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Monthly meeting - Saturday 25 October at Mod Pop Cafe
Come to our monthly meeting, on the last Saturday of the month, from 1.30pm. We now meet regularly at Mod Pop Cafe so come along and try one of Martin's vegan treats. I recommend the breakfast. We will try and nab a big table so make yourself known to us!
Celebrate World Vegan Day with MVS!
Come and join us and celebrate World Vegan Day! We are having a party at Mod Pop Cafe, Oldham Street, from 7pm to about 11pm, Vegan wraps and stew, live music and cake! Please bring your own booze, and a vegan cake if you wish. We can never have enough cake. Entrance is only a fiver; tickets from Linda (at our next meeting), from Martin at Mod Pop Cafe or pay on the door.
Cordon Vert cookery school
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Positive review of The Greenhouse
Glowing review of The Greenhouse from the Manchester Evening News
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8th Day review - Manchester Confidential
Uncomplimentary review by online magazine Manchester Confidential
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Eating out with Dave Spikey
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Simon Rimmer interview
An interview with Simon Rimmer, owner of Greens veggie restaurant in Didsbury
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Review of one of our favourites Dandelion & Burdock
Positive review of Sowerby Bridge's finest, Dandelion and Burdock
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Veg has the edge
News from ActiVeg
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US: Senate committee approves bill exempting animal testing
A Senate committee Monday narrowly approved a controversial bill that would exempt scientific experiments in research laboratories from Arizona's animal cruelty statutes.
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Climate change causes wolverine decline across Canada
The wolverine, a predator renowned for its strength and tenacious character, may be slowly melting away along with the snowpack upon which it lives.
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Burrowing US prairie dogs use complex language
A tiny rodent may have the most sophisticated language of any animal.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship event features Vegan Mac Danzig
Mac Danzig faces Justin Buchholz in the Feb. 6 pay-per-view Ultimate Fighting Championship event, UFC 109: “Relentless.” A noteworthy side story to the event: Mac Danzig is a vegan.
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Help wanted for restaurant documentary
Juniper Studio needs your help on producing a documentary on the best and worst of restaurants in the UK.
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Japan's whalers are at sea again, harvesting meat that few will eat
By April, another 900 whales will have died for little profit. So what drives the Japanese to go on defying world opinion?
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Chinese legal experts call for ban on eating cats and dogs
Widespread and ancient practice of eating dog meat increasingly distasteful for China's growing affluent, pet-loving middle class.
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BUAV welcomes DEFRA statement on animal testing under REACH
The Minister clearly states in an answer today that animal testing under REACH should be a last resort and that companies must not conduct pre-emptive testing before testing proposals are agreed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA):
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US: Judge rules that the Animal Liberation Front is not a gang
January 26, 2009 Judge David S. Wesley ruled that the Animal Liberation Front is not a "gang." The government had tried to find two animal rights protestors guilty of being "gang members."
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Hollywood celebrities turning to vegetarianism
Many Hollywood and other celebrities are flocking to vegetarianism for health and ethical reasons, besides reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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