Croydon Eco Veggie Fayre
Sunday November 1st 2009 from 11am till 6pm - admission only £3 for adults and £1 for kids and OAPs. The venue is The Fairfiled Halls Park Lane Croydon CR9 1DG
Thanks For Coming!!
Thanks to everyone who came - a really warm vibe all day long with loads going on. A huge deluge of rain all morning didnt help but nearly a thousand turned out for the event - well worthwhile. Big thanks to the Fairfield Halls for all their help, also to Croydon BID and especially Liz for her work in the beginning especially, and of course to our co hosts Tony and Yvonne from Foods For Life, and of course our sponsors Beanies, Plamil and the Vegan Society!poetry competition - Winners announced
check out the winning poems
http://croydon.ecoveggiefayre.co.uk/cinema
Cinema showing The Age Of Stupid at 2pm
The Age of Stupid is an award winning film that is an essential watch for everyone - dealing with climate change in the most dramatic fashion. Not to be missed!!! On at 2pm in The Green Room - with A Delicate Balance screening at 5pm, after legendary Jamaican poet Yasus Afari live at 3.45pm
'ave it!!
Off The Hoof - Issue 5 out now - Download For Free
Issue 5 is now available free to download - all 100 pages, inclduing the Noah's Ark report.
Stalls sold out!
A sensational selection of the best of the veggie lefstyle! Over 50 stalls now allocated - thats it - show's full
check our stallholders list for the main players as well as the special offers page on the right hand menu
http://croydon.ecoveggiefayre.co.uk/stallholders
After Show Party
The Green Dragon Pub at the end of Surrey Street in Croydon High street have promised a special World Vegan Day Sunday Dinner Menu to go with your green pint and music too! http://www.greendragoncroydon.co.uk
And f you fancy a Pizza then grab some Redwoods Pepperoni and super melting cheezly at the show and make your way to Pizza Express in Croydon who will happily make up the the most awesome Vegan Pirate Pizza your tastebuds can stand.
Wanted - Croydon Eco Veggie Fayre invites You!!
Pirate Kids Wanted
Is your kid a little pirate? Can they ahaaaarggh! can they shiver yer timbers? Little Pirates are needed by the Pirates of the Carob Bean to find the lost treasure o' 5 a Day. Cap'n Long John Tofu will lead yer kids on a merry goosestep chase to ethical salvation, health an happiness. http://www.piratesofthecarobbean.com
Art and Drama Students Wanted
Art students are needed to help artist Geoff Francis from Bonobo TV re-create his "Weapons of Mass Destruction" masterpiece from Frieze Art Fair in Regents Park in 2004. Drama and Dance Students are invited to don our spoon and fork costume and be suitably theatrical.to entrall the audience.
http://www.bonobo.tv
Best Cake and Strangest Vegetable Competitions
Bakers Wanted - Best 5 a Day Cake Competition
Can you bake a delicious cake? Can you sneak in 5 fruit and vegetables into your cake and still have it taste delicious? Fairfield cafe will be the judge of that! Bring in your cakes on Sunday morning for your chance of winning the 5 a Day cake Award! http://www.fairfield.co.uk/pdpages/catering.htm
Gardeners Wanted - Strange 5 a Day Vegetable Competition
The 300 year old Surrey Street market is renowned for the best value fruit and veg in Croydon. Minimal packaging with less travelling. Surrey Street Market boss will be at Fairfield to judge your weirdest fruit and veg. Have you grown a monster ? bring it in! http://www.surreystreetmarket.com
poetry competition
the croydon eco veggie fayre is hosting a poetry competition - it is free to enter, one entry only per person please, email to info@yaoh.co.uk by oct 26th at the latest. the top 3 will be shortlisted and published in Issue 6 of Off The Hoof out early 2010,and the winner will be announced by our guest of honour jamaican poet yasus afari on sunday november 1stYasus Afari Appearing Live!
Jamaican Rastafari performance poet Yasus Afari has confirmed his appearance the the Croydon Eco Veggie Fayre
Yasus will also be judging a POETRY COMPETITION!!!! You are invited to send through your poetry for consideration. Entry is FREE and all you have to do is submit your poem to info@yaoh.co.uk for inclusion. Deadline is October 26th. The winner will be announced at the Eco Veggie Fayre and the three shortlisted poems will be published in Issue 6 of Off the Hoof. All entries should have a veggie freindly/eco friendly/fair trade theme. Poets - please enter one poem only!
Welcome to our first sponsors
Plamil, Beanie's, The Vegan Society
The awesome Plamil Foods, whose vegan products have graced our shores for more than 50 years, are our first sponsors for Croydon
check out www.plamilfoods.co.uk
Beanie's Health Foods are the distributors of the famous FRY'S brand of veggieburgers and sausages - they also distribute the immaculate B'NICE rice ice cream
The Vegan Society join us as sponsors for the show - they are celebrating their 65th birthday on November 1st - World Vegan Day - and the society continues to flourish, providing massive amounts of information and support covering all areas of the vegan lifestyle. Membership includes a copy of The Vegan - their quarterly magazine full of news, products, ideas and views, and you can join the Society online at www.vegansociety.com as well as access all sorts of information and resources too.
Thanks also to our supporters including Excellart (www.excellart.co.uk), Animal Aid (www.animalaid.co.uk), Croydon Bid (www.croydontowncentre.com) , Solutions Fitness (www.solutionsfitness.com) and Bute Island (www.buteisland.com)
Welcome to Croydon!
Come and celebrate the best of the eco friendly veggie friendly fair trade world at this fantastic day out for the whole family
Show opens 11am and closes at 6pm
Admission £3 for adults, £1 for Kids under 14 and OAP's
Off The Hoof
Issue 4 available FREE online
The Eco Veggie Fayres are organised by veggie Lifestyle magazine Off The Hoof - and you can read all 100 pages of Issue 4 for free online - download here:
http://www.offthehoof.co.uk/veggie-magazine-online.html
The printed copy of Issue 4 (100 pages, A4) is available priced £3.95 from www.yaoh.co.uk/catalog and also from selected Borders
To fibnd out your nearest stockist, please visit
http://www.offthehoof.co.uk/outlets.html
Croydon Co Hosts Foods For Life Launch 5 a Day campaign
5 A Day Day Croydon Launch
In a bid to reverse Croydon's chronic diabetes and obesity problems Foods for Life Nutrition Consultancy are launching the 5 a Day Day campaign. A challenge for Croydon Council to be the first in the UK to introduce a designated day every week to focus on eating 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day. Passion for the Planet radio additionally plan to launch their Munch Less Meat campaign. http://meatfreecroydon.blogspot.com
Foods For Life
Published author and celebrity chef Tony Bishop Weston from Croydon's Foods For Life hosts the event, with his even more illustrious wife Yvonne Bishop - Weston providing expert nutritional advice.
