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Pat | 16.05.2008 01:38 | Animal Liberation | Manchester | Nottinghamshire

New veggie catering campaign to be launched, another (almost) bites the dust.

From Climate Camps and Earth First Gatherings to SHAC demos and anti-nuke rally's, from green fairs and vegan festivals to community festivals and music festivals, and even weddings and birthdays, street-wise campaign caterers, Veggies of Nottingham are getting more requests for their services than will fit the diary. Being twice voted 'Best Vegan Caterer' doesn't help!

Meanwhile there is a growing awareness that the single most effective thing that an individual can do to benefit the climate is to change their diet.

The dilemma - how far should Veggies travel to promote this message?

Guided by feedback from their Events Catering Survey ( http://tinyurl.com/328t23), Veggies have a declared intention to cut back on distant events, in favour of more local ones, backed up by a commitment to support emerging vegan caterers in other areas such as London, Coventry, Manchester and Scarborough.

Towards these ends Veggies have been fitting out a spare catering trailer on behalf of a new mobile vegan group, Team Phish, to be based in Manchester.

In advance of the public launch of this new project, an exclusive Phish 'n' Chip Supper is to be held at the Sumac Centre's People's Kitchen at 6.30 THIS SATURDAY 17th May.

Also this Sunday 18th May at 1pm, a scrumptious fundraising vegan roast dinner with all the trimmings is to be held at Nottingham's Sumac Centre. See 'Team Phish details at  http://www.veggies.org.uk/page.php?ref=1312

... however ...

Just as this new project was nearing completion Veggies hit a crisis when their larger, newer trailer collapsed due to damp in it's wood panels! However within days a replacement trailer has been found into which the contents of the now dead trailer are being transferred.

See the shocking pictures at  http://www.veggies.org.uk/page.php?ref=815 !

Veggies crew are therefore now working all hours to refurbish/rebuild _three_ trailers before the Newark Beer Festival (23/24th May), Nottingham Green Festival (25th) & Kingston Green Fair (26th), closely followed by the Bristol Vegan Fair (31st May/1st June).

The dead trailer is being converted into a flat-bed trailer to be made available as a community resource, as the chassis is sound. Help is needed to complete this before the weekend, to make it available for the Sumac outbuilding re-roofing project which is also happening this weekend.


Your feedback on our work and future direction is very much welcomed. Please see our event catering survey at  http://tinyurl.com/328t23

See details of all these, and other Veggies & Sumac Events, at  http://www.veggies.org.uk/diary.htm

Pat
- e-mail: info@veggies.org.uk
- Homepage: http://www.veggies.org.uk

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Display the following 5 comments

  1. You asked for feedback, so here it is. Great food. Great people. — London against Camden danger Lab {Mandy}
  2. Glad feedback says keep it local,profit for the people — Green Syndicalist MEMBER IWW,ICA,
  3. Progress report — pat
  4. Great, didnt have the dosh to get chips or booze that night,my bank messed up — Green Syndicalist & ex veggies workers MEMBERs IWW,ICA,
  5. Say No To GM Oil — Pat

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