Best compliment ever: “I thought a vegan conference would mean more farting in the wharenui, but there was less farting than usual!)
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We’ve discontinued more products than you’ve had hot dinners. And every time I feel bad about letting people down.
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Making my work my activism, and learning that it’s easy to set up a food business and difficult to make a success of it.
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Cycling around with a bag of cash as a pre-teen, and dealing with a dirty old man running the dairy.
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Growing up in a cheese-loving family and dabbling in vegetarianism (but not actually being vegetarian).
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Family holidays: burnt toast and black swans, friendly cows and farm-fresh bacon whose provenance wasn’t discussed.
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Family background is deeply influential, whether we embrace it or reject it.
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“Don’t do nothing because you can’t do everything. Do something. Anything.” ― Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
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After visiting an egg farm under cover of darkness and rescuing several hens, a group of activists swaps vegan cheesecake recipes.
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Becoming vegan prompted me to get rid of a bottle opener; and why I don’t wear leather or wool.
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Humans are weird, in wonderful and terrible ways. Some are weirder than others, and some vegans are weirder than others.
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Navigating a new way of eating and finding my diet is more varied than ever – and that it really annoys some people.
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When a platter of gourmet dairy cheese failed to tempt me, I realised I’d become vegan.
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Realising that all aspects of my life involved animal exploitation was a shock, but not making changes was not an option.
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I realised I was living a lie. There was a huge gap in my awareness of the impact of my choices.
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I’m Alice Shopland, founder of Angel Food, and I’m marking Veganuary 2025 by publishing a blog post a day.
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