The Da Vegan Code

Events, London, What's on Nov 1st

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:48:00 +0000

Family Fun Day Ethical Health &amp Sustainability Croydon South London London events gigs nightlife

Are you really stupid enough to miss this - one day only - Fairfield Halls Nov 1st - ethical cinema.

Our future is at stake - our future health, our future planet, our children's future - time is running out. What's your excuse for standing by and doing nothing?

The Age Of Stupid

at the eco veggie fayre

Vegan MoFo III (2009 Edition)

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:40:00 +0000

Vegan MoFo III (2009 Edition)

A whole 2 months of this sorta stuff. Buckle up Here we Gooooooooooooooooooooo

Peace One Day: Peace One Day – 21 September 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:17:00 +0000

Peace One Day: Peace One Day – 21 September 2009

Meat Free 5 A Day Day in Croydon

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:01:00 +0000

Meat Free 5 A Day Day in Croydon Campaign

Da Vegan Code Brethren are busy behind the scenes in local government.

Many councils are now considering a Meat Free Day

Free - Vegan Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:09:00 +0000

Da Vegan Code Approved Products number 20909M

World Vegetarian And Vegan News: Vegetarian Magazine - Free !: "Vegetarian Magazine - Free !
Off The Hoof magazine - Going Veggie for a Greener Planet

World Vegetarian and Vegan news moans..

"Publishing these days is a hard business. You give thousands of copies to WH Smith and there's no telling where they end up, you give hundreds away to health stores and by the time they make it out of the stock room onto the shelf the magazine is out of date. The whole point of a magazine is that you want it read by millions of people but with millions of people sitting in front of computers all day maybe it's better to go with the flow and just post it online so that the whole world can read it........"

whatever - anyway the magazine is free - go read it now - share it with your friends.

www.offthehoof.co.uk

Water-Cooled Supercomputer Doubles as Dorm Space Heater | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:08:00 +0000

Water-Cooled Supercomputer Doubles as Dorm Space Heater | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

More ways to save the environment / CO2 / Planet

Now that's a good idea - I've often been perplexed by the amount of heat my laptop gives off - and thought - what a waste.

Here they have developed a water cooling system solution for super computers that will not only cool the computers using water rather than air conditioning saving over 40% energy but also heat the university saving even more energy and money.

World Vegan Day 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:40:00 +0000

World Vegan Day UK

What? World Vegan Day
is an opportunity for vegans and their friends to celebrate and promote
veganism

When? World Vegan Day
is every year on November 1st (since 1994)

Why? The world's first
Vegan Society was born on November 1st 1944 - started by Donald
Watson and friends.

Where? World Vegan Day
is celebrated internationally all over the world.

How? World Vegan Day
is celebrated in many different ways,

from a
simple birthday party to a full vegan festival with exhibitions of
vegan food and products, talks on nutrition and cooking demonstrations.

Wishing
you very best wishes for an ethical, environmentally friendly

and healthy World Vegan Day - 1st November

Meat Free Monday Replaces Meat Free Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:44:00 +0000

World Vegetarian And Vegan News: Healthy Vegan recipe DVD More proof of the Da Vegan code at work - A new DVD and also a new Vegan Cook Book have been launched.

High ranking officials of the Secret Da Vegan Code illuminati gathered this week in St James Park, London, UK to announce the launch of Meat Free Monday following in the steps of the Knights Templar No Meat on a Friday introduced by The Christian Church through our work many generations ago.

It was originally hoped that Fridays would be vegan and that people would reap the benefits of no meat and discover the goodsense. However people were duped into thinking that fish was not a living creature and thus notr meat andto this day many believe that vegetarians eat fish.

More luck it hoped with this Meat Free Mondays campaign by Paul McCartney and his family.

NB: There is no suggestion that Sir Paul McCartney or his family are living members of the secret society of vegans living da vegan code - all living members identities are secret. There is no suggestion that the following people in this AP photograph are conected with Da Vegan Code or involved in Da Vegan Code activities - that would just be a conspiracy theory.

As we get closer to 1:11:11 you will see more events of this nature as da vegan code prospers as per the prophecies of Da Vinci.

Vegan CookBook - Vegan DVD

Star Trek Diet Protection for Swine Flu

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:42:00 +0000

Star Trek Diet Protection for Swine Flu

Is this just a National Vegetarian Week publicity stunt or have the illuminii returned?

Can a Star Trek diet really protect against Swine Flu?

