Vegan Camp Out: The Plant-Based Event You Can't Miss

Vegan Camp Out brings thousands of plant-based people together for an extraordinary celebration of vegan food, activism, music and community. In this episode, UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell reports from England as approximately 10,000 plant-based attendees converge for one enormous vegan gathering. From incredible food to education, entertainment and advocacy, Vegan Camp Out shows what happens when the vegan community comes together on a massive scale.

"Could this be the biggest gathering of vegans in one spot EVER?"
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What You'll Discover

Go inside the festival and experience a celebration featuring major voices in the vegan movement, including Moby, Earthling Ed, actor Peter Egan, George Monbiot, Jamie Logan, Diane Morgan and Dr. Michael Klaper. The event features music, education, mind-and-body programming and a massive main stage.

"This is SO HUGE."
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Discover why Vegan Camp Out has become such a powerful gathering for plant-based culture and animal advocacy. Listen now, share this episode with your friends and join UnchainedTV in helping build a more compassionate world.

Jane Velez-Mitchell is an award-winning journalist, TV producer and NY Times bestselling author who founded UnchainedTV, the world's premier plant-based streaming network. UnchainedTV offers 2,000 free documentaries, cooking shows, lifestyle and news programs. Download UnchainedTV free on mobile or TV streaming devices like Amazon Fire, Roku, and Apple TV. Watch online: https://watch.unchainedtv.com/browse

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TRANSCRIPT:

(0:00) We are here at Vegan Campout. There are a plethora of options. (0:05) And we got gelato, we got iced coffee, we got churros.

I mean, really, anything you can think of, we got it. (0:11) Yeah, this place is fucking huge. Like, it's crazy, to be honest.

(0:14) I've been to a bunch of festivals before, but this place is massive. (0:17) Oh, this is 11 out of 10. I mean, really, to get together, to be able to meet people that are dedicated to the cause, (0:23) people that want to make a difference in the world, and hang out and have fun for once, sign me up.

(0:29) It's Vegan Mecca. It's a yearly event where all the vegans from all around the world can come to one place, (0:35) be together, separated from the outside world, just for a little bit. (0:39) When I'm at home and I'm creating content, a lot of the time I'm by myself.

(0:43) So I think it's really important to go and socialize with other people who have the exact same mentality as you for animal rights. (0:49) You can see how the future might be. Like, what would festivals look like in the future when everyone's vegan? (0:54) They'd look like this.

(0:58) Welcome to Vegan Campout in England. (1:02) And I gotta tell you, we are at a social media influencers gathering. (1:08) I am here with the 40-year-old vegan, Lee The Free.

(1:11) Hey, guys. Welcome. Welcome here.

This is Vegan Campout 2026. (1:16) You can't believe all the influencers that we have right here today. (1:20) Amazing, amazing activists, kicking it for the animals, showing people how to do it.

(1:25) And we're trying to encourage you to get active for the animals. (1:28) Get out there, get live, and encourage other people to get live as well. (1:34) We've got so many vegan social media influencers here.

(1:37) So, listen, why don't we do this? (1:39) We're going to step out of the way for a second. (1:41) We're going to show everybody. (1:43) Look at this.

These are all influencers. (1:47) And these are the people who are literally telling the world about veganism. (1:54) And they are gathered here at Vegan Campout.

(1:57) So, I'm going to impose on you. (2:00) I'm going to ask you to grab an influencer. (2:03) And you know them even better than I do.

(2:05) And see if you can grab one to come over here. (2:08) I will. I will.

(2:09) You're a doll, by the way. (2:10) You're a doll, too. (2:10) You're a doll.

And we're having so much fun here at Vegan Campout. (2:13) I can't even begin to tell you. (2:15) The food.

(2:16) Oh, my God. (2:16) The people. You can put your shoulders down.

(2:18) And this is the future, guys. (2:20) This is exactly what the future looks like. (2:22) Everybody is kind.

(2:24) Everybody just wants the same thing, right? (2:26) We want animals to be out of this production system. (2:30) Seeing all the comments come in. (2:32) Hey, Tina.

How are you doing? (2:34) Yeah, it's been great. (2:35) It's been wonderful. (2:36) If you haven't attended a Campout, I highly recommend you get on the list next year.

(2:40) What an incredible event. (2:41) It's 10,000 people. (2:43) It is so huge.

