Cox became a vegetarian at aged 2."Vegetarian campaigner Peter Cox explains why eating meat is bad for our health£". rte.ie. Retrieved 8 December 2023. He initiated a number of major changes at the Vegetarian SocietyMeat Trades Journal, 5 September 1985. including a higher public profile, an expanded membership, vigorous ongoing debates with the Meat and Livestock Commission, the establishment of the Cordon VertThe Vegetarian Society – The Cordon Vert School main index page cookery school with television personality Sarah Brown, and a new magazine. Cox's reforms were not universally appreciated and internal disagreements brought about his resignation.The Vegetarian Society – paul mccartney 2006 Press Release