National Vegetarian Week 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:54:00 +0000

National Vegetarian Week 2009
the Code exposed in Londinium

New Vegan Magazine for World Vegan Day Nov 1st 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:22:00 +0000

- New Vegan Magazine launches on World Vegan Day Nov 1st 2008

A new independent vegan magazine titled ‘Off the Hoof’ is targeting these consumers with an irreverent, idiosyncratic cross between The Big Issue, Private Eye and Nuts or Loaded magazine. It’s due to be launched on World Vegan Day 1st November at a World Vegan Day festival in the Midlands. Off the Hoof

Pirate Pahaarrrty!

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:31:00 +0000

Pirate Pahaarrrty!

If near Reading you be - then this be fer ye

London Pirate Festival - 19-21 September

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:20:00 +0000

London Pirate Festival - 19-21 September

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:02:00 +0000

Dear Fellow Vegetarian Society members

Below are three motions that are being brought before the membership at this year’s Annual General Meeting of The Vegetarian Society on Saturday 20 September 2008. These motions all seek to rationalise the Society’s commercial activities, and to protect the Society from the potential for negative publicity, owing to its commercial interests and relationships with companies that many of us would see as less than ethical. One of the resolutions seeks to improve the welfare conditions of animals which produce Vegetarian Society ‘approved’ products.

If you are a member of the Society please try to attend this year’s AGM – even if you do not usually attend – to vote on these important matters and make a difference to the Society and to the welfare of animals. If you are unable to attend the AGM please consider sending your proxy vote to the Society – a form of words can be found below which you can print out, fill in and return to the address at the bottom of the form. You do not need to obtain a proxy form from the Society – this form of words will suffice. You can appoint any member who is attending the AGM to vote for you. If you do not know any other member(s) attending the AGM, and wish to vote in favour of the motions, you might consider naming one of the two proposers as your proxy. Please contact us for address and membership number details to complete the form – our contact details are at the bottom of this email. If you have any queries about these resolutions or would like additional information about the rationales please contact us and we will try to provide more information.

In addition to this information members might also like to consider that only one resolution will have a substantial effect on the Society’s income streams – the resolution to approve only dairy products and eggs that meet more humane standards for animal welfare. The Society is better able to afford to make this important ethical decision today than at any time in its 160 year history. The Society’s latest accounts are publicly available at www.vegsoc.org/members and show that the Society has net assets approaching £3.4m and net current assets of £1.5m. The Society has received £800,000 of a legacy that is expected to exceed £3m. In this unusually strong financial position it can afford a little largesse towards the animals producing egg and dairy foods. It is surely no more than those members leaving legacies to the Society would have expected from an ethical and above all compassionate registered charity.

Thank-you for taking the time to read this email – it is appreciated. It is impossible for us to reach all the members of the Society with our rationales without paying for a large mailing to the membership. We would be grateful, therefore, if you could forward this email to other members of the Society or to message boards/discussion groups where members of the Society are likely to be found. Thank-you.

Kind regards

Samantha (Sam) Calvert Tony Bishop-Weston (Tony Weston)
samcalvert@samcalvert.freeserve.co.uk tony@foodsforlife.org

Motion: That The Vegetarian Society should develop and enforce animal welfare and GM free criteria for egg laying hens and dairy animals and therefore products containing eggs and dairy products licensed to use the VSUK Seedling Symbol. These standards to be not lower than that of the ‘organic’ welfare standards as defined by the Soil Association.

Rationale: This motion seeks to rationalise the Society’s Seedling Symbol guidelines on ethical issues. It is illogical for the Society to have a rule about the welfare of hens, and even about the use of GM material, and yet not on the equally pertinent issue of the welfare of the nation’s dairy herds.

The Soil Association’s standard for hen welfare is higher than that of The Vegetarian Society’s – a fact that may surprise some members. For example, the current Vegetarian Society standard allows hens to be ‘tipped’ (tip of beak removed) and to be kept in larger flocks than the organic system. At present The Vegetarian Society can ‘approve’ dairy products produced by zero grazing (cattle housed indoors with no access to grass) and where the calves have been sent for continental veal or other intensively reared systems: practices that are forbidden in the Soil Association system.