(2:45) It's impossible to even wrap your mind around it. (2:49) So, you know, will you grab somebody? (2:52) Grab somebody who's a loud, obnoxious, loud person. (2:56) Because you can't hear anybody.

(2:58) We've had a lot of fun people on. (3:00) But we've had some soft-spoken people. (3:02) And nobody can hear them because they're soft-spoken.

(3:06) But I've got to tell you. (3:07) Okay, last night. (3:08) You have to understand.

(3:09) I'm going to show you. (3:10) The tents here are incredible. (3:13) Look at this tent here.

(3:14) This is one of the big tents. (3:17) And then over there is the other big tent. (3:20) There are so.

(3:21) It's huge, huge, huge, huge, huge. (3:24) And the music is extraordinary. (3:27) So, what I'm going to do right now.

(3:29) I know John. (3:29) Oh, John. (3:30) John.

(3:31) Oh, John Oberg. (3:32) John. (3:33) John, come on over for one second.

(3:34) Come say hi. (3:35) Hi, how are you? (3:37) It's so good to meet you. (3:38) We're live.

(3:39) And it's exciting to have John Oberg here. (3:42) One of my favorite vegan influencers who does so much. (3:46) And what you do is show people the truth.

(3:51) And every morning when I see you. (3:54) Whatever your video is. (3:56) I go, okay, I'm back in full charge.

(4:00) Oh, I wanted to go do something fun. (4:02) No, I'm going to go back and continue to work.(4:05) Because you are showing me the truth.

(4:07) And that inspires me. (4:09) So, will you lean in here and tell folks. (4:12) Of course, tell them your handle.

(4:14) Obviously, John Oberg. (4:15) And what you do. (4:16) Johnny.

(4:17) Johnny Oberg. (4:18) Lean in. (4:18) Lean in.

(4:20) Well, first of all, I just want to say. (4:21) To get that kind of compliment from the legend herself. (4:26) JDM.

(4:26) That means so much. (4:29) And, yeah. (4:30) So, my name is John Oberg on social media.

(4:33) I now go by Johnny. (4:35) But, you know, my handle was chosen like 15 years ago. (4:39) So, I'm stuck with it.

(4:40) And, yeah. (4:41) I basically just try to teach people how animals are being mistreated. (4:45) But also, to get people to see another side of animals that they otherwise wouldn't see.

(4:49) And to understand why they matter. (4:52) And why we should take them into consideration with our choices. (4:57) And I just heard one.

(4:59) And I'd like to hear from you as well. (5:00) I just heard one of the social media influencers, Danny O'Shea, saying. (5:04) He feels the carnivore movement has sort of like hit its crescendo.

(5:09) And is petering out. (5:10) And people are now going back to plant-based. (5:13) Which I certainly hope he's right.

(5:15) Does that sound right to you? (5:17) Yeah. (5:18) I mean, I feel like people can only fall for that BS so much. (5:23) You know, I feel like there's a cap to that.

(5:27) It just goes against science and common sense. (5:32) And what it really goes against is people's compassion for animals. (5:37) And luckily with veganism, it's how we can express compassion for animals.

(5:42) Yeah. (5:43) And let me ask you. (5:44) Tell me about yourself.

(5:46) And I want to apologize. (5:47) You're probably a huge social media influencer that I don't know yet. (5:52) She's huge.

(5:52) And I really, first of all, apologize. (5:56) But thank you for everything you do. (5:57) So will you tell our audience who you are? (5:59) And thank you for scooching up and just leaning in.

(6:02) So my name is Farah. (6:03) And I also make videos just exposing the truth about what's happening to animals. (6:08) And yeah, my username is Farah Amber.

(6:12) And yeah, it's just my biggest passion. (6:13) Making videos and making sure that they're packaged in a way that people watch online. (6:18) Because I think social media is so powerful for advocacy.

(6:21) Like we're both really passionate social media advocates. (6:24) And everyone should be posting on social media for the animals. (6:27) If you're watching this, that means you're on social media.

(6:29) Which means you should be posting on social media. (6:31) Because the animals have almost nobody speaking up for them. (6:35) And they need you.

(6:36) And you. (6:37) And you. (6:38) And you.

(6:38) And you. (6:38) And all of you. (6:39) And you should definitely follow her.

(6:42) Because she is a social media expert. (6:44) And provides lots of great tips. (6:46) And just watch what she does.

