1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogVeganbnbtravelhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/Veganbnbtravel/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="H0isNoyi29"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/looking-behind-the-label/">Looking Behind The Label</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/looking-behind-the-label/embed/#?secret=H0isNoyi29" width="600" height="338" title="“Looking Behind The Label” — HappyCow" data-secret="H0isNoyi29" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_1603.jpg600800Overstimulated. Thats how I felt when I returned to Europe after 8 years working and living in Latin America. It became apparent to me that the media have to SHOUT to get our attention; overpopulation, sustainability of food production, loss of natural resources, animal welfare, human health, and so on. Information overload. Two years later saw the start of Veganbnb Travel; vegan adventure holidays in Guatemala and Spain and the information overload in question led me to create a project designed to encourage conscious consumerism by connecting consumers to producers. Looking Behind The Label In Guatemala I shop on the local market. I purchase fruit from one family, vegetables from another, dry goods such as rice from a small supermarket and coffee directly from the coffee plantation which takes me ten minutes to travel to on my motorbike. Occasionally I have to wait patiently for the coffee to be roasted, during which time I have the opportunity to walk through the coffee plantation and speak to the workers picking the coffee from the bushes (quite a laborious task; hours are long and wages low but it is still a valuable source of income). I recently went looking for chia seeds […]