Some Kenya news clippings from the recent press conference held in Nairobi Kenya, to promote the first ever East and Central Africa Veg Congress on December 18, 2010. The will also be a day for feeding the homeless in Dec...

The first vegetarian congress ever to be held in the Middle East has been getting a lot of coverage in the local media. Some examples below from United Arab Emirates newspaper, The National. photo left: Dr Ahmed al Masoum speaking...

A slaughterman slits the throat of sheep, then cuts off their heads while they are still alive. Secret footage shot inside a West Country slaughterhouse has reignited a row over abattoir cruelty, following a series of undercover films that have...

Nearly half of the antibiotics produced in China are being fed to livestock rather than used to fight viruses in people, experts say. Of the 210,000 tons of antibiotics made in China each year, 97,000 tons end up in animals,...

New IVU International Council Member from Togo Erick Mokafo-Brhom Yeleneke is a new member of the IVU International Council. He is also President of Vegan Students Association, President of Vegetarian Society of Togo and Coordinator of the African League for...

 "Making the Connection" is a new British film which invites you on a journey - together with a chef, a farmer, a Member of Parliament, an athlete, a dietician, a poet - to explore an exciting lifestyle which combines delicious,...

The Department of Health is putting the fast food companies McDonald's and KFC and processed food and drink manufacturers such as PepsiCo, Kellogg's, Unilever, Mars and Diageo at the heart of writing government policy on obesity, alcohol and diet-related disease,...

Congratulations to the Indonesia Vegetarian Society for hosting a hugely successful IVU World Vegetarian Congress in Jakarta, 1-6 Oct. About 5000 people attended from all over Indonesia and about 20 other countries, including Afghanistan and Iran. Highlights included science contests...

Learn more about the ongoing unfortunate efforts by some in the Austrian government to curtail the valiant and successful campaigns of our Austrian Vegan Society colleagues. www.shameonaustria.org/en/index.php www.shameonaustria.org/en/protest.php The photo shows one of the accused, Martin Balluch, speaking to a...

WORLD VEG FESTIVAL 2010   The 11th annual WORLD VEG FESTIVAL October 2 & 3, 2010 presented in the San Francisco County Fair Building, in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco was another great success with around 6,500 attendees over the...

When former President Bill Clinton forsakes burgers for beans, it's a sign that a vegan diet is no longer fringe. Clinton announced in a CNN interview last month that he lost 24 pounds on an almost entirely vegan diet, just...

Meat features prominently in many holidays worldwide. Here is an example from Chile of how veg*n activists are seeking to start new traditions. In Chile, the country's independence from Spain is celebrated on 18-19 Sep, with meat eating playing a...

[photo: Tina with Sir Paul McCartney back in 1999, when he accepted a posthumous IVU award on behalf of Linda. Tina is from Liverpool like Sir Paul.] Tina Fox needs no introduction to the leaders of IVU member societies, who will...

If anyone is interested in joining IVU Manager, John Davis, at both the veg congresses in Nairobi and Dubai in December, they can easily be linked by using Emirates Airlines, based in Dubai. They fly from most parts of the...

The Indonesia Vegetarian Society (IVS) called for the implementation of a meat-free Monday campaign in the city to improve the health of residents as well as to help save the environment.IVS Jakarta coordinator Roeddy Zeng said Friday the organization had...

My editor wanted me to ask you: Why is killing a whale worse than killing a pig, for example, when a pig is intelligent, too?I get this question from the Japanese a lot, and I find it offensive. How can...

[The Wrekin is a large hill in the otherwise flat landscape of North Shropshire, England] A fun day with a difference was on offer in the shadow of The Wrekin when protesters fighting plans to mine coal at the beauty...

Indonesia has a population of about 240 million people living on 17,508 islands - a population only exceeded by China and India with more than a billion each, and the USA with 307 million. So what happens there is of major...

The South African government brought hope to grain farmers who are struggling to find alternative markets to dispose of surplus maize following a bumper crop that drove prices down.Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said South Africa is talking...

Providing surgical treatment for people who are morbidly obese could save British taxpayer-funded health services and the wider economy hundreds of millions of pounds a year, leading surgeons said on Wednesday. In an economic impact assessment of obesity surgery, the...