The UK festival will be the first to have no food vendors selling meat and fish – though an insect bar will be available for those who want to try a different source of protein
Shambala, a family-friendly festival in the Northamptonshire countryside, is to become the UK’s first greenfield festival to go meat- and fish-free. The move is intended to spark a debate over what we eat and how it affects the environment.
Festival organisers made the decision as part of a commitment to reduce the event’s environmental impact, citing research showing the extent to which livestock farming contributes to global greenhouse gas emissions. The festival’s co-founder Sidharth Sharma, who has been a vegetarian most of his life, said people can be an environmental activist, “just by choosing what’s on your plate”.
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Source: Guardian Environment