Glasgow: the vegan capital of*Britain?

The Scottish city is often associated with rather less
healthy dietary trends, but it turns out to be a hotbed
of healthy animal-free food

By Emine Saner
The Guardian
Monday, August 12, 2013

Glasgow has been shortlisted as a top city to live in for
vegans. Photograph: Bon Appetit - Alamy/Alamy

Glasgow is regularly credited with more dubious honours:
it has been named as the place with the lowest life
expectancy in western Europe, high rates of obesity, and
the highest mortality rates among the working-age
population in the UK. And yet it has also*just been named
the most vegan-friendly city in the UK by People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta).

"Glasgow is fantastic for vegans," says Yvonne Taylor, a
campaigner for Peta. "I've been going on about it for
years whenever people talk about Brighton or London.
Obviously here in Scotland we're not exactly known for
our positive eating - we're known as having one of the
fattest populations in the world – but in contrast we
have this quickly emerging vegan movement." Taylor
insists that if you go to vegan cafes, you can see all
ages. "People are becoming more aware of their*health."

But why Glasgow? Sam Calvert, spokesperson for the Vegan
Society, thinks the city's vibrant youth culture is one
reason why veganism has taken hold. The University of
Glasgow was the first in the UK to be accredited by the
Vegan Society, she says. "I think that probably did
attract more young vegan people to the city. There is
also a history of activism."

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