaurant companies. Author of “Inclusive: The New Exclusive. How The Food Service Industry Can STOP Leaving Money On The Table”. Heather’s uniquely personal experiences of food allergy, veganism and food safety, connect the dots, bring industry experts together and offer innovative solutions. Heather has a vision to bring a win-win scenario to the World, where vegan and allergy friendliness will be the norm.

Livestreams

Sunday 11:30 BST

Jackie Norman

Jackie Norman is a freelance writer and the author of three books, the most recent being her cookbook, ‘Easy & Delicious: Everyday Vegan’, produced together with husband, Gareth Scurr. Since becoming vegan in 2017, the former dairy farmer has used her extensive knowledge and experience to speak out about the industry, writing for organisations such as Plant Based News, Free From Harm, SAFE and global non-profit organisation Vegan FTA, where she currently works as an interviewer and researcher.

Maya Cohen-Ronen

Maya Cohen-Ronen (pen name M. C Ronen) is a New Zealand vegan, animal rights activist, feminist and author of ‘The Liberation Trilogy’ (‘THE SHED’, ‘LIBERATION’ and ‘IT WAS IN OUR HANDS’), a thrilling dystopian suspense series with a vegan message, that is sure to leave you at the edge of your seat. Available via Amazon and other online retailers.

Performance by Mem Davis

Mem Davis Collective is a Wollongong- based band who are a little bit folk, a little bit country, and a lot of heart and soul. They have performed at a range of music festivals and private events, combining joy, heartache, and socio-political issues.

Lead singer Mem is also a vegan copywriter, naturopath, doula and music event fundraiser.

11:50 BST Sunday

STRESS! R.I.P. - How our Lifestyles can be both the Cause & Cure of this Global condition

Sunday

12:30 BST

We encounter stressful situations almost every day. However, chronic stress is a big health risk. It can cause anxiety and even desperation. It can also suppress the immune system and cause physical damage. In this talk Dr Chidi discusses how we can change our modern lifestyles to manage stress.

Dr. Chidi

Dr Chidi is an award-winning Lifestyle Doctor. Trained in Surgery, General Practice & Lifestyle Medicine at Cambridge, UCL & Johns Hopkins USA, his passion is to Reverse, Improve or Prevent many chronic illnesses including Heart disease, Cancer, Arthritis & Diabetes and many more, with his unique programme, Life Colours.

7 Nutrition Hacks for Plant-Based Athletes

Sunday

13:00 BST

Proper nutrition matters, especially for athletes who push their body beyond all limits. In this talk, Leila, a sport-focused nutritionist, discusses 7 nutrition hacks to help support your training and maximise your athletic performance on a plant- based diet.

Dr. Leila Dehghan

Dr. Leila Dehghan, is a doctor turned plant-based nutritionist with a focus on sports nutrition.

After earning eCornell’s Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate and transitioning to a whole food plant-based diet herself, she decided to obtain a master’s degree in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition from the University College of London.

As a registered associate nutritionist and a personal trainer, Leila takes a holistic approach to understand her clients’ needs and helps them optimise their well-being, manage their weight, and prevent or recover from lifestyle diseases.

A New Approach to Type 2 Diabetes

13:30 BST

Our current model of medicine often focuses solely on the endpoint of an illness. As a result it is far less effective than it can be, mainly treating symptoms or at best slowing progression. We now know that by shifting focus to the causes we can be significantly more effective at preventing and even reversing diabetes and it’s consequences. Dr Raman will cover the most effective evidence-based ways to tackle this disease, the reasons why they work, as well as tips you can incorporate into your own lives and those of loved ones.

Dr Sundhya Raman

Dr Sundhya Raman is the co-founder and director of My Wellness Doctor - a Lifestyle Medicine Health consultancy. She has a degree in Pharmacology & Physiology, a Medical degree from Guys, King’s and St Thomas’s, London, a PhD in Genetics & Epigenetics from Oxford University and is a qualified Lifestyle Medicine physician with the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine/British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (IBLM/BSLM)

Dr Raman qualified as a medical doctor in 2007. Since then she has worked in a broad range of clinical specialties including acute and general medicine, cardiology, general surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine and in- fectious diseases.

It works with a diverse variety of stakeholders, including some of the UK’s biggest care chains and food suppliers; government; and partner NGOs, to support,

If you live outside of the UK, you may still find some of V for Life’s electronic resources useful.

