Fantastic Veggie Month Interviews
We had a great veggie month in March. We sent out loads of veggie materials for you to give to family and friends and to use in school. If you did a sponsored veggie or vegan week or month – or any other activity for Veggie Month – don’t forget to let us know, and if you can include a picture of yourself, all the better.
In the Spring 2008 issue of Youth Rage, we asked if you would like to talk to your local press about being vegetarian. Eight of our youth members were brave enough to volunteer and four were featured. Here are their stories:
- Robyn Jackson appeared in a great article in her local newspaper, the Haverhill Echo. Robyn is 9 years old and went veggie when she was only 5 years old. Robyn has become quite a campaigner – telling her friends and the other students at school why they should become veggie too. Says Robyn: “I wanted to go veggie because I realised how many animals I could save and I thought it’s horrible to torture such scared little animals. I also thought, why would I east something that is dead?”
11 year old Phoebe was interviewed on her local radio station, Minster FM. After her interview, soundbites were replayed during the news bulletins throughout the day! Phoebe got a chance to talk about the disgusting conditions that animals are reared in, and then killed after having just a short life. Phoebe also came up with a great analogy - how would we feel if an alien race came to Earth and treated us in the same way we treat animals?- Sophie, 15 years old, was quoted in the South Wales Echo. Sophie urged people to consider why it’s acceptable to eat some animals yet keep others as pets, and she said “I went veggie nine years ago because I think the killing of animals for food is wrong. I have persuaded mum to go veggie too.”
And Hannah was interviewed on her local radio station for the ‘smile’ programme. The presenter soon put her nerves at ease and Hannah told him how there is “a vegan equivalent to everything so vegans never miss out”, how we “definitely don’t live off the single lettuce leaf they are stereotyped to” and that she’s “never felt happier or healthier”.
Thanks to you all, and also thanks to Caitlyn, Jordon, Elinor and Amy, who volunteered but who didn’t get interviewed. If you feel inspired by reading this, get in touch – we are contacted throughout the year by local media who would like to talk to local vegetarians and campaigners.
