{"id":20432,"date":"2017-02-09T12:47:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T12:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=20432"},"modified":"2017-02-09T12:47:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T12:47:19","slug":"over-two-thousand-people-participated-in-cardiff-viva-vegan-festival-held-in-cardiff-city-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/over-two-thousand-people-participated-in-cardiff-viva-vegan-festival-held-in-cardiff-city-hall","title":{"rendered":"Interest in vegan products is bigger than ever, according to Viva! Vegan Festival organiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1\"><strong>A fever of Going Vegan has been sweeping over Cardiff\u00a0with a whole range of diversified stores, vegan food as well as informative and inspiring events on animal rights and protection.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rising interest in vegan products has given\u00a0thousands of people a golden chance to experience an original vegan life style in Cardiff last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Organised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viva.org.uk\/\">Viva!<\/a>, an animal protection charity, the event attracted 2,046 people with a wide range of stalls with vegan-related items and activities according to statistics from the ticket office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe vegan market in the past years has just exploded and our events are definitely getting bigger. This year we have over 85 stores here, which is much larger than the Bristol event in last year November,&#8221; said\u00a0Sophie Delarny, the event manager of\u00a0this year\u2019s vegan festival tour.<\/p>\n<p>As a famous charity organization fighting for animal rights, ending animal suffering and promoting vegan lifestyle, Viva! is aiming to expand its vegan festival scale and is putting it into practice.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20563\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00304-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"Participants would get a cheerful and warm introduction of the vegan festival at the reception.\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00304-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"Participants would get a cheerful and warm introduction of the vegan festival at the reception.\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Participants would get a cheerful and warm introduction of the vegan festival at the reception.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs an animal campaign charity, our aim is to end the suffering of animals. So one of our strategies is to promote veganism in as many ways as possible and festival seems to be the most positive way to do that. We want the non-vegans to come to this event and see all the amazing food they can eat and show them every positive aspect of being a vegan,&#8221; Ms\u00a0Delarny added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20649\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20649 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00277-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00277\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20649 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00277-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00277\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Viva! Life magazines presented on the table are packed full of information about latest campaigns, vegan recipes, vegan lifestyle articles, etc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Cardiff Vegan Festival got lots of positive information and support from the public. Roger Roberts is one of those who is contributing to the preparation of this festival. Mr Roberts is a cyclist who is in September 2017celebrating a third-of-a-century (34 years) of being vegan by cycling 969 miles from Land&#8217;s End to John O&#8217;Groats for Viva!<\/p>\n<p>Roger Roberts said: &#8220;Viva! is a good defender of animals. Obviously, they make people aware of the suffering of animals that goes on. Viva! just seems to be a good organisation to support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20602\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20602 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00300-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00300\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20602 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00300-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00300\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Roger Roberts and his bicycle went through an arduous journey for his fundraising project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guy Harper, another big supporter of Viva!, started a voiceless challenge to speak up for any beings &#8211; people or animals &#8211; who cannot speak up for themselves. His challenge has been a wonderful demonstration of what individual\u00a0who cares about animals and the planet can do to raise awareness of the reasons why people go vegan.<\/p>\n<p>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Everything vegan you can imagine could be found in Cardiff Viva! Vegan Festival: from cruelty-free cosmetics, all sorts of vegan food to NGOs, cuddly toys as well as books and magazines. The whole city hall was filled up with an inspiring atmosphere of \u201cGo Vegan\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20650\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20650 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00282-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00282\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20650 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00282-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00282\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> These soaps are all made with non-animal materials.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">pleased with my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AcornVegetarian\">@AcornVegetarian<\/a> new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cookbooks?src=hash\">#cookbooks<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vivacampaigns\">@vivacampaigns<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityHallCardiff\">@CityHallCardiff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/veganfestival?src=hash\">#veganfestival<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wales?src=hash\">#wales<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/truffles?src=hash\">#truffles<\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/awesome?src=hash\">#awesome<\/a> too <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bCXxdsepU2\">pic.twitter.com\/bCXxdsepU2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 shaheen (@SeasonalShaheen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeasonalShaheen\/status\/827895094149861376\">February 4, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve been vegan for 12 years. To me, veganism is for animal rights. It&#8217;s about drawing attention fighting for this,\u201d said Alex CF, an artist, who sells aggressive T-shirts to raise fund for animal rights and animal welfare charities, \u201cI feel like if I believe in this but I\u2019m not doing this, then I\u2019m laying myself down; I\u2019m a hypocrite. That\u2019s why I become a vegan and I never look back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20565\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20565 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00293-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00293\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20565 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00293-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00293\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> &#8220;It&#8217;s a four-hour work to make these T-shirts every day. But it&#8217;s fun and I really enjoy it,&#8221; said Alex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For those who are vegetarian or who are just on their way of going vegan, this festival is a great feast to get every\u00a0information, inspiration, support and guide that\u00a0you would need to be a vegan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gillian Browning, a nutritionist and a vegetarian for nearly 20 years who lives in South Africa most of time, said: \u201cI\u2019m a vegetarian with a meat-eating family. I do this mainly for animal rights and that&#8217;s really hard to stay this. I think you need to be able to decide for yourself and not listen to other people tell you what to do. I believe you can feel what\u2019s right for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cardiff?src=hash\">#Cardiff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VivaVeganFestival?src=hash\">#VivaVeganFestival<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityHallCardiff\">@CityHallCardiff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vivacampaigns\">@vivacampaigns<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uchhEwSsZD\">https:\/\/t.co\/uchhEwSsZD<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wales?src=hash\">#Wales<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cymru?src=hash\">#Cymru<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vegetarian?src=hash\">#vegetarian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vegan?src=hash\">#vegan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cE4oUezY9S\">pic.twitter.com\/cE4oUezY9S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 shaheen (@SeasonalShaheen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeasonalShaheen\/status\/828673059355779072\">February 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A series of talks were held in one of guest rooms to give required information and professional guide to the participants. As Ms Delarny stated, this festival is aiming to inspire as many people as possible and change the way people think about veganism.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20571\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-20571 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00323-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00323\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20571 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/DSC00323-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00323\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Tony Wardle, the associate director, was giving a lecture on Dairy, Beef and Bullshit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no better place than this vegan festival for a newborn vegetarian. \u201cI started to be a vegetarian after I came to the UK. It\u2019s kind of like I got educated by the cultural and social environment here. Being a vegetarian is extremely hard in China because we don\u2019t have such awareness, we don\u2019t really understand what veganism means to the animals, the environment and our own health,\u201d said Yiling Shi, a postgraduate at Bristol University, traveling to the Cardiff Viva! Vegan Festival in the early morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI\u2019m determined to be a vegan one day but I need to take it slow. My dream is to set up my own farm in the future and I got this idea from a raw vegan Alice, a famous Youtuber. And I hope I can get something inspiring on this festival today as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23533\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/new-piktochart_22100541_6d596407a205784017295cb9f695ebd8729a076f-625x1294.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"1294\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23533\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/new-piktochart_22100541_6d596407a205784017295cb9f695ebd8729a076f-625x1294.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"1294\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Cardiff Viva! Vegan Festival was the first stop of the year-long on-going tour of the Viva! Vegan Festival in UK.<\/span> Want to be a vegan as well? Check their homepage for more festivals and events and get yourself started:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viva.org.uk\/festivals\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/www.viva.org.uk\/festivals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to get some inspirations and become a true vegan? 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