The Vegan Society is a registered charity in the United Kingdom, promoting the vegandiet. A charitable trust is a trust organized to serve private or public charitable purposes. ... Hens kept in cramped conditions — the avoidance of animal suffering is the primary motivation of people who become vegans A vegan is a person who avoids the ingestion or use of animal products. ... Diet can refer to several things: The nutritional diet of an organism or group. ...
Founded in Britain on November 1, 1944, by Donald Watson. The first ever vegan society, in the process coining the word vegan (for "non-dairy vegetarians"). The word vegan has since passed into common usage and is used these days in a variety of broader meanings than was originally intended. November 1 is celebrated annually as World Vegan Day. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hens kept in cramped conditions — the avoidance of animal suffering is the primary motivation of people who become vegans A vegan is a person who avoids the ingestion or use of animal products. ... For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ... World Vegan Day is November 1st each year to celebrate the creation of the The Vegan Society and the 2004 event marks the 60th birthday. ...
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Information - e.g. the website, leaflets, books, videos
Support - network of local contacts
Licenses its trademarked Sunflower symbol to companies - for the labelling of vegan products
Publishes The Vegan - a quarterly magazine sent free to members of the society
Publishes the Animal-Free Shopper - a list of vegan items available in the UK (updated every two years or so)
Hens kept in cramped conditions — the avoidance of animal suffering is the primary motivation of people who become vegans A vegan is a person who avoids the ingestion or use of animal products. ...
A vegan is a person who avoids the ingestion or use of animal products. ... A selection of fruitarian foods Fruitarians (or fructarians) are a subgroup of vegans who eat only the fruit of plants. ...
The word "vegan" was coined in England in 1944 by Donald Watson who, along with several other members of the VegetarianSociety in Leicester, wanted to form an alliance of nondairy vegetarians as a subgroup.
In late 1944, The VeganSociety was established, advocating a totally plant-based diet excluding flesh, fish, fowl, eggs, honey, and animals' milk, butter, and cheese, and also encouraging the manufacture and use of alternatives to animal commodities, including clothing and shoes.
From its inception, veganism was defined as a "philosophy" and "way of living." It was never intended to be merely a diet and, still today, describes a lifestyle and belief system that revolves around a reverence for life.
The VeganSociety collection of factsheets cover the core vegan issues such as dairy, eggs, honey, and silk, plus information about the "hidden" animal by-products such as gelatine and whey.
Vegans are vegan for many reasons, including ethical/moral, health/diet and spiritual/religious (see the Vegan Profile).
Vegan cartoons from Vegetus, and 101 reasons not to be a vegan.
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