Veg Soc
Veg Soc is for students who have a passion for vegetarian and vegan cooking. Their aim is to share recipes, organise various socials and campaign for better veggie options on campus. You don’t have to be a vegan or vegetarian to join, and if you are looking to become one, they have a support system to help you. I spoke to the chair of Veg Soc, Ruby Box to find out more about this scheme.
“We run a vegetarian and vegan mentoring scheme to support anybody wanting to make the transition. Or even for people who just want to give up meat one or two days a week! All they have to do is contact Lacey on her email address (see below).”
Vegetables…
‘‘People often think vegetarian food is boring lettuce and carrots, but anybody making the transition from meat to veg will discover there are a huge variety of delicious vegetarian recipes. From vegan cookies and cakes, to veggie hot pots, burgers and curries. For every meaty meal, there’s a tasty veggie option.’’
What’s coming up…
Veg Soc is new this year, and so far has been extremely popular. They have socials most weeks, which are of course vegan and vegetarian friendly. This Halloween the social is Pumpkin Potluck, this involves everyone carving a pumpkin and we will make recipes out of the remainders. Ruby told me how ‘all the carved pumpkins will be donated to Student Action’s elderly Halloween as decorations’. On top of this there are going to be film nights, cooking demonstrations and trips to food festivals.
Trips…
Unicorn Grocery. Photo: Veg SocSunday 14th October, Veg Soc took a trip to ‘Unicorn’. This is a supermarket in Chorlton, completely vegan, fair trade, sustainable, organic supermarket stocking as much local fruit and veg as they can find. Future events include Meat Free Mondays: for more information on this go to VegSocCampaignGroup on Facebook and get involved. ‘’It’s going to be big!’’.
Get Involved…
Monitoring Scheme: [email protected]
Facebook: VegSocManchester
Come along to our next social.