(6:48) And imitate it. (6:49) And if you do it 10% as well, you're going to be helping a lot of animals.(6:51) Oh my gosh.

(6:52) Okay. (6:53) Thank you. (6:53) And tell us your handle again.

(6:55) Please lean in. (6:56) At Farah Amber. (6:57) At Farah Amber.

(6:59) Okay. (6:59) And I hope you come to Vegan Creator Con. (7:02) I would love to.

(7:03) Yeah. (7:03) I love Vegan Creator Con. (7:04) Yeah.

(7:05) Because I learned. (7:07) You know, I've been in mainstream media my whole life. (7:09) So I think in terms of TV.

(7:11) But I've had a lot to learn. (7:13) And still learning every day about social media. (7:15) And I've learned a lot from you.

(7:17) From some of the other people here. (7:18) But I learned a lot also at Vegan Creator Con.(7:21) If you could come and speak to us.

(7:23) That would be incredible. (7:25) Is it Jessica? (7:26) Jessica. (7:26) Yes.

(7:27) Jessica. (7:27) I know. (7:28) Shout out Jessica.

(7:29) Okay. (7:29) Well, I hope to see you there. (7:31) Thank you so much.

(7:32) Thank you, John. (7:33) Thank you. (7:33) You're amazing.

(7:34) Group hug. (7:34) Let's do a group hug. (7:35) Yeah, yeah.

(7:35) Group hug for the animals. (7:37) Thank you everybody for watching. (7:39) And for everything you're doing for animals.

(7:40) We appreciate you. (7:41) Yes. (7:42) Yes.

(7:42) And it's important to be vegan. (7:44) And then it's also important to be an activist for animals. (7:47) That's kind of like vegan on steroids.

(7:49) But it's so, so important. (7:51) And that's what a lot of people are getting here. (7:54) People come.

(7:54) Come on in. (7:57) Hello. (7:58) Hello.

(7:59) May I ask you to lean in? (8:01) You can handle it. (8:02) You've got a good face there. (8:04) Thank you for telling us your handle.

(8:07) And tell us about your activism. (8:09) So, I'm That Chip Guy. (8:10) I go on the street.

(8:11) I hold a sign. (8:12) And I have conversations with people. (8:14) I do it live.

(8:15) So, I have live streams where I'm on the streets of Amsterdam. (8:20) And I get a lot of weird conversations with people on the street. (8:24) Wow.

(8:24) And I see you. (8:25) You have like... (8:27) It's... (8:28) You're very patient. (8:29) I don't think you get very confrontational.

(8:31) I'm patient. (8:31) Okay. (8:31) I'm patient.

(8:32) I get those sorts of things. (8:34) Some people call me patient. (8:35) Some people call me, you know, not patient enough.

(8:37) But, yeah. (8:38) Okay. (8:38) No, I think... (8:39) You know what? (8:39) People... (8:40) You do you.

(8:41) Yeah. (8:41) That's what I say. (8:42) And tell us your handle again so we know.

(8:45) We've got one of our volunteers in LA, Kim Delgado. (8:49) She's putting up the handles of everybody. (8:52) So, tell us.

(8:52) Your handle is? (8:53) My handle is ThatChipGuy on YouTube. (8:56) ThatChipGuy. (8:56) And TheRealChipGuy on Instagram.

(8:59) TheRealChipGuy. (8:59) Yeah. (8:59) So, let me ask you.

(9:01) Where did the chip come from? (9:02) That's my name. (9:03) My name is Chiprian, but it starts with chip. (9:05) Yeah, yeah, yeah.

(9:05) So, that's funny. (9:06) In today's world, I was thinking you were some kind of software executive who is vegan. (9:11) The what guy? (9:12) TheChipGuy.

(9:13) ThatChipGuy. (9:13) C-H-I-P. (9:15) Chip.

(9:15) Exactly. (9:16) TheChipGuy. (9:17) Yeah.

(9:17) So, what is your biggest platform? (9:19) Is it Instagram? (9:20) Is it YouTube? (9:21) I mean, my biggest platform is Instagram. (9:23) Yeah. (9:23) But I'm most active on YouTube and the TikTok.

(9:26) On Instagram, I just post like personal stuff from time to time, but I also post all the (9:31) shorts there. (9:32) But my focus is on YouTube and TikTok because that's where I get the most reach out of. (9:37) I find the most non-vegans.

