So what do vegans actually eat?

Next Saturday, Cork will be the vegan capital of Ireland when it hosts Vegfest at the City Hall. Now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.

And yet here we are, waking up in our millions to the idea that food isn’t only about tasting good and filling you up. In the short term yes of course it — civilised society is only ever three meals from anarchy — but people are starting to think longer term.

We are thinking about huge awful scary unquantifiables like cancer and climate change, and relating them directly to what’s in front of us on our plate.