Season to Taste

National Vegetarian Week 21 - 27 May 2007

Season to Taste is The Vegetarian Society's new recipe collection designed to minimise the impact of our food on the planet and celebrate National Vegetarian Week (21 -27 May) 2007. Packed with scrumptious seasonal delights that cut down on 'food miles', the twelve monthly recipes prove that you can look after your taste buds as well as the environment! Free copies of the booklet, along with a wide range of other information and resources, are available by calling 0161 925 2000, or visit www.vegsoc.org to find out more.

May's offering - Warm New Potato and Asparagus Salad:
features English Asparagus (uniquely both grown and eaten exclusively in the UK), walnuts and goat's cheese.

Everyone's talking about climate change so The Vegetarian Society is urging vegetarians to go even greener by eating seasonal, UK-grown produce for the fifteenth National Vegetarian Week.

Another new booklet will be published by The Vegetarian Society in May. It explains why vegetarians' meat and fish-free lifestyle reduces their impact on the environment through reduced greenhouse gases, water pollution and land use.

National Vegetarian Week is co-ordinated by The Vegetarian Society but includes events and activities organised independently by local vegetarian groups, eateries, schools and businesses across the nation.

NOTES TO EDITORS

National Vegetarian Week 2007 artwork

Please download from www.vegsoc.org/nvw or contact Su Taylor in the Press Office on 0161 925 2000 or press@vegsoc.org.

Outside office hours The Vegetarian Society Press Office can be contacted on 07973 108 167. Alternatively visit the website for lots more information at www.vegsoc.org/nvw

The Vegetarian Society defines a vegetarian as a person who eats no meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea. Vegetarians also avoid the by-products of slaughter such as gelatine or animal rennet in cheese. The Society only approves products containing eggs when they are free-range.