Viva! - Vegetarians International Voice for Animals

Cookery Demonstrations

Location: Raised dais area of main hall (see floorplan)

10.50-11.30am

Meals in Minutes – using Meatless Meats
by Rose Elliot
Summer Salad with Redwood ‘Bacon’ Dressing
‘Beef’ Grills with Rich Onion Gravy
Redwood Vegi Deli Cheatin’ ‘Chicken’ in Mushroom Cream Sauce
And ideas for using Redwood ‘Cheatin’ meats’ and the Fry’s range of meatless meats

Noon-12.40pm

Everything you Ever Wanted to ask about Tofu but Didn’t Dare Ask
(featuring low cholesterol cooking)
by Rose Elliot
Roasted Tofu with Satay Sauce
Quick Tofu Curry with Peas
Apricot and Orange Fool

1-1.50pm

Converting Carnivores! Easy vegan cooking that leaves even the meatiest appetite begging for more! Integrating a talk “Why I’m vegan”
by Heather Mills, Viva! Patron

2.10-2.40pm

Fast, Fresh and Fabulous – Low GI Vegan Recipes for Slimming and
Health
by Rose Elliot
Warm Salad of Quinoa, Beetroot and Caramelised Red Onions
Best ever (and easiest) Chilli
Mediterranean Bean Pate

3-3.30pm

Going Wild! Simple, imaginative and delicious recipes using wild foods
by Andrew Sartain
Rock Samphire Marmalade
Marsh Samphire & Fairy Ring Mushroom Salad with Toasted Sunflower Seeds and a Mugi Miso Dressing
Wild Sea Beet, Sea Purslane & Birch Sap Risotto with Crispy Tempeh
Elderflower Fritters with Elderflower & Birch Syrup Glace

3.45-4.30pm

How to be Dairy-Free!
by Rose Elliot
Talking about, and showing, replacements for dairy foods – such as Plamil egg-free mayonnaise, chocolates and alternatives to dairy milks; creams; Redwoods Cheezly range and many others as well as cooking some lovely, easy recipes.
Pears with Mustard ‘Cream’ Dressing
Asparagus Gratin with home-made tastiest-ever non-dairy ‘Cheese’ Sauce
Chocolate Torte

ALSO: 1-1.30pm

Book Signings by Rose Elliot at the Viva! merchandise stand. Your chance to buy, and have signed, a recipe book by the queen of vegetarian and vegan cookery. Rose is also a Viva! Patron!

Speakers

Lecture Theatre, Conference Centre

10.20-10.50am

End of the Line? A Fascinating and Revealing Insight into What will Happen to the World if it Continues to be Overfished
Tony Wardle, Associate Director of Viva! and Editor of VeggieHealth and Viva!LIFE

10.55-11.20am

Fish is not a Health Food! Why Plant-Based Omega-3 Fats are Better for your Health
Dr Justine Butler, Senior Health campaigner, the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation

11.30-12.20pm

Stopping Cancer Before It Starts: Diet and Cancer Prevention
Dr Michael Greger, General Practitioner specialising in Clinical Nutrition, author and Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States

12.30-1.05pm

Why You Don’t Need Dairy
Juliet Gellatley, founder and Director of Viva! and the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation

1.10-1.50pm

Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer – How to Understand, Prevent and
Beat Them. And Why No Dairy is Best
Professor Jane Plant, top scientist and author of best sellers such as The Plant Programme, Prostate Cancer,Osteoporosis and Your Life in Your Hands

2-2.50pm

Surviving the Next Pandemic: Bird Flu and Other Emerging Infectious
Diseases
Dr Michael Greger, GP, author and Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States

3-3.45pm

Human and Animal Rights – Why They are Inextricably Bound Together
Michael Mansfield QC, Britain’s top defence barrister and Patron of Viva!

4-4.50pm

The V-Plan Diet. Where V means veggie, vitality, and VICTORY! Find out
how vegan diets spark weight loss whilst keeping hunger at bay
Amanda Woodvine, Nutritionist, the Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation

Rooms 21-23, Conference Centre

11-11.40am

Life Begins at 40? The Foods to Eat to Ease You through the Menopause
Amanda Woodvine, Nutritionist, the Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation

12-12.45pm

CELEBRITY AUCTION hosted by TV Presenter Wendy Turner Webster
Your chance to buy rare and signed items – all funds go to Viva!

1-1.45pm

Juiced!… Prepare to be Inspired (a talk and juicing session!)
Jason Vale – The Juice Master and best-selling author on juicing, health and addiction

2-2.50pm

Gut Wrenching! How Bowel Cancer, Crohn's disease, IBS, Indigestion,
Constipation, Leaky Gut, Autoimmune Diseases and Food Intolerances are linked to Meat and Dairy consumption. And How to Eat Your Way to Better Health
Rebecca Edwards, BA, Naturopath and Nutrition Lecturer with the College of Naturopathic Nutrition

3-3.45pm

Soya Saga: the Health Benefits and Supposed Risks of Soya. The Science Analysed and Explained!
Dr Justine Butler, Senior Health Campaigner, the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation

4-4.40pm

The Planet and Its People. Why our Political and Corporate Leaders are Destroying the World in the Name of Profit and Why our Diet is so Critical to the Solution
Tony Wardle, Associate Director of Viva! and Editor of Viva!LIFE and VeggieHealth

Room 33, Conference Centre

10.45-11.15am

Action for Animals! (If you’re already vegetarian or vegan and want to do more to help animals come along to this talk and workshop. Be inspired and save (more) lives!)
Ursula Bates, Viva! local contact

11.30-12.20pm

Going Veggie – the Way to Health, Happiness and Better Sex!
(Features Not In My Name – a celebrity film on going veggie and how changing your diet helps save animals, your health and the planet.)
Justin Kerswell, Campaigns Manager, Viva!

2-2.40pm

Healthy Veggie Diets for Children (and Adults!). What is a healthy diet?
(An informative and myth-busting talk on why veggie diets are the healthiest diets not just for adults but kids too)
Juliet Gellatley, founder & Director of Viva! and the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation

3-3.40pm

Viva! – Victory for the animals! An inspiring look at Viva!’s successes and what the future holds
Justin Kerswell, Campaigns Manager, Viva!

4-4.40pm

How to go Veggie: practical tips on going veggie or vegan in a carnivorous world!
Terry Woods, Viva! local contact