Visit its websites or social media channels to find out more:

vegetarianforlife.org.uk

vforlife.org.uk

vegappg.org.uk

independent living; a pen- and phone-pals scheme; a virtual vegan lunch club; its own inhouse publications; and signposting to relevant services (such as meal www.vegetarianforlife.org.uk The charity is registered to operate in the United Kingdom, where it offers a range of services for benefit of the UK’s older vegans.

V for Life: A taste of Lithuania

Sunday

14:30 BST

V for Life’s roving chef Justina Bajorinaite will be showing us how to make ‘Lithuanian North’ - Western pancakes served with a traditional sauce and Beetroot salad with traditional bread.

Chef Justina Bajorinaite

Justina is a roving chef with the charity VfL, delivering training to organisations catering for older people.

Justina is a Culinary Arts Management graduate who brings knowledge and passion for sustainable, plant-based eating. She has managed a variety of groups of chefs and created her own menus, working in both Italian and theatre restaurants. Justina is passionate about experimenting with different/unusual flavours and baking. She enjoys travelling and seeking inspiration in cuisines around the globe.

Vegan & Gluten Free Pecan

Pie with Danielle Maupertuis

Sunday

15:15 BST

Pecan pie ... an ideal dessert to welcome a bright autumn. I present 2 versions in this demo: a pecan pie with a coconut cream, and a pecan pie served lukewarm with a cookie dough ice cream.

A special focus on gluten-free versions of vegan desserts. We often struggle with gluten-free sponges and pastries. A simple , crusty, yummy shortcrust recipe will definitely increase our self-confidence in vegan and gluten-free pastry!

Danielle Maupertuis

Danielle Maupertuis is a tutor at the Vegetarian Society Cookery School, author of a cookbook “Vegans Deserve Better Than a Fruit Salad”.

Music by Ruby Moss

16:00 BST Sunday

Ruby Moss is 14 years old and living in Dublin. Ruby’s musical career began in St Patrick’s Cathedral Choir School. She plays piano, flute, guitar, button accordion and has been awarded a prestigious organ scholarship with Dundalk Grammar School. Ruby has been vegetarian her whole life and vegan since age 8.

Ruby wrote Ruby’s Song/Invisible last September when she was struggling to fit in on starting secondary school. It went to #1 in the iTunes charts the week of its release, the week of Ruby’s 14th birthday and is still #1 in the singer songwriter charts in Reverbnation.

Shades of Grey was written, recorded and co-produced by Ruby in July of this year two weeks before her 14th birthday. It deals with the theme of frustrating conversations with people who don’t like change. Ruby was thinking about climate change and conversations around that when she wrote it but it could apply to so many themes. The first two lines resulted from a frustrating conversation about musical genre.

Both of Ruby’s songs are being sold in aid of GoVeganWorld and Jigsaw for Youth Mental Health - https://goveganworld.com/ and https://jigsaw.ie/

Livestreams

Planting Value in Food & Camp Beagle

Sunday

17:00 BST

Alex Lockwood is interviewed by host Tim Barford to update us on his recent report into plant based food system policy. Mel Broughton is a long term animal rights activist, currently prominent in the Camp Beagle protests. As an Animal Rebellion activist, Alex is also by nature anti – speciesist, and he explores the cross over between climate Justice and animal justice with Mel Broughton in the final part of the talk, following an update from Mel on the latest from the camp. Essential viewing for AR and Climate Change activists.

Continuing on from a look into plant based food systems, long term AR activist Mel Broughton joins us for an update on the Camp Beagle campaign. Mel has dedicated much of his activism over the previous few decades highlighting the plight on animals in laboratories, and the Camp Beagle protests essentially build on the anti vivisection protests of the 80’s, 90’s and naughties. Mel is then joined by Alex Lockwood to discuss briefly the crossover and collaboration between Animal Rights activists and Climate Justice activists, as amplified by the recent Animal Rebellion march in London August 2021, attended by Camp Beagle supporters.

Alex Lockwood

Dr Alex Lockwood is a published author, novelist, grassroots organiser, and scholar of vegan life practices. He is the author of the new Vegan Society report into policy for a plant-based food system, ‘Planting Value in Food’. His 2016 memoir The Pig in Thin Air (Lantern Books) explores the relationship between climate change and the food we eat. He led press and media relations for Animal Rebellion, and has written for The Guardian, The Independent, The Millions, and others.

