Articles by Nicola Harris

Nicola Harris is a communications director at Animal Save Movement. She writes internal communications, blogs and copy for the website. Nicola became a vegan activist and Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaigner in 2002. When she took on the role of communications in 2007 she became a victim of state repression and alongside other campaigners received a prison sentence for her activism under controversial and undemocratic legislation targeting freedom of expression. She is currently a core participant in a UK Government inquiry into the policing of protests and listed in the miscarriage of justice category.

4 Healthy And Delicious Vegan Fermented Foods For Your Next Meal

July 13, 2024 A fun aspect of being vegan is discovering new ways to create meals and the health benefits you didn’t even know existed in many plant foods. Fermented foods, “defined as foods or beverages produced through controlled microbial ...

5 Interesting Facts About Lambs And Why They Should Stay Off Our Plates

May 24, 2024 Lambs are curious and playful creatures that wag their tails like dogs, snuggle like kittens, and remember human faces. Yet it’s still widely accepted around the world to eat baby lambs as young as six weeks old ...

The Methane Menace: 3 Ways to Cut Emissions and Avoid Catastrophe

July 20, 2023 . Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that poses a significant threat to the climate emergency. Although carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most prevalent and well-known greenhouse gas, methane is even more potent. In fact, when measured over ...

How Scotland Can Lead the Plant-based Milk Revolution

April 12, 2023 Will Edinburgh's endorsement of the Plant Based Treaty mark a new era in Scotland's food culture? Edinburgh made history on January 18, 2023, as the first European capital to endorse the call for a global Plant Based ...

5 Facts Everyone Needs to Know About Keeping the Earth and Yourself Healthy

April 21, 2021 . We care so much about animals and recognize the unit of survival is organism plus environment1. As animal rights activists we very much need to protect the planet for farmed animals and free living animals. We ...

Plant-based Foods Under Attack in the EU

March 18, 2021 . The EU already has some of the strictest food labelling rules in the world. Terms such as “vegan cheese” and “oat milk” have already been banned from packaging and advertising, but a new amendment due to ...

The Peoples’ Climate Vote

March 15, 2021 . Over two billion people recognize the need to promote plant-based diets as an important climate policy in world’s largest ever public poll With 1.2 million respondents, The Peoples’ Climate Vote is the largest survey of public ...

The World’s First Vegan Hospital Menu

March 9, 2021 . The Hayek Hospital located in Beirut, Lebanon has become the first in the world to offer its patients a 100 percent vegan menu. The decision came after hospital co-owner and founder of Lebanese Vegans, Georges Hayek, ...