(9:39) So, that's where I have the most potential to turn people vegan. (9:42) That is fantastic.(9:44) I love what you do, and I know one of the other activists here, Jamie Logan, does a lot (9:49) of that stuff, confrontational with people.

(9:51) Yeah. (9:51) You know, peaceful confrontation. (9:53) Yeah.

(9:53) Getting people to look at their behavior and realize it's not in their self-interest. (9:59) And so, we are here. (10:00) I want to thank you, ChipGuy.

(10:02) And if you're ever in LA, please contact Unchained TV. (10:06) Okay. (10:06) Have you downloaded our streaming network? (10:09) I have not, no.

(10:10) Okay. (10:10) I'm going to give you our card. (10:12) And, you know, I've been trying to pass out cards here.

(10:15) One of the interesting things is there's no Wi-Fi. (10:19) We're here because we have a satellite dish that we're using. (10:22) Yeah.

(10:22) And I just want to hope that you download Unchained TV and that you continue to check(10:29) out our videos. (10:30) Oh, I think I know it. (10:31) Yes, yes.

(10:31) I know it. (10:32) Yes. (10:32) Thank you so much.

(10:33) ChipGuy, I love you. (10:35) Thank you so much. (10:36) And we've got another fabulous influencer in the house.

(10:39) Come on in here. (10:40) Come on in here. (10:40) Come on.

(10:41) Thank you so much. (10:43) First of all, I love your look. (10:45) Can you lean in? (10:46) You can handle it.

(10:47) So, tell us your story. (10:50) Tell us your handle. (10:52) So, basically, my brother is quite a well-known vegan activist.

(11:00) He's sort of been in the game since he was about 17 years old. (11:03) Who's that? (11:04) Chris Hines. (11:05) A lot of you guys may already know of him.

(11:07) Chris Hines. (11:07) Yeah. (11:07) He's amazing.

(11:08) Yeah, you may already know of him. (11:11) And a little bit about the story is I always heard a lot about veganism and, you know, (11:18) the movement, you know, the reasonings behind it.(11:22) And it never really sunk into me.

(11:25) And my brother decided that maybe it would be a good idea to find a catalyst. (11:31) And the catalyst was taking me into a pig farm and exposing me face-to-face with the pigs (11:42) and what they were going through at the time and the horrors that we experienced within (11:46) that farm. (11:48) I mean, it's hard to even explain.

(11:50) It was the most disgusting thing I think I've ever seen. (11:53) And after that point, for me, it was a very quick, easy decision, really. (11:58) I mean, it was almost like I became vegan overnight.

(12:02) That's good. (12:03) That's great that you became vegan overnight. (12:06) Lean in a little bit if you can.

(12:07) Yeah, I think, if anything, what I want to say to anybody that's sort of non-vegan, I (12:12) think the reason why I just, you know, want to sort of say something really is that try (12:16) to look for the catalyst. (12:17) I mean, even if you are a vegan and you're speaking to somebody and you want them to, (12:23) you know, hear your points, try and look for the catalyst for that person.(12:27) See what their catalyst might be.

(12:28) And if you can find it, maybe that's the time you're going to grasp them. (12:32) You're going to grip them and they might start listening, you know, and take those blinkers (12:36) off, you know. (12:37) But it's one of the best experiences I think I've ever had.

(12:44) It opened my mind and opened my eyes to a world that was hidden from me, you know, to a world (12:50) I was essentially lied to about. (12:53) Yes. (12:53) And I want to thank you.

(12:54) You're so articulate. (12:56) No problem. (12:56) Thank you very much.

(12:56) I appreciate you coming over. (12:58) Thank you very much. (12:59) Thank you.

(13:01) You're so amazing. (13:02) Come on down. (13:03) Sorry.

(13:04) Hi. (13:05) How are you? (13:05) So glad to have you here live from England for Vegan Campout. (13:11) It's super noisy because it's one big party.

(13:14) We've got an incredible person from Omni, which is a leading vegan company coming on(13:21) in a second. (13:21) But I want to talk to you about your activism, your handle and what your message is. (13:27) What's your handle? (13:28) My handle is Gem Lettuce.

(13:30) I am on Instagram. (13:32) I'm on Facebook, YouTube, TikTok. (13:35) So yeah, J-E-M and then lettuce.