It is also important that the Society is consistent regarding GMOs. If GM material is not suitable to be included in ‘approved’ products then surely it is not acceptable that it is fed it the dairy herds and laying hens that produce eggs and dairy that are approved by The Vegetarian Society either. Similarly, as the Society does not permit ‘Vegetarian Society approved’ laying hens to be fed animal or fish feeds then dairy animals producing Vegetarian Society approved products should not fed them either. The Vegetarian Society is aware that the Soil Association’s welfare standards are the highest of any UK accreditation system and admits as much on its own website (http://www.seedlingshowcase.com/corporate/faq_detail.asp?faqid=8); so acknowledging that it ‘approves’ many cruel practices in animal husbandry in the name of its membership.

More information on these issues and the guidance and views of a number of organisations – from animal welfare groups, to retailers, to those concerned about GM fed dairy cows can be found at the following links:

http://www.gmfreeze.org/page.asp?ID=257&iType=1083

http://www.fawc.org.uk/freedoms.htm

http://www.redtractor.org.uk/site/rt_page_wide.php?section_id=3&page_id

http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RSPCA/RSPCARedirect&pg=welfarestandards&marker=1&articleId=1125906255581

http://www.soilassociationscotland.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf/a71fa2b6e2b6d3e980256a6c004542b4/09c73a034b80306580257149004cb42f!OpenDocument

http://www.marksandspencer.com/gp/node/n/46589031

Motion: To avoid indirectly profiting from animal slaughter, VSUK Seedling Symbol income from companies that are not exclusively vegetarian, such as McDonald’s Corporation, should be ring-fenced to be spent on educational vegetarian or vegan projects.

Rationale: The Vegetarian Society currently licences many products and services to use the Seedling Symbol that are manufactured or supplied by companies that are not exclusively vegetarian.

The Society is vulnerable to criticism in obtaining part of its income in this way.

By ring fencing these monies for educational work fees from companies that are not fully in line with the primary objectives of the Society can be shown to be spent exclusively on promoting a compassionate and healthy vegetarian or vegan diet to the nation rather than on running costs for the Society such as administration or salaries.

This motion would not deprive the Society of its income stream but would ensure that all income from these sources is spent on promoting the Society’s charitable objectives.

Motion: That The Vegetarian Society change its Seedling Symbol logo, artwork and trademark so that no approbation of a product or service is implied. In particular the words ‘Vegetarian Society approved’ should be removed and replaced with ‘licensed by The Vegetarian Society’ or ‘registered with The Vegetarian Society.’

Rationale: The Vegetarian Society’s Seedling Symbol implies approval of a product or service by including the words ‘Vegetarian Society approved’. This is dangerous to the Society because it leads the public and food professionals to believe that the Society thinks that a product is ‘good, acceptable, satisfactory or right’. However the Society’s ‘approval’ confirms only that the product meets the criteria for such matters as vegetarian ingredients. It does NOT confirm that the service is good, that the food is healthy and well-balanced for a vegetarian diet, that dairy herds are treated well, that it tastes nice, that it is made with good-quality ingredients, that it is produced under fair-trade conditions, that the workers are well treated, that there is no child labour, that the company is not involved in producing other products that may be objectionable to vegetarians or that are routinely tested on animals, that the company does not have investments in other companies that may be objectionable to vegetarians nor that the product contains no poor-quality additives etc.

It is clearly not feasible to take on board every issue that may arise and it could be argued that it would be outside of the Society’s charitable remit to do so. However what the Society CAN do to protect itself is to ‘license’ or ‘register’ products and services – or use another term that does not imply approbation on behalf of its membership. This is the practice of both the Vegan Society and the Soil Association.

Proxy Form

To be valid a proxy document must be received at the Society’s registered office no later than 48 hours prior to the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the ballot or vote is to be taken. This means that it must reach Parkdale by the morning of Thursday 18 September 2008. Please print out and complete the document below. Please ensure that you have signed it and had it witnessed and that you send it by post and not email or fax. Thank-you.

The document appointing a proxy shall be in the following form:

I (full name) _______________________________________________

of (full address) _____________________________________________

a Member of The Vegetarian Society with Membership Number ___________

Hereby appoint (proxy Member’s Name)______________________________

a Member of The Vegetarian Society with Membership Number_________

of (proxy Member’s address) _____________________________________

and failing him/her The Chairperson of the Meeting referred to below …

to vote on my behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the Society to be held on the 20th day of September 2008 and at any subsequent adjournment during the validity of this proxy.

As witness my hand this _______ day of _______ 2008.

