Cookery Demos
Mezz Lounge (on 2nd floor, lift available)
This year's cookery room will be coordinated by Liz Hughes of Our Lizzy Cooking. www.ourlizzy.com

Lizzy grew up in Wolverhampton. She combined her skills as a school teacher and cook to create vegan cookery days from her purpose built kitchen in Malvern, Worcestershire. Liz has the Cordon Vert Diploma in Vegetarian Cookery. Through Our Lizzy she offers people an opportunity to learn to cook a variety of meals in a relaxed friendly setting. Liz enjoys using a wide range of locally grown seasonal produce. She loves exploring new ingredients and developing new recipes. She runs specialist courses in tofu, vegan baking and gluten free cookery.

11.30am - Cookery Demo 1 - with Birgit Keher from ChangeKitchen

Birgit will be sharing some of her secrets from the ChangeKitchen CIC recipe book - healthy tasty seasonal vegan recipes for the whole family. Birgit is a veggie/vegan event caterer & healthy eating/living trainer. ChangeKitchen also have a stall at the festival. See their website www.changekitchen.co.uk


12.30pm - Cookery Demo 2 - Food in a Hurry
Perfect for new vegans. Great if cooking for one. Lizzy shares her cooking techniques to create some quick tasty meals.


1.45pm - Cookery Demo 3 - Lizzy's Lunches
Want some new ideas for entertaining? Unsure what to cook for a vegan visitor? Great dinner party ideas.


3pm - Cookery Demo 4 - Lizzy's Afternoon Tea
Lizzy will share tips for making delicious vegan desserts and sweet things featuring products from Lakeside Ethical Treats


4.15pm - Cookery Demo 5 - Spicy Suppers
Lizzy demonstrates spicy Indian food from her popular Indian Cookery course.

Talks & Workshops
Balcony Bar 1 (on 1st floor, lift available)

12 noon - 12.50pm - Veganism from 1806
With John Davis, Manager of the International Vegetarian Union
In 1806 Dr. William Lambe FRCP, in London, changed his diet at the age of 40 and gave us the first known unambiguous statement about veganism: "My reason for objecting to every species of matter to be used as food, except the direct produce of the earth, is founded on the broad ground that no other matter is suited to the organs of man. This applies then with the same force to eggs, milk, cheese, and fish, as to flesh meat." This talk will be packed with many more quotes & facts about veganism over the past 2 centuries. If you can't attend, read more here


1pm - 1.50pm - Vegan Nutrition
With Amanda Baker, PR & Media Officer for The Vegan Society
Veganism is not only great for animals and the planet - a well balanced vegan diet is the healthiest there is - for children as well as for adults. Vegans live longer and suffer less from diseases such as hypertension, obesity, coronary artery disease, certain kinds of cancer and diabetes. But as with all diets, nutritional balance is important. Whether you're already vegan, an aspiring vegan or just vegan curious, this talk will tell you how to avoid the pitfalls and obtain an optimum healthy diet.


2pm - 2.50pm - Overcoming Hurdles in being a teen Vegan (with free jump-start packs!)
With Daniel Therkelson, Trademark Officer for The Vegan Society
This presentation will explore ways of over-coming obstacles likely to be faced by younger people (like their parents cooking for them as well as dispelling a lot of misinformation) and a general introduction to the reasons for going vegan and a little bit on nutrition. The last two facets make it an inviting talk for everyone who is vegan and anyone who is thinking of going vegan, whatever their age.


3pm - 3.50pm - Vegan Advocacy
With Rebecca Henderson, Advocacy Officer for The Vegan Society
A talk about vegans in hospital, animal free medications, the Equality Act etc.


4pm - 4.50pm - Getting Started in Vegan Outreach
With Amanda Baker, PR & Media Officer for The Vegan Society
How to effectively promote veganism via library displays, stalls, school talks, food fairs etc.



Talks & Workshops
Balcony Bar 2 (on 1st floor, lift available)

12 noon - 12.50pm - The Miracle of Fasting for Supreme Health & vitality & the magic of Apple Cider Vinegar
With Andy Wakeman, a non-medical nutritionist and member of Birmingham Veggies & Vegans
Andy is a mine of information for natural health and wellbeing, this is a talk not to be missed!