(13:38) And yeah, I post about veganism, regular videos, doing outreach. (13:43) I also go live on TikTok as well. (13:45) So yeah, it's awesome.

(13:47) If anyone wants to give me a follow, I post regularly there. (13:51) That's excellent. (13:52) And so where do you see the movement? (13:56) Oh, well, I see the movement.

(13:59) Once we get a certain amount of vegans, I think it will snowball. (14:02) We still need to get there. (14:04) But I think it's going to happen.

(14:06) We don't know when, but when it does, I think it will just snowball and it will kick off. (14:10) And it might be a lot closer than we think. (14:13) Right.

(14:13) And that's not based on the amount of vegans. (14:15) It's based on the amount of people who are open to it and the amount of people who, (14:20) even though aren't vegan, they have a mindset that, you know, they already know what it is. (14:26) They're already agreeing with it.

(14:29) So I think more people are so close to going vegan. (14:32) I love your optimism. (14:34) And that's what we get here at Vegan Campout is optimism.

(14:38) Thank you so much, my dear. (14:39) Now I'm going to just do a big twirl, a twirl so everybody can see. (14:44) Billy, would you mind coming around the other way? (14:46) Absolutely, yeah.

(14:47) Yes. (14:47) Okay. (14:48) Look at that.

(14:49) This is incredible. (14:51) Oh my gosh. (14:52) And we've got Billy here from Omni.

(14:54) Hi. (14:55) How are you doing? (14:56) Lean in. (14:56) Very well.

(14:57) Come down a little bit. (14:58) The shade's okay. (14:59) Is that all right? (15:00) I think you look very cool and chic.

(15:02) We're just trying to have people hear it because honestly, it's so, I mean, there's 10,000,(15:07) 10,000 vegans here. (15:09) Tell us all about Omni. (15:10) Okay.

(15:11) Yeah. (15:11) So Omni Pet Food, we're one of the exhibitors here and we're one of the leading vegan pet (15:16) food companies in the UK. (15:17) Now a lot of people listen to that and they go, vegan pet food, that's unusual.

(15:20) That's the first I've heard of that. (15:22) But there's a really good case to make for moving our dogs from meat-based to plant-based (15:26) foods. (15:27) I can make that to you now.

(15:28) Yes. (15:28) Do it. (15:29) My dogs, my two dogs are vegan.

(15:31) Okay. (15:31) Glad to hear about it. (15:32) So look, a lot of us know that we want to transition our diet to move away from meat (15:36) where there's animal cruelty issues, there's environmental issues and there's other issues (15:40) as well.

(15:40) And we try and do that as humans and we should definitely do that. (15:43) There's a lot of humans that need to do it, but we don't think as much about our dogs (15:46) and our cats and our other pets. (15:48) There's a lot of good evidence now that's come out in the last five or 10 years to show (15:51) that dogs in particular can survive and actually thrive on plant-based diets.

(15:57) Systematic reviews, clinical studies, survey-based studies, the evidence is now there.(16:00) Dogs can do well on a whole foods, plant-based diet. (16:03) And so what we want to do is take that mantle, turn that theory into practice, help dogs (16:07) in the UK, but also across Europe and ultimately across the world get onto nutritionally complete, (16:12) healthy plant-based diets.

(16:13) That's what we're here to do. (16:15) I love it because my dogs are vegan. (16:17) And I notice when I walk my dogs, sometimes, you know, they're off leash or whatever, somebody(16:23) will try to give them a treat and I'll say, oh no, my dogs are vegan.

(16:27) And they give me the stink eye. (16:29) They give me the stink eye and then they're kind of like weird to me when I meet them (16:34) on the street. (16:35) And I'm like, you dumbass.

(16:37) No, I say, you know, with all due consideration, it's really healthier for dogs to be vegan.(16:42) There's a great documentary that we have on Unchained TV that was done by Netflix that's (16:48) basically outtakes of the twin experiment. (16:51) And it's called Can Dogs Live on a Plant-Based Diet? (16:53) I urge everybody to watch it on Unchained TV.

(16:57) And it is very convincing that dogs are healthier. (17:01) My dogs are super healthy and they eat a variety. (17:06) They eat V-Dog.

(17:07) They eat Virtuous Vittles. (17:09) There's another company that just came out here. (17:12) And I'm going to start them on Omni.

