Viva!life Magazine

Spring 2025 – Issue 92

In this issue:

• Talking to Mr GRUBBY: Discover how this vegan meal kit delivery service is making plant-based cooking accessible and helping to save animals and reduce our carbon footprint. The issue also includes some delicious GRUBBY recipes for you to try at home!
• The Happy Pear: An exclusive interview with Irish twins David and Stephen Flynn, the inspiring founders of a thriving vegan mini-empire. They share their unique philosophy for a contented life, emphasising community, movement, and reconnecting with nature, and reveal the incredible journey of their business, from a single shop to cafes, a farm, cookbooks, an app and 15 million vegan products sold
• Halfway Heroes: Viva! is launching this vital new campaign designed to encourage meat-eaters to significantly reduce their meat intake, with the aim of saving countless animal lives and fostering a more compassionate food system
• DAIRY IS SCARY Cinema Ad: Our groundbreaking cinema advertisement has gone UK-wide and will reach an estimated one million people! This powerful ad bravely exposes the harsh realities and cruelties of the dairy industry, highlighting the devastating separation of calves from their mothers and the tragic fate of male calves
• Oat Milk – Another Health Scare Debunked: We delve into the latest ‘health scares’ surrounding popular vegan alternatives like oat milk and tofu, presenting compelling research into the numerous health benefits of soya, while revealing that dairy milk contains higher levels of potentially harmful hormones
• Viva! Uganda: Learn about our support for HUGO (Human Gorilla Conflict Resolution) volunteers in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and how you can help. Their crucial work involves protecting critically endangered mountain gorillas and transforming former poachers into dedicated anti-poachers
• Gauthier Soho: Get an in-depth review of this exquisite vegan restaurant, hailed as a sophisticated and delicious fine dining experience in the heart of London
• Environmental & Health Updates: Discover news about the bird flu virus found in cat food, the successful refusal of a megafarm application in Norfolk, and Wales’s significant move to ban greyhound racing. We also discuss alarming climate change predictions, Denmark’s progressive government support for plant-based foods, and fascinating new research debunking the myth that rats spread the Black Death
• Future of Food: Explore plans for a significant reduction in farmland dedicated to livestock by 2050 in the UK and exciting initiatives for massive tree planting in the west of England
• Important Notice: Please note that Viva!life will now be published three times a year with slightly fewer pages, allowing us to focus even more resources directly on our crucial animal welfare campaigning work

…and more!