Welcome to the Vegan and Vegetarian Guide to the Thames Valley - the most comprehensive and up-to-date on the web.

Starter 1 Thames Valley Vegans and Vegetarians are a social and active vegetarian group based around Reading. We love food and socialising and are one of the largest and most popular vegetarian groups in the UK. So join in just by booking to come along to one of our events.

We also promote vegetarianism through encouraging local businesses, communicating with local press, school talks, raising funds for the various vegetarian organisations and spreading the word.

News

Mountain Biking and Walking Weekend

Woods in the Chiltern Hills - photo by S&S in May 2006

Thames Valley Veggies is hosting the next Vegan Fitness mountain biking and walking weekend. And we're celebrating World Animal Day in the process.

Food fair showcases Vegan diet in Oxford

A Vegan Food Fair in Oxford aims to show that a diet free of meat, fish and animal produce is the height of good taste.

Check out this story on www.oxfordmail.net.

Tragedy strikes at Reading Cycle Club

Antony Maynard

Two riders of the Reading CC were involved in a road traffic accident near Henley (Oxfordshire, UK) last Thursday evening. Anthony Maynard died at the scene, while Dave Ivory is in hospital. The club is in mourning about the loss of Maynard and is hoping for a speedy recovery of Ivory.

Consumers misled over animal testing says UK charity

Consumers would boycott beauty products if they were aware that their ingredients had been tested on animals, according to a UK-based animal welfare group Uncaged.

Check out this story on www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com.

  • Introducing the cheese mite
  • Frozen party food galore!

    Having a party? There are some excellent solutions locally that we've discovered - frozen vegan nibbles that you cook up quickly on the day. Read on ....

  • Cafe Iguana is no more Was Cafe Igunan

    Cafe Iguana will not reopen. The fate of bar Iguana (which was never particularly veggie) is unknown.

    The premises are being fitted out as a shop. The cafe was not great as it was overpriced and badly run, but it was friendly and it was veggie! So we are sad to see it go. It did a good trade despite such bad reviews and high prices, which goes to show that there's a strong market for a veggie cafe in Reading.

  • BUAV: Animal testing survey puts Henley candidates under the spotlight

    Henley by-election candidates from all five main political parties are considering their views on animal testing after being contacted by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV).

  • Our diet of destruction

    Huge areas of the Amazon rainforest are being cut down to satisfy global demand for soya. But how did this crop and a handful of others come to dominate our diet so completely?