1pm - 1.50pm - Common Mistakes in Diet, Training & Recovery
With Pete Ryan, clinical nutritionist, certified trainer, manual therapist & founder of Vegan Bodybuilding
Common mistakes in diet, training & recovery by vegans who train for weight loss, mass gain or sporting performance. A talk about the most common errors people make when trying to achieve their goals in health & fitness. Avoid the potholes on the way to your goals by using a simple 'roadmap' to guide your training & recovery towards the results you desire while still maintaining an ethical lifestyle.


2pm - 2.50pm - Hemp - Superfood of the Century
With Tim Barford, founder of the UK's first hemp company in 1991 and now the manager of the hemp food & bodycare company Yaoh
Tim Barford from Yaoh has been vegan for the best part of 30 years now, and for the last 20 years has eaten large quantities of hemp seed - one of nature's true superfoods, and arguably the best. Here Tim explains some of the benefits of eating hemp and demonstrates his two favourite hemp smoothie recipes - come and taste for free, and learn a little bit about hemp, the superfood of the century. See www.yaoh.co.uk for more info about hemp.


3pm - 3.50pm - The Power of Living Foods
With Pat Reeves, nutritional therapist, world champion powerlifter and author of A Living Miracle
Learn how nutritional therapy & raw living foods can aid your health & may even save your life! By following a raw, living food diet, Pat Reeves has fought off her cancer & achieved what many of us could never dream of. Pat is a world champion powerlifter and holds many other records. She is also an accomplished marathon runner, personal trainer, fitness consultant & author. As a professional practitioner, she has helped many people using up-to-date scientific techniques. Best of all, Pat is vegan!!


4pm - 4.50pm - Raw Living Food for Longevity & Vitality
With Marketa Rozsypalova, Editor of the Tree of Life Holistic Health Magazine, a natural nutritionist & a raw living food chef, who runs workshops, classes & dining experiences in the Midlands. www.treeoflifemagazine.co.uk
Would you like to increase your energy and enjoy a vibrant long life? Discover how raw living foods can boost your physical vitality, improve your mental clarity and even enhance you spirited life. Enrich your healthy eating, keep your optimum weight, look and feel great, younger and in balance.



Talks & Workshops
Wulfrun Hall (on lower ground floor, lift available)

11.40am - 12.30pm - Beacon Life and Learning Centre
With Bev Garside, a vegan animal rights campaigner & director of a training company Empower Support. Vegan Bodybuilding
Having seen a number of sanctuaries live from hand to mouth, largely mopping up after callous human beings who treat animals as little more than chattels she believes that the only way to bring about real change was through education. The Beacon Life and Learning Centre is a response to these issues and a belief that compassion needs to be extended to all species. A sanctuary for farm animals combined with an education and training centre based on the principles of respect and which honours each individual's life journey regardless of their disadvantage and disability will bring about true and lasting change. Bev's daughter Ella, a Lifelong Vegan, together with her close friends Dave Callendar, Amanda and many others are working hard to make this dream a reality.


12.40pm - 1.30pm - Animal Freedom: Anti-Speciesism & Abolition
With Debra Malpass & Jack Lambourn, founding members of the new group Animal Freedom
The talk will discuss the prejudice of Speciesism and how Veganism is the vital step needed to abolish ALL forms of animal exploitation.


1.40pm - 2.30pm - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
With Darren Collis, UK representative for Sea Shepherd
The crews of Sea Shepherd's ships risk their lives in order to defend, conserve and protect the world's whales, seals and other marine life. Whilst Greenpeace ships sail the seas with freezers full of meat, Sea Shepherd is a vegan organisation. Don't miss this opportunity to meet one of the SSCS UK coordinators to learn about Sea Shepherds past and imminent courageous and daring campaigns!

Entertainment in Cafe/Bar

The festival will include a large cafe/bar room where you can enjoy a variety of music and entertainment throughout the day from the following performers. The all vegan licensed bar, will be operated by Pitfield Beers, brewers of organic, vegan real ale & cider. Hot food & refreshments in this room will be provided by Shambhu's and Something Fishy
The cafe/bar has it's own event page on Facebook

Please note: the following times are subject to change:

11.30am - Rob Jackson - Rob plays original acoustic songs from the heart. Check him out at www.youtube.com/veganjackson

12 noon - Dominic Berry - Manchester's queer vegan wordsmith, author of 'Tomorrow, I Will Go Dancing' is a prolific performance artist and creative workshop leader. This is where poems meet fruit meets electro meets acoustica in tall top hats and velvet jackets! As a former agoraphobic, he's proud of having gone from not being able to leave his flat to becoming a multi-award-winning writer. Benjamin Zephaniah says he's "Really very inspiring. I love the seriousness and the humour." www.dominicberry.net

12.30pm - Vegan Society Awards - Jasmijn de Boo, the new Chief Executive of The Vegan Society, will announce the winners of this year's awards. www.vegansociety.com

12.45 - Rebecca Burke - Poetry reading.

