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World Vegan Day is held every 1 November to mark the founding of the Society, and the Society considers November World Vegan Month. [62] [63] Barbara Moore attended the first meeting of The Vegan Society as an observer. [61] The Vegan News changed its name to The Vegan in November 1945, by which time it had 500 subscribers. [64]
The temple town of Palitana is the world's first vegetarian-only city. Today, Indian vegetarians, who are primarily lacto-vegetarians, are estimated to make up more than 70 percent of the world's vegetarians. They make up 20–42 percent of the population in India, while less than 30 percent are regular meat-eaters.
Vegan and vegetarian products like soy milk, soy yogurts, rice milk and tofu are widely available in major retailers, and sold across the country. According to HappyCow, Lisbon is the 6th city in the world for number of vegan restaurants per capita, more than any other European city. [138]
Jewish vegetarianism and veganism have become especially popular among Israeli Jews. In 2016, Israel was described as "the most vegan country on Earth", as five percent of its population eschewed all animal products. [178] Interest in veganism has grown among both non-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews in Israel. [179]
It establishes veganism as an academic topic; gathers research on veganism, the history of veganism and carnism; examines veganism's ethical, political and cultural basis and repercussions; [53] and explores how vegan identity is presented in literature, the arts, film, popular culture, advertising and the media. [54]
The Vegan Society is a registered charity and the oldest vegan organization in the world, founded in the United Kingdom in 1944 by Donald Watson, Elsie Shrigley, George Henderson and his wife Fay Henderson among others.
Veganism involves following a vegan diet, which is a diet that includes no animal products of any kind. It can extend to ethical veganism which avoids or boycotts all products and activities whose production or undertaking is perceived to exploit animals, such as leather, silk, fur, wool, and cosmetics that have been tested on animals, as well as blood sports such as bullfighting and fox hunting.
Watson was born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, the son of a headmaster in a mining community. [1] As a child, Watson spent time on his uncle George's farm. The slaughtering of a pig on the farm horrified Watson; he said his view of farm life changed from idyllic to a death row for animals.