Over 650 people were counted at Bristol Animal Rights Collective's Free Vegan Food Fair on Saturday 31st October. People enjoyed a range of vegan food samples, and talks. demos and films were all well attended. Over 2/3 of people who attended were non-vegan, and we hope that some seeds have been sown!

The full report is here.

The Free Vegan Food Fair was also the launch of Vegan Buddies, a new scheme in Bristol to match experienced vegans with those who would like a bit of support to take them through the first few stages of being vegan. For more information about Vegan Buddies, email veganbuddybristol@googlemail.com , or visit www.veganbuddy.org.uk

Download the programme here.

The event was sponsored by Veggie Vision, Animal Aid and Vegan Society

Companies that donated samples included: Alpro Soya, Baby Cakes, Booja Booja, Bute Island Foods, Cafe Kino, Cauldrons, Chocolate Wendy House, Chunkies, Clearspring, Clives Pies, Cracker Drinks, Dolma Perfumes, Doves Farm Foods, Dragonfly, Essential Trading Cooperative, Fairfoods, Faith in Nature, Freerangers, Good Oil, Gourmet Classic, Green People, Granovita, Hempish, Hipo Hyfryd, Honesty Cosmetics, Howden Soaps, Humdingers, Lavera, Leigh Court Farm, Kiss Me Cake, Lucy Rose, Lush, Lyme Regis Foods, Meridian, Mrs. Crimbles, Natural Balance Foods, Noise Cake, No Moo Cow Chocolates, Plamil Foods, Pure, Queenswood Natural Foods, Raw Chocolate Company, Redwood Wholefoods, Skinvac, So Good, Soya Too, Soyfoods, Swedish Glace, Sweet Freedom, Symingtons, Vegetarian Shoes, Veggie World, Vegus Juices, Venture Foods, Viva! and Yaoh