MARCH is Meat-Free Month.

It is the perfect opportunity for readers who are looking to reduce their meat consumption – due to ethical, environmental or health concerns – to take positive action and try some of the many meat-less food products available in high street shops and supermarkets.

And it needn’t be expensive, especially with the help of Animal Aid’s new free recipe booklet – Meat-Free! Feed Four For Under A Fiver.

With contributions by well-known vegetarian cook Rose Elliot, families can turn all their favourite meals meat-free.

The booklet also reveals the hidden costs of meat that do not show up at the check-out but make it an expensive choice in the long run.

As well as keeping costs down, the meat-free diet can help individuals live longer and healthier, as vegetarians tend to have lower rates of diet-related diseases, such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. Cutting out meat can also reduce your carbon footprint and, of course, help to end animal suffering.

Phone Animal Aid on 01732 364546 to order your free copy of the Meat-Free! booklet or visit meatfreemonth.info for more information and to enter a competition to win a hamper of Linda McCartney foods.

Kelly Slade, Animal Aid, Bradford Street, Tonbridge, Kent.