Animal Aid

To mark National Veggie Month Animal Aid has sent an unusual vegetable to selected national and regional radio presenters to highlight how exotic, varied and full of flavour the vegetarian diet can be. We hope that it will spark some on air discussion.

The DJs will receive either a romanesco cauliflower, kohlrabi, globe artichoke or fennel with a tag attached that reads: ‘Eat me! And Go Meat-Free!’. In addition to the vegetable they will find a recipe so that they can cook it, some information about it and some interesting facts about vegetables that they could run as a quiz.

You can help to encourage the presenters to mention Veggie Month by emailing and texting your local station asking them to look out for their Veggie Month gift. See the list below to see if we’ve sent one to a station in your area.

View images of the vegetable gifts

Radio stations receiving gifts:

National stations:

• 6 Music - Contact Mark Radcliffe
• 6 Music - Contact Marc Riley
• 6 Music - Contact Shaun Keveney
• 6 Music - Contact Lauren Laverne
• Absolute - Contact Geoff Lloyd
• Absolute - Contact Frank Skinner
• Absolute - Contact Dave Gorman
• Xfm - Contact Danny Wallace
• BBC Radio 2 - Contact Aled Jones
• BBC Radio 2 - Contact Chris Evans
• BBC Radio 1 - Contact Fearne Cotton
• Capital - Contact Dave Berry and Lisa Snowdon

Regional stations

• BBC London - Contact Gaby Roslin and Paul Ross
• Capital Nottinghamshire - Contact Twiggy and Emma
• Capital Leicestershire - Contact Twiggy and Emma
• Capital Derbyshire - Contact Twiggy and Emma
• Capital Birmingham - Contact Dan and Katy
• Capital Yorkshire - Contact Hirsty, Danny and JoJo
• Capital Manchester - Contact Rob, Rachel and Wingman
• Capital Tyne and Wear - Contact Bodg, Matt and JoJo
• Capital South Wales - Contact Kam and Sally
• Capital Scotland - Contact Des and Jennie
• Capital South Coast - Contact Zoe and Gillies
• Heart Anglesey and Gwynedd - Contact Kev Bach
• Heart South West - Contact Matt and Caroline
• Heart Bristol and Somerset - Contact Bush, Troy and Paulina
• Heart Four Counties - Contact Stuart and Natalie
• Heart Thames Valley - Contact Matt and Michelle
• Heart Cambridgeshire - Contact Kev and Roas
• Heart Surrey and Sussex - Contact Tom, Kaz and Jack
• Heart South Coast - Contact JK and Lucy
• Heart London and East Midlands - Contact Jamie and Harriet
• Heart Essex - Contact Martin and Su
• Heart Kent - Contact James and Charlie
• Heart East Anglia - Contact Rob and Chrissie
• Heart Watford and Hemel - Contact Daniel Fox
• Heart West Midlands - Contact Ed and Rachel
• Heart Wiltshire - Contact Jez and Molly
• Heart North West and Wales - Contact Spence and Angela
• BBC Wales - Contact Jamie Owen and Louise Elliott
• BBC Sheffield - Contact Paulette Edwards
• BBC Newcastle - Contact Alfie and Charlie
• BBC Kent - Contact John Warnett and Claire McDonnell
• BBC Nottingham - Contact Mark Dennison
• BBC Derby - Contact Phil Trow
• BBC Leeds - Contact Wes Butters
• BBC Manchester - Contact Allan Beswick
• BBC Merseyside - Contact Sean Styles
• BBC Northampton - Contact Joe Pignatiello