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Vegetarian Café Refuses to Accept British 'Corpse Cash'

posted by on Tuesday December 06 2016, @03:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the money-is-murder dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The Rainbow Vegetarian Café in Cambridge, England, has announced that it will not accept the new £5 polymer notes, introduced by the Bank of England in September. Last week the British vegan community discovered that the notes contain trace amounts of beef tallow, which is animal fat, and are therefore unacceptable by their cruelty-free standards. A heated online controversy has resulted, including a petition asking the Bank to remove tallow from the polymer.

The Rainbow Café's owner, Sharon Meijland, told The Telegraph that her stance was announced last Wednesday, at the end of a BBC radio interview on the unrelated topic of Christmas food.

"We sponsor the Vegan Fair and announced on Wednesday we would not be accepting the £5 notes because they are dubious ethically. We have been providing food for vegans for 30 years and have tried to be as ethical as we possibly can...This is not just a restaurant, it's a restaurant where tiny details like this are really important."

Is any of our money cruelty-free?

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  • (Score: 2) by CoolHand on Wednesday December 07 2016, @12:47PM

    by CoolHand (438) on Wednesday December 07 2016, @12:47PM (#438304) Journal
    So, it sounds like her Veganism isn't the issue, but a symptom of other issues you have with her. It's become a convenient target for your outrage at several of her behaviours... It sounds like if you want to salvage your relationships, there needs to be some hear to heart's.. (and if she doesn't need much to be happy, she should be able to live on a food budget.. there are a lot of youtube videos out there for how to eat for literally dollars a week while being vegan). The issue isn't her veganism, it's that she doesn't want to put work into it, and you're resentful of that..
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