1pm - Rod Tame - Host of 'Rhyme and Dine' at Manchester's Earth Café, Rod is a poetic Performance Artist and actor. Originally from the Garden of England that is Kent, Rod now lives in the urban jungle that is Manchester. Eddie Izzard meets John Steed - a very charismatic & enjoyable artist. Gerry Potter says, "Rod's work is playfully energetic with a good dollop of the profound." www.rodtame.com

1.30pm - Kirsty Bentley, Belly Dancer - Kirsty says: 'I am an American Tribal Style and Tribal Fusion Belly Dancer and I am also vegan. I think the style of belly dance I do is perfect for this event because it sits so well with veganism. It is about connecting with the earth and using the earths energy to flow around your body as you move. It would be really great to be able to share this art form with some like minded people.'

2pm - Elly Kingdon - Kelly says: 'Hi! I am Elly Kingdon, one lady and her baritone ukulele! I sing sweet little country folk songs about magic, my cats, heartbreak, come dine with me, drinking too much beer and a whole lot of other rubbish. I love being nice so come hang out and expect something sweet as sugar!'

2.30pm - Vegan Cupcake Competition! - Who makes the best vegan cupcakes?! Competitors include: Cupcake Jo's, Hannah Banana Bakery, Fairfoods and Green Garden Cafe.

3pm - to be confirmed

3.30pm - Deadmoney Duo - Folk, acoustic and celtic music by vegan father and son team, Peter and Cohen from Worcester. Hear their music here www.myspace.com/deadmoneyduo

4pm - Dominic Berry - Another performance by Manchester's queer vegan wordsmith! www.dominicberry.net

4.30pm - John Curtin - Guitarist, singer and a well known animal rights campaigner.

The Main Event Caterers
Our caterers will provide a wide variety of scrumptious hot and cold food throughout the day.
Aunty Jee's - www.auntyjee.co.uk

ChangeKitchen - www.changekitchen.co.uk

Fairfoods - www.fairfoods.org.uk

Green Garden Cafe - www.greengardencafe.co.uk

Shambhu's - www.shambhus.co.uk

Something Fishy - www.something-fishy.org.uk

Veggies - www.veggies.org.uk



Other Food Stalls
Many of the food stalls will offer delicious free samples of their products, whilst also selling packaged food to take home.
Amy's Kitchen - www.amys.com

Artisan Preserves - www.artisanpreserves.blogspot.com

Aunty Jee's - www.auntyjees.com

Braham & Murray - www.goodwebsite.co.uk

Clun Country Wines - no website

Cupcake Jo's - www.facebook.com/pages/Cupcake-Jos

Global Fusion - www.globalfusion.co.uk

Goodlife - www.goodlife.co.uk

Goody Good Stuff - www.goodygoodstuff.com

Kara Coconut Milk - www.karadairyfree.com

Lakeside Ethical Treats - www.ethical-treats.co.uk

MKS Food Distribution - www.mksfooddistribution.com

Moo Free Chocolates - www.moofreechocolates.com

Mr Popple's Chocolate - www.mrpoppleschocolate.co.uk

One Earth Shop - www.oneearthshop.co.uk

Organic Burst - www.organicburst.com

Pitfield Beers - www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk

Raw Alchemy - www.rawalchemy.org.uk

Raw Delights - www.rawdelights.co.uk

Sauces of Choice - www.saucesofchoice.co.uk

Severn Cider - www.severncider.com

The Parsnipship - www.theparsnipship.co.uk

Vegusto UK - www.vegusto.co.uk



Vegan Support & Information
Will offer a vast array of information about going and staying vegan, alongside a range of products including books, clothes, vitamin wallcharts etc.
Vegan Society - www.vegansociety.com

Vegetarian Guides - www.vegetarianguides.co.uk

Vegetarian Society - www.vegsoc.org

Viva! - www.viva.org.uk

Wolverhampton Vegans & Veggies - www.wolverhamptonvegansandveggies.makessense.co.uk



Vegan Merchandise
A wide range of ethical products will be on offer, everything from cosmetics, toiletries & healthcare, to clothing, shoes and gifts.
All Love and Liberation - www.all-love.co.uk

