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Veganism was most common in the states of Gujarat (4.9%) and Maharashtra (4.0%). [145] Israel: Five percent (approx. 300,000) in Israel said they were vegan in 2014, making it the highest per capita vegan population in the world. [146] A 2015 survey by Globes and Israel's Channel 2 News similarly found 5% of Israelis were vegan. [147]
How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach [6] 2017 Tobias Leenaert: Activism The End of Animal Farming: 2018 Jacy Reese Anthis, Tom Rivera Ethics This Is Vegan Propaganda: (And Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You) [7] [8] 2023 Ed Winters Activism How to Argue With a Meat Eater (And Win Every Time) [9] [10] 2023 Ed Winters Ethics
The country's food labelling laws for vegetarian food are the world's strictest, because it has been estimated that more than 3 million Taiwanese people eat vegetarian food, which accounts for approximately 13% of the national population. [80] [81] A popular movement of "one day vegetarian every week" has been advocated on a national level. [82]
Jewish vegetarianism and veganism have become especially popular among Israeli Jews. [42] In 2016, an op-ed argued that Israel was "the most vegan country on Earth", as five percent of its population eschewed all animal products. That number had more than doubled since 2010, when only 2.6 percent of Israelis were either vegan or vegetarian. [43]
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.
It has two YouTube channels, "Powerful Vegan Messages" and "American Vegan Society". It administers the AVS Speakers Bureau (18 popular vegan speakers from throughout the United States) and vegan conferences (the first annual event was held in 1960; bylaws require an annual vegan conference).
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]
Gary Yourofsky (/ j ʊəