Nottingham

Vegan Quarantine: Day 70

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Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 70. This daily video series is my way of keeping spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charity, and musicians.

Links for everything discussed can be found below.

Watch the VegfestUK Chat Live talk show on Friday May 29. Details here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/252772959163043/

PRESS of London has launched an online vegan grocery store with UK wide delivery:
https://press-london.com/collecti…/store-cupboard-essentials

Prickly Pear in Nottingham is doing orders for collection and delivery. Follow them on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/pricklypearnottm/

Buy vouchers from Prickly Pear online:
https://www.pricklypearcafe.co.uk/

Shop for new styles of vegan sandals via The Third Estate.
On Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAk_fvbpLRC/
Online store:
https://thethirdestate.co.uk/

Recipe of the day. Cold brew coffee!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpk0HI3Og_s

Music recommendation of the day. Let’s Sort The Whole Thing Out by Carly Rae Jepsen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yFRMpigHeg

If you would like to financially support this daily video series, you can make a donation via my PayPal account:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP

You can also support the work I do as FGV by pledging a monthly donation via my Patreon page:
https://www.patreon.com/FatGayVegan

Caribbean vegan pop up

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There is a vegan Caribbean food business in Nottingham called Yemọja. You need to know about it, follow it and support it!

Yemọja operate pop up cafés around Nottingham, they support anti-fascist activism and they make mouth watering vegan food.

Check out these pictures from their Instagram page.

Looking fabulous, right?

You can follow Yemọja on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Even if you can’t get along to one of their events, you can still support this wonderful food and activism endeavour by contributing to their GoFundMe page. Click here to donate and help them reach their goal.

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Screaming Carrot

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Every town should have a Screaming Carrot.

My recent stop in Nottingham opened my eyes to some marvellous things, not least a workers’ co-op vegan bakery and grocery store named The Screaming Carrot.

Tucked away down a small road in a quiet suburb, The Screaming Carrot is a one-stop shop for all your vegan pantry needs and sweet treats. 

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Nottingham, here I come!

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Vegan Roadshow is gearing up to be an exciting journey around the UK for a merry band of travellers.

This July, I am hitting the road with Australian vegan band Love Like Hate and activist group Animal Equality for a series of events around the country. We have dates scheduled in London, Leeds, Newcastle, Glasgow and Oxford, plus we are adding new dates over the coming weeks.

Like this one in Nottingham!

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I am thrilled to be teaming up with legendary vegan trailblazers Veggies Catering Campaigns for the July 21, 2015 stop of the tour at the Sumac Centre.

Veggies are pioneers in the UK. They have spent decades educating people on vegan issues through compassionate catering. You will be hard pushed to find a more ethical undertaking than this food, activist and education enterprise. Read about all the levels of their awesomeness here.

So what is going to happen at the Nottingham stop of the tour?

Love Like Hate will be performing a special semi-acoustic live show, Veggies will be selling their tasty vegan treats, Animal Equality will be spreading news of their outreach work and selling merchandise while I will be chatting to anyone who will listen.

The Nottingham stop of Vegan Roadshow is a powerhouse collaboration between some of the busiest names in vegan UK. Support independent vegan musicians. Support vegan caterers. Learn and share information. Be there!

Click here to donate via the Vegan Roadshow Indiegogo campaign and claim your Nottingham ticket.

Follow Veggies on Twitter

Like Veggies on Facebook

RSVP to the Nottingham Vegan Roadshow Facebook event and invite friends

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Nottingham falls short

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Nottingham almost got a new vegan cafe today, but pesky and harmful dairy made it on to the menu.

Such a shame.

Today marks to grand opening of a new food provider, The Bluebird Vegetarian Café. This café is operated by Adrian and Kate, two vegans who (according to their website) were able to achieve their dream of opening The Bluebird thanks to the help of family, friends and Freecycle donations.

As happy as I am for the vegan community of Nottingham to have another location to dine out on plant-based food, I am puzzled as to why a vegan of more than 20 years (Adrian) would open a cafe with dairy on the menu in 2014.

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