For those who weren’t able to attend the 12th World Vegan Festival held this past July in Brazil, here’s a report from one of the participants.

If you're ever in the mood for some veg-related surfing, this list might come in handy.

Global rankings of the 90 most successful veg-related websites . . .

'Veganism: The Practice of Justice and Equality’ was written by Ana Maria Aboglio.

And, A Blog in Spanish for Children on Veganism

People of many different faiths are inspired to be vegetarian at least in part by their religious beliefs. This book, Judaism and Vegetarianism, by Richard Schwartz, a retired professor of Mathematics, is one example. Published in hard copy in 2001, it is now available free online.

A petition is circulating on the internet urging the government of Taiwan to adopt Meatless Mondays:

Please tell us the history of how Meatless Thursday came to be. What was your society's role in making this happen?

This is the title of a draft report issued by UNESCO. While the report focuses on Asia, it has implications worldwide. Perhaps a somewhat unique aspect of the report is that in addition to considering economic and environmental issues, it also discusses the ethics of industrial meat production. Here is an extract from the report’s Executive Summary.

The American Dietetic Association is the world’s largest organization of nutrition professionals. This month, they released an updated version of their position paper on vegetarian diets.

Professor P K Jain is a member of the IVU International Council, an IVU Fellow and an IVU Patron.

Hi, P.K. What made you decide to become a vegetarian? When did that happen? How old were you at the time?

Cristina Rodrigues is leader of Centro Vegetariano - a vegetarian organisation in Portugal. Cristina kindly agreed to be interviewed for ‘IVU Online News’.