(17:14) So come to the store, we'll get you some samples. (17:16) It'll be great. (17:17) But let me ask you a question.

(17:18) Is Omni available in the United States? (17:21) Unfortunately, not yet. (17:22) No, you can get it in the UK and you can get it in most of the EU as well. (17:25) But the United States is in our reach and I do hope we get there very soon.

(17:28) Oh, please. (17:29) Because I like to mix it up. (17:31) My dogs are very spoiled and they like to have different food depending on the week.

(17:35) Just like I don't want to eat even a delicious dish every day. (17:38) Now, they say dogs should eat the same thing every day, but I disagree. (17:42) My dogs eat, like I said, I do a mix.

(17:46) But some people are very opposed to Amazon. (17:48) I get that. (17:49) But if I could order it on Amazon, are you available? (17:52) Unfortunately, not yet.

(17:53) Not in the U.S., but we'd love to get there for you. (17:55) All right. (17:56) Well, I can't wait for Omni to hit the U.S. (17:59) Thank you.

(18:00) Thank you very much. (18:01) Pleasure meeting you. (18:01) It's a pleasure.

(18:02) Where can I grab a sample? (18:03) Well, I don't know if they'll let me take it home. (18:05) We'll figure that out. (18:06) We'll work it out.

(18:07) All right. (18:07) Thank you. (18:08) Come on over.

(18:10) This is my man. (18:11) I've been waiting for two days to talk to him. (18:14) How you doing?(18:15) Just look in here.

(18:16) Tell us your handle. (18:17) Thank you for speaking up. (18:19) At C-A-I-N defends animals, right? (18:25) Cain defends animals.

(18:27) I love it. (18:28) And so tell us what your social media philosophy or technique is and what's your main platform? (18:34) I live stream outside of slaughterhouses primarily on YouTube. (18:39) And I've also made a few videos, some shots kind of explaining animal rights to people.

(18:44) But the main thing I do is live stream outside of slaughterhouses, bring the reality of animal(18:50) exploitation to the people and teach people the reality of how stuff works. (18:55) And also I'm an aspiring documentary filmmaker. (18:58) So hopefully I'll have some stuff on Unchained TV at some point.

(19:02) I love to hear that. (19:05) What's your documentary about? (19:07) It's about the reality.(19:09) It's about investigations on the animal Holocaust.

(19:13) Oh, wow. (19:14) I love it. (19:15) I love it.

(19:16) And are you using slaughterhouse footage? (19:19) Yeah. (19:19) Yeah. (19:20) So tell us how many minutes is it and when do you think it'll be ready? (19:25) Hopefully at some point next year.

(19:27) I don't know the exact length of it. (19:29) I think it may be 90 minutes, 30 hours. (19:31) Oh, wow.

(19:32) Well, you might want to turn it into a series. (19:34) What Netflix and the others are doing because people have such short attention spans these days. (19:41) They're taking documentaries and they're turning them into documentary series and putting a (19:46) hook at the end of each episode that leads to the next episode.

(19:50) It's also easier to get done. (19:52) Having done documentaries myself as well as series.(19:56) A series, you break it down.

(19:58) And once you get that first part done, it doesn't feel so overwhelming. (20:02) Would you consider that? (20:04) Yeah. (20:04) Yeah.

(20:04) Maybe if it works. (20:06) If it works. (20:07) Yeah.

(20:08) And what inspired you to get into this line? (20:12) Yeah, because if we don't, then the animals have no one speaking up for them because animals (20:18) are unlike other victims of other injustices. (20:21) They can't speak up for themselves and they rely on us to speak up for them. (20:27) I love you.

(20:29) I love what you're doing. (20:30) Give us your handle again. (20:32) C-A-I-N defends animals, right? (20:36) Cain defends animals.

(20:37) If you're in the victim's position, how would you want to be defended? (20:41) Right? (20:41) So Cain defends animals. (20:43) Excellent. (20:44) I'm thrilled.

(20:46) Thank you, my dear. (20:47) And we've been talking. (20:48) We've become buddies here over the past couple of days.

(20:51) Here at Vegan Cap out in England. (20:53) I'm so overexcited. (20:55) I don't even know if I played you the party from last night.

(20:58) But I got to tell you, this party was cray cray. (21:01) Imagine 10,000 vegans in a conga line.(21:04) That's basically what happened.

