Gary-francione
Gary Francione
Anna-charlton
Anna Charlton
Bill-tara
Bill Tara
Marlene-watson-tara
Marlene Watson-Tara

Why Vegan? Creating a Healthy Future for Human and Non-Human Life

Gary Francione, Anna Charlton, Bill Tara and Marlene Watson-Tara

Saturday, 5 April 2025

9:30am

6 hours

Reuben College

£65

The media is filled with bad news about the health implications of the food we eat. The direct connections between our diet and disease are overwhelming. What can we do? This one-day workshop explores the practical approach to changing our relationship with food from sick-ness to health, from violence to peace, and from hopelessness to sustainability.

Time table

9:30am-10:30 am. Why Vegan? – The ethical arguments in favour of being vegan
Professors Gary Francione and Anna Charlton

10.30 am. Coffee break

11:00am-12:00 pm. Our Food is Our Future – The environmental impact of our food
Bill Tara

Comfort break

12:30pm-2:30pm. Delicious Lunch and presentation
The Ultimate Health Experience – Life skills for healthy living
Marlene Watson-Tara

2.30pm Q&As – With presenters

3.30pm Finish

The presenters

Professor Gary Francione is a lawyer, philosopher and advocate of animal rights and vegan-ism. He is a world- leading authority on animal rights and professor of law at Rutgers Universi-ty. Professor Anna Charlton is adjunct professor of law at Rutgers University. Francione and Charlton co-founded the Rutgers Animal Rights Law Clinic and are joint authors of a series of books on animal ethics and veganism.

Bill Tara is a natural health educator and entrepreneur. He founded the Community Health Foundation in London and co-founded the Kushi Institute, the world’s leading macrobiotic ed-ucational facility. Tara and Marlene Watson-Tara founded the Human Ecology Project in 2021 to serve their shared vision of a healthy world for humans and non-humans alike. Watson-Tara is a vegan and activist and author of Go Vegan: A Guide to Delicious Everyday Food. She is pre-paring the menus for the festival’s opening and closing dinners.

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The Oxford Literary Festival sponsors, donors & partners

The Telegraph Festival media partner University of Oxford European Union Supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the UK Bodleian Libraries Festival cultural partner Oxford Martin School Festival ideas partner Oxford Mathematics Spanish Embassy The Spanish Embassy: supporters of the programme of Spanish literature and culture Cervantes Institute, London The Cervantes Institute, London elBullifoundation Iberia British Airways Embassy of the Dominican Republic Embassy of the Dominican Republic Blackwell’s Festival on-site and online bookseller Sotheby’s Symington Wines of the Douro Valley Compassion in World Farming Pasture to Plate Oxford Business College Where learning meets opportunity: education partners of the festival Old Bank Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Old Parsonage Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Oxford Brookes University Oxford International Centre for Publishing Critchleys Accountants to the festival Confucius Institute Voltaire Foundation Felicity Bryan Associates Goldmoney Properties Princeton University Press Prestige publishing partner. Celebrating 25 years in Europe in 2024 Oxford University Department for Continuing Education Jewish Book Week Partner of Oxford Literary Festival Jim Mellon Miles Young Tim and Marion Stevenson Martin and Elise Becket Smith Ian and Carol Sellars David Isaac Mary and Cecil Quillen Supporters of the programme of American literature and culture Other donors Yale University Press London New College New College founded 1379 Exeter College Exeter College: college home of the festival. Founded 1314 Worcester College Worcester College founded 1714 Lincoln College Lincoln College founded 1427 Trinity College Trinity College founded 1555 Magdalen College Magdalen College founded 1458 Brasenose College Brasenose College founded in 1512 Reuben College Reuben College founded in 2019 Harris Manchester College Harris Manchester College founded 1893 Pusey House Founded 1884 New Dutch Writing Human Ecology Project MACROVegan Bear Ram Elk Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design Racalia Olive Oil Olive oil from Sicily Paul Bloomfield Ltd University of Oxford Alumni Office Alumni Office The Sheldonian Theatre Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Oxford University Images Oxford University Images CAV Oxford The Litmus Partnership Schoolreaders Windrush Group The Oxford Times BBC Radio Oxford Local radio partner Conference Oxford Ox in a Box OX magazine