Mel Broughton

I have been involved in the animal rights movement for forty years. Starting as a hunt saboteur and then joining other campaigns particularly against vivisection. I have been imprisoned twice for animal rights actions and in recent years have returned to campaigning against animal research and at 60 years old am once again an active hunt saboteur. I have been a vegan for 40 years.

Read more about Planting Value in The Food System, in issue 2 of Plant Powered Planet Magazine:

Livestreams

Camp Beagle

Welcome to Camp Beagle - scene of the current anti-vivisection protests in the UK.

“Camp Beagle is a part of Free The MBR Beagles - an ongoing campaign focused around the MBT Acres Puppy Farm at Huntingdon that calls an end to animal testing on the grounds that it is amoral and uneccessary.

1) The conditions inside the facility are not the subject of protest. It is fact that the puppies here are bred indoors, never see daylight, and then at 16weeks are shipped off in vans to be used in toxicology (poisoning) tests in labs where they will die.

2) We maintain that the people that work here cannot care for animals, otherwise they would not work at a facility dedicated to factory farming dogs to be killed in labs.

3) The dogs produced here do not “benefit medical science”, they are used for toxicology tests. ie: how much of a certain chemical is required before the dog dies. Research to find new cures and medicines can be and is carried out using modern computer research, these dogs lives are wasted needlessly.”

The Home Office licence lab animal breeders like MBR, they licence the facilities where these dogs will suffer and die and they issue personal licences to those doing the experiments. And let’s not forget the massive police operation to facilitate two vans full of beagle puppies that recently left MBR.

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Camp Beagle

Upcoming event on Friday September 24th 2021

Statement from Camp Beagle:

“On 24th July, it was reported by The Telegraph that Home Secretary Priti Patel was “shocked” by footage of beagles at MBR Acres.

Activists will gather at the Home Office in London on Friday 24th September to remind the Home Secretary of the plight of the MBR beagles.

Animal testing is regulated by the Home Office. While parliamentary EDM175 is asking for a wholesale scientific review of all animal testing, there is no legal requirement for dogs to be used.

We call for the Home Secretary to issue an immediate moratorium on the use of dogs in animal experiments.

We fully support EDM175 which requests an open scientific review into the use of all animals in experiments.”

Sunday 19:00 BST

ADASA

Insight, to Incite: Contemplative Practice and Consistent AntiOppression Activism

We have all been born into a speciesist culture that normalizes the breeding, use, and mur- der of other animals for human benefit. It is only through our acquiring

over time deepen this insight.

Moreover, as it affords an opportunity to skillfully contextualize our human experience

facilitation through the Mindful Awareness Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In this session Philip will contextualize the role of mindful awareness in animal justice activism and share meditation practices first developed by the pioneering Western mind- fulness teacher Shinzen Young, with the goal of empowering animal justice advocates to be skillful and sustainable

Philip Murphy

Read more on ADASA in Forca Vegan Issue 1:

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Issue 2 is full up with fantastic interviews and focuses on the best the plant based lifestyle has to offer the discerning 21st century individual, who values animals, environment and people when making lifestyle consumer choices. Our regular contributors Tony Bishop Weston (The Vegetable Plot) and Daniele Maupertuis (Vegans Deserve Better than a Fruit Salad) return with their summer special seasonal sprinklings of plant based gold dust, including asking the question ‘Are you eating too much ultra processed vegan pap?’ and a wonderful raw vegan cheesecake recipe, and we were thrilled to catch up with our star 3 guests for issue 2, BodyBuilder Robert Cheeke, Activist Juliet Gellatley and Actor Danny Hatchard.

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Forca Vegan aims to help do that. Our thanks to everyone who has contributed to this iconic first issue. There are some truly outstanding stories and you are invited to share this magazine widely... READ MORE >

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Danielle Maupertuis speaks with fellow dessert chef Crystal

Mythbusting with NHS Dietician

Sandra Hood

Robert Cheeke on the book’s success

An informative, humorous, idea-inspiring cookery book like no other.

With more than 60 recipes, Chef Danielle will convince you that vegan desserts are easy to make, taste yummy and look fantastic. The book is organised into easy to read sections and the basics section gives even the most novice cook all the advice and help they need.

“This book is a must for anyone wanting to up their vegan dessert game from a fruit salad! It will teach you great skills the Belgian way.”

Sam Platt, Head of the Vegetarian Society Cookery School

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