Amega for Wands / Bioflow / Beauty without Cruelty - www.nopillsrequired.co.uk

Athene Skincare - www.atheneskincare.com

Brackencraft - www.brackencraft.com

Ethical Pets - www.ethical-pets.co.uk

Ethical Wares - www.ethicalwares.com

Femmecup - www.femmecup.co.uk

Forever Living Products - www.foreverliving.com

Greenfinder - www.greenfinder.co.uk

Hempish - www.hempish.com

Honesty Cosmetics - www.honestycosmetics.co.uk

Hope Street - www.hope-street.com

Lucy Rose - www.lucyrose.biz

Lush - www.lush.co.uk

Super Smoocher - www.supersmoocher.com

Turtle Bags - www.turtlebags.co.uk

VivaPure - www.vivapure.co.uk

Yaoh - www.yaoh.co.uk



Animal Protection Groups & Sanctuaries
These stalls will feature information on a wide variety of animal cruelty issues, alongside merchandise to help raise much needed funds.
Animal Aid - www.animalaid.org.uk

Animal Freedom - www.animalfreedom.eu

Ask Yourself - www.notienenvoz.wordpress.com

Beacon Life & Learning Centre - www.beaconlifeandlearning.org

Birch Hill Rescue - www.birchhilldogrescue.org.uk

Birmingham & Coventry Hunt Sabs - www.huntsabs.org.uk

Captive Animal's Protection Society - www.captiveanimals.org

El Hogar De Luci - www.elhogardeluci.org

Forget-Me-Not Animal Rescue - www.forgetmenotanimalrescue.org.uk

Friends of the Animals - www.friendsoftheanimals.co.uk

Green Meadow Animal Sanctuary - www.greenmeadow.org.uk

Greyhound Action - www.greyhoundaction.org.uk

Hillfields Animal Sanctuary - www.hillfields-animal-sanctuary.com

Labour Animal Welfare Society - www.labouranimalwelfare.org

League Against Cruel Sports - www.league.org.uk

Network for Animals - www.networkforanimals.org

PAWING (Pets And Wildlife In Need of Giving) - www.pawing.co.uk

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - www.seashepherd.org/uk/

SPEAK Campaigns - www.speakcampaigns.org

The Black Fish - www.theblackfish.org



Environmental Groups/Services
How to live a more eco-friendly life and environmental campaigning info.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (West Midlands) - www.wmcnd.org.uk

Ecotricity - www.ecotricity.co.uk

Green Party (West Midlands) - www.westmidlands.greenparty.org.uk

The Woodland Trust - www.woodlandtrust.org.uk



Other Stalls
Any stalls that don't quite fit in to one of the other categories!
Francis Kajo - www.franciskajo.com

Jane Plant Books - www.janeplant.com

Tree of Life Magazine - www.treeoflifemagazine.co.uk

Vegan Bodybuilding - www.veganbodybuilding.org

Vegan Runners - www.veganrunners.makessense.co.uk

Vegan Society Awards 2011
The Awards will recognize the best plant-based products and services from around the world, in the following 9 categories, as voted for by Vegan Society members. The Awards will be announced/presented by Jasmijn de Boo, the new Chief Executive of The Vegan Society, in the cafe/bar at 12.30pm.

1. Best Vegan Society Trademarked food product
2. Best Vegan Society Trademarked drink
3. Best Vegan Society Trademarked non-food product (including cosmetics, toiletries, shoes, clothing, household products, services)
4. Best non-trademarked vegan product
5. Best vegan-friendly commercial caterer (including restaurants, pubs, cafes, hotels, contract or event caterers)
6. Best vegan catering in the care sector (including hospitals, care homes, meals on wheels providers, lunch clubs)
7. Best vegan catering in education (including schools, universities, colleges, youth clubs)
8. Best retailer of vegan products
9. Vegan Achievement Award for an outstanding contribution to veganism by an individual or organisation

Best Vegan Cupcake Competition
Who makes the best vegan cupcakes?! Now it's time to find out!! The following companies will each enter a cake into the competition. A panel of judges will give points out of 5 for appearance and taste. Jasmijn de Boo, the new Chief Executive of The Vegan Society, will be one of the judges. Samples of the cakes will also be passed round the audience so you can judge for yourself!

www.facebook.com/pages/Cupcake-Jos
www.fairfoods.org.uk
www.greengardencafe.co.uk
www.hannahbananabakery.co.uk

7pm - After Party / Benefit Gig
After the annual West Midlands Vegan Festival, there's no need to rush home...stay behind for the party...with top vegan grub, drink & bands. At the Clarendon Hotel, 38 Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, WV3 0TN from 7pm - midnight. £4 on the door. The Clarendon is 10 minutes walk from The Civic Hall, and is situated right next to Banks's Brewery.

