Food for Thought from Stella McCartney and The Vegetarian Society

January 18th, 2002

Whatever your reason for considering a meat-free lifestyle, it's really important to have the right information. Food for Thought - a guide to going and staying veggie is a brand new, 20 page introduction for would-be veggies and is completely free. The booklet has a foreword by Stella McCartney and shows how easy being meat-free is, with healthy eating advice, tips, simple steps and fresh ideas to shake up your kitchen. To get your copy of Food for Thought call The Vegetarian Society, a registered educational charity, on 0161 925 2000 and discover a diet for a kinder world.

Stella McCartney, patron of The Vegetarian Society, says: "Many thousands of people are rejecting traditional meat-based meals in favour of something that's fresh, delicious, satisfying, healthy, kinder and good for the environment. Vegetarian food offers this and so much more … Welcome to the most talked about, fastest growing food trend of the new millennium - vegetarianism."

Food for Thought includes one or two fantastic recipes so you can take the veggie taste test. Get cooking with affordable, accessible and simple to make main course and snack ideas.

The Vegetarian Society is the oldest vegetarian organisation in the world. It offers an independent voice able to promote and provide information on vegetarianism. National Vegetarian Week 2002 - A Whole World of Taste runs from the 8th - 14th July, call The Vegetarian Society on 0161 925 2000 or visit www.vegsoc.org/nvw for more information.

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Notes to editors:

~ For more press information please contact Su Taylor, Press Officer, on 0161 925 2012 or Samantha Calvert, Head of Marketing and Public Relations, on 0161 925 2013.

~ Out of office hours The Vegetarian Society Press Office can be contacted on
07973 108167 (Samantha) or 07973 108165 (Su).

~ To obtain an image of Stella McCartney please contact Su in the press office.

~ For food photography from Food for Thought please contact Su in the press office. Recipes available: Roast Vegetables and Green Lentil and Vegetable Bolognese.

~ If you would like to receive press releases via e-mail from The Vegetarian Society please contact su@vegsoc.org

~ Around 2000 people a week are joining the veggie revolution. Currently around 5% of the adult population are vegetarian - that's double the number from ten years ago!

~ National Vegetarian Week 2002 -- A Whole World of Taste -- will run from the 8th ~ 14th July. It's the ideal time to focus on all things veggie and National Vegetarian Week 2002 will be dipping into world cuisine to tempt everyone's taste buds with international flavours -- showing the adaptability, depth and range of veggie food.