(21:06) I'm going to play it for you right this second and then we're going to come back with more(21:10) people. (21:11) But wow, what a party it was. (21:14) Shane Velez Mitchell here at Vegan Camp Out.

(21:17) Wow. (21:18) What a wild day and even wilder night. (21:21) The party is so intense.

(21:23) I actually had to get away from it just so you could hear me. (21:28) But wow, vegans know how to have fun. (21:31) And this entire event has renewed my spirit and convinced me once again that veganism (21:39) is skyrocketing forward despite the powerful forces, the corporations, the government agencies (21:47) and the media that have aligned against us.

(21:51) Veganism will triumph. (21:53) There is no stopping an idea whose time has come. (21:57) But I got to tell you that anybody who thinks that we're on the way needs to come to Vegan (22:05) Camp Out and you will see a force that united can save the planet, the animals and people.

(22:13) And going vegan is so much fun. (22:16) And Vegan Camp Out reminds us that it's a blast.(22:19) It's a party of delicious food and delicious drinks and wonderful people and great spirits(22:26) because happiness is an inside job.

(22:29) And the folks here at Vegan Camp Out, the vegans who are fighting to save animals, people (22:35) and the planet, they've got great spirit. (22:38) I am so renewed and reinvigorated for our movement. (22:46) We have somebody.

(22:48) I hope you enjoyed that party last night. (22:50) It was crazy. (22:50) You got a recap of it.

(22:52) But. (22:55) Oh, we got to see that. (22:57) Oh, OK.

(22:59) We're behind the group photo, but. (23:01) Good luck. (23:03) Good luck.

(23:06) Daniel is out there getting a shot. (23:09) But we need to get him a good photo. (23:11) So can you hurry him because he's on his own camera.

(23:14) If I knew, I wouldn't touch it. (23:15) All right. (23:17) Everybody's getting together for a group photo.

(23:19) These are social media influencers. (23:21) Thank you. (23:22) This is our satellite.

(23:23) So we just don't want anybody to touch it because it's. (23:25) Thank you. (23:26) You're a doll.

(23:27) I appreciate it. (23:29) Yes. (23:29) So everybody's very excited.

(23:30) Everybody's gathering for a group photo. (23:34) And tell us, are you social? (23:35) I like your. (23:37) You have a very funny T-shirt.

(23:39) Hot girls have hairy pits. (23:41) OK. (23:42) Body hair is optional.

(23:43) Body hair is optional. (23:45) So we want. (23:47) Come on.

(23:48) Come on and talk to us. (23:49) Thank you. (23:51) Hi.

(23:51) Hello. (23:52) Hello, beautiful people. (23:53) So my name's Calvin.

(23:54) This is my wife, Ashley. (23:55) This is my wife, Ashley. (23:56) Hello.

(23:57) I'm Jamie. (23:57) This is Jamie. (23:59) Hi.

(24:00) Good to see you all. (24:00) So tell us, are you guys social media influencers? (24:03) And I apologize if I don't know. (24:05) Yeah, a little bit.

(24:05) Yeah. (24:06) So I have a channel. (24:07) Do a little thing from here to there.

(24:08) Yeah. (24:08) I have a channel called Calvin JT. (24:10) So I go undercover.

(24:11) I do some videos showing what I've seen. (24:14) Yes. (24:15) We have a family page called Vegan.

(24:17) Vegan Multitaskers. (24:18) Vegan Multitaskers. (24:19) I love it.

(24:20) OK. (24:20) So guys, that's Vegan Multitaskers. (24:23) Oh, don't move it.

(24:28) No one touch the satellite. (24:29) That's the satellite. (24:30) We can scooch down if you want.

(24:33) Did you find... (24:34) Did you... (24:35) OK. (24:36) Yeah. (24:36) Go ahead.

(24:37) You can do it. (24:37) Can't you do it? (24:38) Yeah. (24:40) Uh-oh.

(24:41) Please. (24:42) OK. (24:42) There we go.

(24:44) I'm going to hold this. (24:45) It's very exciting here. (24:47) OK.

(24:48) They're doing a group photo. (24:50) Dude. (24:50) Dude.

(24:51) OK. (24:52) We're going to show the group photo. (24:55) We're going to show the group photo.

(24:57) What's wrong with the... (24:59) What's wrong with the... (25:00) OK. (25:01) Hopefully, we're still live because we're trying to get the group photo. (25:05) We're trying to get the group photo.

