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“This will be my last issue at the helm of VC. Over the years that
I’ve had the blessing to work with this disparate crew of madyins
I’ve learnt an incredible amount. From turning a magazine around in
Note
a couple weeks to organising massive festivals which are borne
out of a chat over a cup of tea and a desire to see something
positive in our environment”
KATHRYN BLAKE
There as many reasons to embrace the winter months as there are excuses to stay
indoors and memes about pumpkin spice lattes. But the dreich days and nights don’t
have to lend themselves to moping and longing for warmer weather. The pace of the
next few months might seem hectic but can be used for quiet reflection of the year gone,
and a space to think where you’d like to go, what you’d like to see change.
Contents
02 Editors Note
16 Winter Warmer Drinks
Our featured interviews with the passionate women behind the businesses that make
up the vegan market are what really draws this issue together. They are the change, in
their aim to inspire through ethical business, to put forward passion before profit. This issue
we’re essentially going back to basics and telling you all to refocus on what it actually
means, this whole vegan thing. As VC gets bigger, we want to remain true to what we set
out to do. Connect and inspire people through positive, realistic acceptance, and tolerance
of everyone and everything which more often than not means having to fight your corner
and start difficult conversations. Making the change to go vegan and having then to defend
and justify it till the cows come home (lol) is something our lifestyle editor, Josh, writes about
this issue. How to encourage empathy, acceptance, tolerance through genuine humanity
and just a little humour.
It might appear odd at first amongst all of this heavy chat to give space to present
buying and gift guides. But in gift giving there stands the elements of our radical proposal:
to give more of what you would like to see in the world. This doesn’t have to be monetary.
Charitable gifts are suggested by our environment editor as an eco alternative to a plastic
wrapped Christmas, but gift giving doesn’t have to be monetary at all and our music round
up celebrates the true spirit of christmas by way of a few black metal stocking fillers.
This will be my last issue at the helm of VC. Over the years that I’ve had the blessing to
work with this disparate crew of madyins I’ve learnt an incredible amount. From turning a
magazine around in a couple weeks to organising massive festivals which are borne out of
a chat over a cup of tea and a desire to see something positive in our environment. Vegan
Connections is small but mighty. Its outreach far surpasses what was ever anticipated and it
continues to grow. I’m proud of it, of everyone that writes, edits, reads the mag, scrolls online,
wanders down to our festivals and supports us in all the myriad small ways that they do.
In my last act, I’d like to say thank you and welcome as many of you as possible to our
market at Glasgow’s BAaD this December. Details will be announced throughout the coming
months so keep an eye out on www.vegan-connections.com where we’ll also be uploading
news and more full length features.
04 Rekindle clothing
06 Saving Face. Vegan Skincare
for Winter Skin Woes
08 Boodi jewellery
09 Let the Good Times Roll
10 If tofu be the food of love swipe on
12 The Roaming Vegan Baker.
14 Roasted Squash & Celeriac Soup
by Laurianne Gateau
16 Salted Caramel Protein Brownies Recipe
17 Loop & Scoop Review
20 Taste it don’t waste it
21 Huel Review
22 Music editors choice
24 In Review
26 The Gift of Giving
28 How minimalism can help you keep your
cool this holiday season
30 What the F*ck is a Nut Roast .
A Vegan Connections Guide to Christmas
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