Signature ____________________________________________

Name (BLOCK CAPITALS) _______________________________________

Witnessed by (Signature) _________________________________________

Name (BLOCK CAPITALS)

Samantha Calvert Marketing & PR
e. samcalvert@samcalvert.freeserve.co.uk
t. 01782 505430
m. 07967 042050

Tuesday 1.11.11 All will be revealed

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:54:00 +0000

So what's so special about the 1:11:11 - Tuesday the 1st November 2011? It's all saints day but that happens every year. It's World Vegan Day but that's every year too. The Da Vegan Code legend states that the hundreth monkeysyndrome will invoke widespread realisation about veganism. There will be those who have the knowledge and those who do not.

The monkey looks into the pond and sees nothing but algae but then as the sun bursts from behind the clouds his eyes are opened he sees a sparkling life form with the DNA of all life forms hidden in the dark magical depths of the forest green pool, essential amino acids and long chain fatty acids DHA and EPA reveal themself to him personified as a guardian angel of life. This angel reveals to him a vision of all life living in harmony, where death and suffering and torture have evaporated into pure love for life and appreciation of the gift of giving and not taking. This is completing the circle of life takling us back to the begining of mankind in Eden where all seed baring plants and fruit baring trees were the true food

In binary 011 is one - the one, thus 01.11.11 - the first day of the one who comes from the first one

from which thus we get Vegan = 0101011001100101011001110110000101101110

01110011 represents the letter S a sacred letter in Da Vegan Writings

Semitic Šîn ("teeth") represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/ (as in ship). Greek did not have this sound, so the Greek sigma (Σ) came to represent /s/. The name "sigma" probably comes from the Arabic word "samak" (fish; spine)

Fish is a well known symbol for 'the one', sybolising a strong spine as oppose to weak which is where it's thought we get the term 'spineless' - (Opposite of one with great spine)

S may also symbolise a link to Samgak San a sacred mountain in South Korea that house the secret sacred Samgak San Shamanic Mountain-spirit Shrines

A 'harm none' universal law becomes the new standard of faith.

Angel of Truth?

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:20:00 +0000

The Media Prophet Oprah Winfrey is exploring veganism.

An esteemed member of the celebrity fraternity cannot fail to encourage others to follow this noble and illustrious path for betterment of people, planet and earthlings.

We wish you great fortune Oprah Winfrey and whilst we are sure Tom Cruises Mum's marshmallow brownies were delicious we aplaud you for having the power and determination to resist them and focus on the benefits to your health and the planet.

Da Vegan Code

Vegan Pirate T-Shirts

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:56:00 +0000

What more do you want?

Vegan Pirate T-shirt, beer mugs, bags and hats!

Vegan Pirate Shop

Britney Spears Pregnant

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:19:00 +0000

Rumours of Britney Spears' pregnancy are swooshing around the internet faster than pictures of Paris Hilton's new binkie beaver haircut.

Was this an imaculate inconception? Is she the masonic mesiah's mother? Is she the chosen one or the 'whoar' of babylon?

Why do so many people care if britney is pregnant? Will anyone even notice the arrival of the mesiah amongst such a viral fever of celebrity intoxication and obcession?

See Pictures of Britney pregnant

Quackiest Quack

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:14:00 +0000

Mirror Mirror on the wall - who's the quackiest quack of them all?

Happy World Vegan Day

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:11:00 +0000

Wishing you very best wishes for an ethical, environmentally friendly and healthy

World Vegan Day - 1st November

PASS IT ON!

If you do nothing else, please vote in the World Vegan Day poll and please sign the petition

For Life, Health, Planet

WorldVegan Day Petition

World Vegan Day Poll

World Vegan Day Veganize a Pizza Campaign

World Vegan Day 1st November

National Vegetarian week

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:34:00 +0000

National Vegetarian week beckons non vegetarians once again.

For you who have not yet seen the light of the vegan way and the veritable benefits that befall the environment, life on earth and the quality of your health then your chance is upon you once more.

Visit your locale seller of health foods and be inquisitive about new products.

There is a green feast to be had.

If you hunger for more inspiration then please, you are urged to visit The Vegan Festival in Bristol, Southampton or London.

