Saturday 19th-Sunday 20th May Register for your FREE tickets (otherwise £10 on the day) to the Holistic Health Show in the NEC Birmingham. This exhibition is regarded by many as the UK's premier complementary therapy and holistic healing show
Friday 7th June to Sunday 9th June The Allergy and Free from Show, London Olympia, the UK’s largest annual gathering for people living with allergies, food intolerances, chemical sensitivities and skin/respiratory conditions. Also on Facebook. Free tickets for everyone
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park begins to re-open, and will doing so in stages until mid-2014 To win tickets for the Park in Progress Tour Lee Valley Park is on Facebook and Twitter
Very informative website that lists all of the "Food Weeks" across the United States, fixed dates each year and variable events. Some UK Food Festivals are also publicized. There are also Food Reference and Book Reviews; History, Trivia, Festivals, Cookery Schools and Recipes
The C40 is a network of the world's largest cities committed to implementing sustainable climate-related policies locally to help address concerns globally. Twitter @c40cities
The Anaphylaxis Campaign is the only UK wide charity to meet the needs of the growing numbers of people at risk from severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) by providing information and support relating to foods and other triggers such as latex, drugs and insect stings
The British Acupuncture Council. is the UK's main regulatory body for the practice of acupuncture. Over 2,800 professionally qualified acupuncturists are registered
West London based "CROC" is an active group of share-holder residents. The website contains helpful tips for other unfortunate leaseholders. Why reinvent wheels? They explain how to challenge someone who is suspected of "enhancing their own qualifications"
Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) and Trading Standards Officers (TSOs) are employed by local Councils (UK Local Government). On these you can find relevant Press Releases and a broader overview of the work of EHOs and TSOs. Environmental Health Officers enforce the quality of hygiene in British food shops and restaurants, and outside London they often oversee farm animal welfare, including abattoir conditions. Outside London, Trading Standards Officers enforce the farm animal welfare regulations, including slaughter house regulations. TSOs are the starting point for querying mislabelled, or misleading product descriptions, and they investigate, and enforce the law when non-organic food products are passed off as organic, Richmond-upon-Thames being one of the leading prosecutors in this respect. Trading Standards Officers enforce the law on underweight, or out-of-date, food purchases. They verify the quality of awarded qualifications, and whether a person may have "enhancing their own qualifications" TSOs investigate the growing number of web-based university, and qualification-awarding websites, and close down the scams
This link is to the list of individual contacts for administrative sections of the Food Standards Agency. These include the Allergy and Food Intolerance Research group and the Vegetarian and Vegan Labelling section.
Leatherhead Homeopathic Group meets on Wednesday afternoons: tel +44 (0)1372 372348. A large, active local group for those interested in homeopathy the group publishes a bi-monthly Newsletter Details 3, Elm Drive, Leatherhead, KT22 8EX
There is a similarly active local group in nearby Epsom
Leatherhead is a market town just outside the Greater London area in Surrey. On Wednesdays a French market is held in Leatherhead
Growing your own vegetables in your backyard is a great way to ensure there are no pesticides used in your food. Whether you have a large house with a shed in the backyard or you live in a small apartment , it is possible to grow your own organic vegetables. This is a great convenience for vegetarians and vegans who often choose to eat only organic vegetables and fruits
This "world clock" charts the incidence of disease, and is constantly updated with information on world population, births, deaths illness patterns. This documents vividly the rise of the numbers of sufferers of diet-related diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular illness
February 2010: Every year Dr. Gregor reviews the world’s scientific nutrition literature for ground breaking developments that he compiles into an annual Latest in Nutrition talk
Michael Gregor recorded his most recent talks on 90-minute DVDs, and he has offered to send copies of these regular mail together with a copy of his DVD on Bird Flu to any IVU (International Vegetarian Union) member organisation. You can contact Michael Gregor and subscribe to his free electronic Newsletter.
February, 2009: Michael Gregor published two articles in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. They are available free, full-text.
The (US) Association for Holistic Health, incorporating the Chronicle of Holistic Health and The Foundation of the Healthcare of the Future . Delray Beach, FL 33482, USA
Using this helpful feature you enter a food, a food combination or drink into the "Search a Term" box. Use the singular of the search word - e.g. USE bilberry NOT "bilberries". Click "nutrition value", and the nutritional breakdown is displayed, just as it would be on a product label
The George Mateljan Foundation is a non-profit organization without commercial influences. It provides FREE, unbiased scientific information about nutrient-rich foods
MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers), P.O. Box 541688, Dallas, TX75354-1688, USA. 1-800-438-6233. In the US over 5,000 young people are killed each year in this manner
Non-Profit Directory CD contains more than 85,000 Non-Profit
Organizations and Foundations located in the United States and Canada. Fully searchable. There is a wealth of information to either finance your next project, or team up with other organizations through Non-Profit. To order please call: 00 1 450-224-9275: CD costs around US$150.
84 minute Australian-made film released in December 2008. A Delicate Balance can be viewed on-line at a cost of US$4.95 per viewing. It documented the latest discoveries of prominent experts on nutrition. Over 50 years of research explains the mysteries behind the disease epidemic that has struck affluent countries. Now 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women are diagnosed with some form of cancer.
Hasslet in Belgium and San Paola in Brazil copied this. In the US and the UK there is the The Meatless Monday campaign supported by Sir Paul McCartney, with Dr. Pachauri
Ghana : East Africa's first Vegetarian/Vegan Library opened in May 2008 in Assase Pa, Ghana’s original vegetarian restaurant based in Accra. The beautifully restored building in the middle of Accra make the Library an attractive Centre for Learning
Francis Amanyo a vegan in Ghana running a vegan-vegetarian restaurant selling tofu, soya ice creams; pizza, salads etc. Phone 233 243 22 75 90 for details. We are not endorsing this person but do want to help!
A vegetarian magazine in Japan. The editor is vegetarian and wants to raise awareness for veg-related businesses in Japan
Professor Dr. Mitsuru Kakimoto, the President of the Japan Vegetarian Society, has a research paper in the prestigious Japanese Journal of Clinical Nutrition, No. 4 (2009), entitled "Vegetarianism and Vegetarian Diets - History and Types". All international airlines offer vegetarian options for the airline meals. The author discusses the various types of vegetarians, and explains that the IVU's definition of vegetarian includes vegans, lacto vegetarians and lacto-ovo vegetarians. The following issue of the Japanese Journal of Clinical Nutrition will carry an article on vegetarian diets in hospitals
Portugal: Dr. M. Rodrigues Pereira is an HIV activist, founder and former President of ABRACO (Portugal's first HIV/AIDS Non Government Organization or NGO). He has been HIV POSITIVE for over 18 years.
