“We’re really excited to be sponsoring VegfestUK Brighton and to have the opportunity to connect with the wider vegan business community” says founder Yasmin Neves. ”As a vegan founder-led HR consultancy, this feels really aligned for us. Healthy HR is all about helping businesses have healthier conversations, build strong foundations and support their people properly as they grow. We know that many independent businesses reach a point where employing people becomes both exciting and daunting, and we’d love to bring practical, human HR support to traders and organisations within the Vegfest collective.”

Vegans have created billions of messages in different formats designed to tell something important that the audience should understand and be transformed by. This talk will discuss the top 10 vegan messages circulating in vegan campaigning that best communicate the values of the vegan philosophy

We all need to celebrate being vegan, and did you know that feeding the animals in your home a complete plant-based diet full of pure nutrients means that they could live longer and have a far better quality of life? We absolutely ALL want that! Passionate vegan vet Dr Arielle will give you her TOP TIPS and advice on how to feed your dog a diet that they will crave, and that you will love feeding!

This presentation reviews the threats posed to life on Earth by climate change, global environmental degradation, and the substantial contributions of industrialised animal farming to these problems.

A plant-based approach to strength, energy and health in midlife.

Midlife has a reputation problem. We’re told our metabolism slows, our energy dips, and that getting healthy only gets harder from here. But the most powerful shift a woman in her 40s, 50s and beyond can make to how she moves, feels, and recovers doesn’t cost a thing — it starts on her plate.

In this talk, Susy Kern, founder of Lean Plant Based, shares how a whole-food, plant-based approach helped her lose weight sustainably, ease long-standing gut issues, and move through menopause with minimal symptoms — no HRT required. Drawing on the science behind plant-based nutrition (Dr T. Colin Campbell, Dr Caldwell Esselstyn, Dr Michael Greger) and real-world proof that plant-based doesn’t mean underfuelled, Susy will break down exactly why midlife is the ideal time to start — not despite your age, but because of it.

Expect practical, no-overwhelm takeaways: the protein mistake most women over 40 are making (and why it matters more than ever for maintaining strength and muscle), the two non-negotiable nutrients you can’t skip, and a simple daily framework to build lasting habits without overhauling your life overnight.

This isn’t another diet talk. It’s the health plan that costs nothing but attention — and it’s never too late to start.

In this talk, nutritionist and author Karen Lee will share the latest research about the health benefits of whole plant foods alongside her story of managing MS with diet and lifestyle, her top tips for making easy changes plus some myth busting around vegan diets and autoimmune disease

Viva! has created the UK’s first documentary exposing the cruelty, health myths and industry spin behind one of Britain’s most heavily promoted foods. Join Tony Wardle as he shows you what really goes on behind the scenes of the dairy industry.

This presentation by a leading researcher in this field will review the most important, recent developments surrounding plant-based, cultivated meat-based and microbial protein-based pet foods. These developments are fast creating a new diet change frontier.

How creating strong grassroots community across the schools and vegan parent network, will encourage plant-based advocacy on an individual school and national level. This will lead to wide institutional progress to serving plant-based food.

Through effective implementation of our wins and lobbying of government through mass-people pressure moments, such as the responses to the School Food Standards consultation, we have started the national conversation about the importance of the plant-based transition which we all need to be involved with to make happen. This is how.