Vegan Pirates o the Carob Bean

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:13:00 +0000

The Vegan Pirates o The Carob Bean Forum confirm that "they be followin the ways o Da Vegan Code" and have a new forum to "encourage folks to be talkin like a pirate"

Win Stuff in Vegan Competitions

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 24 May 2006 13:19:00 +0000

Crack the vegan codes to win stuff in National Vegetarian Week Competitions

You can win Vegan Chocolate from Plamil Foods, Vegan DHA & EPA from V Pure, and a host of brain boosting foods from The Food Doctor.

Just visit www.vegsoc.org/competitions for your chances.

Symbols of Da Vegan Code are all around us.

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Tue, 02 May 2006 15:34:00 +0000

Da Vegan code is all around us some just choose not to see. Chosen for it's perfect opposing spirals in a perfect Golden ratio of Phi 1.618 in the Fibonacci sequence, the Da Vegan Code sunflower symbol is all around us.

As well appearing on well known household products from Pure Sunflower Spread - to Original Source Shower Gel or Plamil Chocolate Da Vegan Code is at work providing solutions to environmental issues too.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Sunflower oil boost to car future: "As petroleum supplies gradually dwindle and the impacts of global warming become more pressing, the arguments in the eyes of some people for moving from an oil-based economy to one based on hydrogen become more and more persuasive.

'The production of hydrogen from biomass and bio-oils represents a realistic renewable source,' said Dr Andrew Moss, a member of the research team at Leeds.
'This particular process could enable hydrogen to be produced from vegetable-oil-derived materials by either stationary fuel processors, or even on-board processors in fuel-cell cars.'

These cars of the future would have a tank full of sunflower oil, or some other bio-oil, that would be turned into hydrogen as you drove along. The hydrogen would power the fuel-cell motor - the gas being combined with oxygen in the cell to produce electricity and water.

Did Leonardo Da Vinci follow Vegan code?

noreply@blogger.com (Tony - FoodsforLife) — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:00:00 +0000

O Draconian Devil - Leonardo Da Vinci: "It is apparent from the works of Leonardo and his early biographers that he was a man of high integrity and very sensitive to moral issues. His respect for life led him to being a vegetarian at least part of his life (although, the term 'vegan' would fit him well, he even entertained the notion that taking milk from cows amounts to stealing. Under the heading, 'Of the beasts from whom cheese is made,' he answers, 'the milk will be taken from the tiny children.' Citation needed). Vasari reports a story that as a young man in Florence he often bought caged birds just to release them. He was also a respected judge on matters of beauty and elegance, particularly in the creation of pageants."

A veganic code of ethics indeed. - Da Vegan Code

The Da Vegan Code

Events, London, What's on Nov 1st

Vegan MoFo III (2009 Edition)

Peace One Day: Peace One Day – 21 September 2009

Meat Free 5 A Day Day in Croydon

Free - Vegan Magazine

Water-Cooled Supercomputer Doubles as Dorm Space Heater | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

World Vegan Day 2009

What? World Vegan Dayis an opportunity for vegans and their friends to celebrate and promoteveganism

When? World Vegan Dayis every year on November 1st (since 1994)

Why? The world's firstVegan Society was born on November 1st 1944 - started by DonaldWatson and friends.

Where? World Vegan Dayis celebrated internationally all over the world.

How? World Vegan Dayis celebrated in many different ways,

from asimple birthday party to a full vegan festival with exhibitions ofvegan food and products, talks on nutrition and cooking demonstrations.

Meat Free Monday Replaces Meat Free Friday

Star Trek Diet Protection for Swine Flu

National Vegetarian Week 2009

New Vegan Magazine for World Vegan Day Nov 1st 2008

Pirate Pahaarrrty!

London Pirate Festival - 19-21 September

Tuesday 1.11.11 All will be revealed

Angel of Truth?

Vegan Pirate T-Shirts

Britney Spears Pregnant

Quackiest Quack

Happy World Vegan Day

National Vegetarian week

Vegan Pirates o the Carob Bean

Win Stuff in Vegan Competitions

Symbols of Da Vegan Code are all around us.

Did Leonardo Da Vinci follow Vegan code?

What? World Vegan Day
is an opportunity for vegans and their friends to celebrate and promote
veganism

When? World Vegan Day
is every year on November 1st (since 1994)

Why? The world's first
Vegan Society was born on November 1st 1944 - started by Donald
Watson and friends.

Where? World Vegan Day
is celebrated internationally all over the world.

How? World Vegan Day
is celebrated in many different ways,

from a
simple birthday party to a full vegan festival with exhibitions of
vegan food and products, talks on nutrition and cooking demonstrations.