(25:08) OK. (25:09) There we are. (25:12) See? (25:15) Thank you.

(25:15) Thank you. (25:16) So that was the group photo. (25:18) You're seeing all the excitement here live.

(25:20) I would like to continue asking you, if you could, what do you see... (25:27) What do you see is... (25:28) You're going to have to really shout into the camera because... (25:32) Yeah. (25:32) The importance of this event. (25:34) So what's good about this, when I came to Vegan Camp Out for the first time a few years ago, (25:39) both of us, we got inspired to get active.

(25:42) And we were vegan, but we weren't really doing anything else for the animals. (25:46) So from there, we decided to get active. (25:48) And I'll tell you why it changed our lives.

(25:50) We now have so many vegan friends. (25:52) We go... (25:52) Yeah. (25:53) We socialize.

(25:54) We let people know what's happening to animals. (25:56) My job now, I'm a full-time content creator. (26:00) And yeah, I just get to do it all for the animals every day.

(26:03) So it's a dream come true for me. (26:05) How did you manage to transition out of like a paycheck to being a full-time social media influencer? (26:13) So just put out content. (26:15) Just keep doing it every day.

(26:18) Make sure you're just filming everything. (26:19) Anywhere you see animal exploitation or your daily life, like what you experience. (26:24) So us as a family, we have children and we just let the world know that having vegan children is great (26:32) and that you can inspire them to also change the world.

(26:35) That's wonderful. (26:35) And I'd love you to talk about your campaign. (26:39) Yeah.

(26:40) I mean, it's mainly just more to do with my children, really. (26:44) I think children are the future. (26:46) So raising more vegan children I think is the way forward.

(26:51) And just to inspire more families to get active. (26:55) Like you can get your children active in more ways than what you can think of. (26:59) So yeah, I think it's just getting active with your kids and yeah, enjoying a vegan camp out with the families.

(27:07) Well, you know what you did is exactly what they're hoping everybody here does. (27:12) Because we need 10,000 activists. (27:15) There are 10,000 vegans here.

(27:18) But what you did was you heard the message, what, last year? (27:23) No, it was about two years ago is when we decided to get active. (27:26) After hearing Tash Peterson speak, we were really inspired to get out there and do more. (27:33) And we take our children to us to activism events and protests.

(27:36) So they're inspired. (27:38) They are surrounded by activists and they live that world.(27:40) So there's no chance that they're going to ever be anything but animal lovers.

(27:44) So nurseries and stuff, or kindergartens, they teach children to exploit animals. (27:51) But our children are going to teach those children that that's not okay. (27:54) I love it.

I love what you're doing. (27:56) It's such a pleasure to meet you. (27:58) Please let me know if you're ever in LA.

(28:00) I'd love to get to know you better. (28:03) Come on in. (28:04) Hi, how are you? (28:05) So nice to meet you.

(28:07) So thank you. (28:09) We're live via this satellite right here. (28:13) And I'd love you to just lean in and tell everybody watching about yourself (28:17) and all the things you've accomplished.

(28:20) Oh yeah, well I'm Tim Burford and I run VegFest in the UK. (28:23) We're the biggest indoor vegan event. (28:25) We've got events in Brighton, Bristol, London and Birmingham.

(28:29) And one of them is a free event actually. (28:31) It's a big outreach event. (28:33) We love doing them.

(28:34) It's fantastic to see so many people coming together. (28:37) The vegan movement's on the march again in the UK. (28:40) Really exciting things happening.

(28:43) I'm lucky to be on the crust of quite a lot of new developments. (28:46) And I can assure you that England is rocking again. (28:49) Veganism is growing.

(28:51) It's fabulous. (28:52) It's fantastic. (28:53) And so tell us about your VegFest in England(28:55) because I find England to be so vegan-friendly.

(28:59) I mean, I just love it. (29:02) I wish that every country in the world was as vegan-friendly as, well, London especially. (29:08) That's where I've been most except for a vegan camp out.

(29:11) Well, I've been lucky. (29:12) I've been vegan since 1984. (29:14) Pretty much plant-based since 1980.

(29:17) And I was on the festivals all the way through the 80s and 90s. (29:20) I was a great promoter of the dance music, the free parties. (29:24) And then like, yeah, about 2003, I thought, let's turn it into a vegan party.