Pledge to attend www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225146630851025

Confirmed line up so far:

CONTEMPT
THE BALSALL HEATHENS
YAM YAM ACOUSTIC PUNK

Catering provided by the legendary Veggies Catering Campaign from Nottingham - www.veggies.org.uk

There are many reasons for going vegan - just as there are for going vegetarian. Being vegetarian helps enormously in reducing:

animal suffering
risks to our own health
hunger in the developing world
environmental damage

Veganism takes all those advantages a whole lot further. For very many people concerned about any or all of these problems, it seems the natural step to take from vegetarianism.


Saving Animals
In the UK alone, 850 million animals and hundreds of millions of fish are killed every year to put meat on tables - that?s more than three million animals a day. Before they are slaughtered, hundreds of millions lead desolate, disease-ridden lives on factory farms.

Cattle reared for milk production are exploited and made to suffer, just like animals reared for meat. They suffer from lameness, mastitis (inflammation of the udders) and other illnesses and - worst of all - they are forcibly separated from their calves just days after they are born so that humans can drink their milk. Cows are not some kind of special animal that produces milk automatically: just like every other animal, including us, they only produce milk to nurse their young. Male dairy calves, meanwhile, are useless to the dairy industry and are usually shot at birth. Meanwhile, egg-laying hens may be crammed into battery cages or disgusting, disease ridden percheries and forced to produce twenty times the number of eggs as are natural to them. Even free range and organic layers face disease and parasites - and are slaughtered for cheap meat as soon as their productivity falls below the level that the egg business will accept. Male chicks are as useless to the industry as male dairy calves and all are killed - including those on free-range and organic systems.

Like leather, wool is a vital part of the profitability of the meat business - and animals suffer to produce it. Over 90% of British sheep flocks have problems with lameness and almost 1 in 5 lambs die before getting to market. Even honey bees are prone to infectious diseases and the ill-effects of intensive production. All animals kept for profit are exploited in one way or another: the only way to ensure that animals are not harmed is to ensure they are not farmed at all.

For much more information on all these issues, read the Viva! guide Murder, She Wrote


Saving Yourself
Vegetarians live longer and suffer less from diseases such as hypertension, obesity, coronary artery disease, certain kinds of cancer and diabetes. Vegetarian diets can even be used to treat illnesses.

Human beings are the only animals which consume milk after infancy - and the milk of another species at that. It is neither natural nor healthy. A study published in 2003 found that a vegan diet could reduce the most harmful form of cholesterol by 29%. The American Dietetic Association has declared that a vegan diet can provide all the nutrition that human beings need - from cradle to grave. Veganism is infinitely closer to the diet human beings evolved to thrive on than a normal, animal fat-soaked western diet - and the health benefits of a well-balanced vegan diet reflect that.

For much more information on all these issues, read the Viva! guide The Healthiest Diet of All


Saving Others
While 750 million people go to bed hungry every night, one-third of the world?s grain is fed to farmed animals. A typical Western meat-based diet can only feed 2.5 billion people: a plant-based diet will feed every one of us.

Again, dairy cattle and laying hens are consuming resources that could go to feeding human beings. As the developing world increasingly industrialises its animal agriculture, farming animals in order to generate revenues instead of food that problem will get worse - and as more dairy and egg produce is consumed in the developing world, so its people are at risk of falling prey to the diet-induced illnesses of Western society.

For much more information on all these issues, read the Viva! guide Food for the Future


Saving the Planet
Rainforests are cleared for grazing; methane from livestock causes global warming; soil is eroded by cattle; slurry poisons waterways; and the seas are laid to waste by overfishing. The global appetite for meat and the industrial techniques of the meat industry are destroying the Earth.

Dairy cattle and laying hens consume land, water and resources just like other farmed animals. They eat pesticide-soaked fodder, produce polluting slurry, consume chemicals and drugs produced at environmental cost and generate greenhouse gases. They are a drain on our resources that this planet cannot afford.

For much more information on all these issues, read the Viva! guide Planet on a Plate