Animals as entertainment. Image by photojournalist Andrew Skowron from Delefinarium Nemo – Odessa Ukraine from a series at https://andrewskowron.org/delefinarium-nemo-odessa-ukraine/

Note: For the purpose of this blog, the term plant-based is used to describe items composed entirely of plants. This is to differentiate from those unscrupulous suppliers that disingenuously use the term to describe products which contain animal derivatives but which are comprised MOSTLY of plants.

Veganism – it’s not a diet

In the month of January, a massive capitalist food festival takes place in Britain with a breath-taking array of plant-based food items flooding the shops. They call it ‘Veganuary’. Over the years this extravaganza has provoked me; not because of the plant-based food selection because let’s be honest, food fascinates me as much as it does the next person, but because of the way it’s marketed and promoted. It irks me that all the promotion is very suggestive of…