Vegan Business Talk

In this episode, I interview Tim Barford, owner of organic hemp products firm Yaoh and organizer of the VegFestUK festivals, which attract tens of thousands of visitors each year. Tim’s owned Yaoh since the 1990s. Based in Bristol, Yaoh has topped the Ethical Consumer Magazine’s Best Buy categories 4 times for its range of organic, vegan food and bodycare products. As well as running their own events in Brighton, Bristol, London and Scotland, VegFestUK also sponsors and supports other vegan events in the UK. This is another audio interview I did for my book Vegan Ventures: Start and Grow an Ethical Business. I’m from the UK originally and when I went vegan in 1996 there was an annual vegan festival that was held in a small hall in central London where I lived and it probably saw maybe 1000 or so people through the doors. Now the London event alone attracts over 12,000 people and is held at the prestigious Olympia venue in Kensington. I was invited to speak at London VegFestUK last October and launch my b