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

talks
food

Date & Time

Sat, 21 Mar 2026

19:00

Venue

Pusey House

St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LZ

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About this event

Learn about the microbiome and its impact on health with experts Bill Tara, Marlene Watson-Tara, and others.

Why you should come

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• Hear Gary Francione & Anna Charlton discuss the ethics of veganism.

• Learn from Laurence Candy about stockfree organic farming.

• Discover how diet can extend life with Marlene Watson-Tara.

Event Highlights

  • Day of inquiry into what we are eating
  • Learn how changing your daily diet can improve your health
  • Includes a delicious plant-based lunch
  • Each participant will receive the gift of health from Clearspring

Speakers

Bill Tara

seminar leader, author and activist for natural health care

Marlene Watson-Tara

health counsellor, teacher and advocate for a wholefood plant-based vegan diet, yoga and vibrant health

Gary Francione

professor of law and philosophy

Anna Charlton

former adjunct professor of law at Rutgers University

Laurence Candy

former dairy farmer

Programme

10:30 am

Bill Tara - Are We What We Eat? How the environment decides a healthy diet.

11.15 am

Marlene Watson-Tara – The Power of Your Plate. Promoting health or causing disease.

11:45 am

Coffee break

12:15 pm

Laurence Candy Stockfree organic farming, the roadmap for a kinder, more sustainable food system.

12.45pm

Comfort break

1pm

Delicious Lunch

2pm

Professors Gary Francione & Anna Charlton – Being fair means going vegan.

2.45pm

Q&A and discussion

3.30pm

Finish

Organized by: Oxford Literary Festival

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