Veganic Summit Day 2 Videos
Hiya! We created this alternate spot in case anyone is having any difficulty watching the videos in the main summit hub.
It’s exactly the same videos, though using a different video streaming software, so that you have 2 different options. Enjoy the talks!
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50 veganic gardens in Uganda
Length: 13 min.
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Bob Rumanzi, founder of the Vegan Village Society, shares the journey of establishing 50 veganic gardens and mini-farms across the Kigezi region of Uganda by providing seeds, tools, education, and support for local communities. These 50 gardens are primarily run by women-led groups, and are improving food security for local families with fresh veganic produce. You’ll hear a compelling vision for scaling up sustainable, animal-free agriculture throughout Uganda and beyond.
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Bob Rumanzi
Bob Rumanzi, a former journalist turned passionate vegan advocate, is the founder of Vegan Village Society Uganda. For the past eight years, he has championed compassion for animals, sustainable living, and plant-based nutrition across communities. His organization empowers rural farmers and women’s groups to grow vegan foods, and also organizes the annual Vegan Festival in Uganda. Through his leadership, Bob inspires a new generation to embrace kindness toward animals and the environment. His journey from media to vegan activism reflects his commitment to creating a more just, healthy, and cruelty-free world.
Learn about the Vegan Village Society‘s vegan and veganic initiatives in Uganda, and follow them on Facebook!
How to grow seedlings with soil blocking
Length: 43 min.
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In this how-to video, Rhonda-T Warren will show you step-by-step instructions for growing seedlings using soil blocking. This method of growing seedlings involves making compressed blocks of soil, rather than using individual plastic containers. The talk includes recipes for creating a veganic soil mix, and hands-on demonstrations for sowing the seeds, potting up, and transplanting into the garden. Learn how soil blocking supports healthy root development, reduces plastic use, and fits perfectly with veganic gardening principles.
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Rhonda-T Warren
Rhonda-T Warren is a devoted gardener with more than four decades of experience. She has cultivated a variety of crops, including vegetables, sprouts, and mushrooms, and produced Certified Veganic garlic for retail markets. In 2016, she founded Terra Farm Sanctuary, a non-profit dedicated to providing a safe and permanent home for rescued farmed animals. As a mentor and advocate, Rhonda-T actively promotes veganism and veganic practices, striving to educate others on ethical agriculture and the importance of animal freedoms.
In addition to being an avid veganic gardener, Rhonda-T also runs Terra Farm Sanctuary where rescued animals have a safe and compassionate home
Growing plant-based protein and green manures
Length: 24 min.
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Did you know that nitrogen is essential for healthy plant growth *and* that nitrogen is a key piece of the proteins in our diet? In this talk, Jenny Hall discusses nitrogen from multiple angles. Firstly, she shows how nitrogen-fixing plants (like clover and other legumes) are part of the natural nitrogen cycle: she explains how you can bring nitrogen to your farm or garden using leguminous green manures, and minimize nitrogen leaching. And in the second half of her talk, Jenny speaks about dietary nitrogen on a plant-based diet, since nitrogen is a primary building block of the amino acids & proteins we all eat. She discusses which crops are rich sources of plant-based protein, and how vegan protein sources can be grown locally in cooler temperate climates to meet our dietary needs, using the UK climate as a case study.
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Jenny Hall
Jenny Hall has been a stockfree-organic grower since 1997, beginning with Organic Growers of Durham, and spending time with many longstanding growers such as Iain Tolhurst and Alan Schofield. In 2003, she took on a 5-acre market garden Fir Tree Community Growers in St Helens, Merseyside, UK. Since 2009, this has also doubled as a care farm for people with disabilities and those at risk of social isolation. Jenny works full time for the UK government organisation “Natural England”, and so the market garden is very much a hobby these days with a 7-strong volunteer group managing the market garden and all produce sold to Organic Direct based in Liverpool. With Iain Tolhurst she is also the co-author of the seminal textbook Growing Green: Organic Techniques for a Sustainable Future, originally published in 2005 and currently getting its 20 year revamp.
Discover Jenny’s project Fir Tree Community Growers, plus the book about stockfree farming Growing Green which she co-authored with Iain Tolhurst
Biointensive growing in action: a virtual tour
Length: 47 min.
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Sydney Grange
Sydney has practiced, researched, and taught biointensive agriculture for seven seasons on the Mendocino coast of California. She manages the Stanford Inn’s gardens, producing food for the inn’s restaurant, as well as growing flowers and leading agricultural education. She also co-ran a veganic market farm for three years, growing specialty vegetables and flowers. Her focus on self-sufficiency and staple crops led her to tempeh-making, and she now also runs a tempeh business using locally grown grains and beans. Passionate about the environment and social justice, Sydney views veganic agriculture as a way to address interconnected challenges while cultivating a deeper relationship with the land.
Discover the Stanford Inn where Sydney is growing biointensively (and check out Sydney’s tempeh company too!)
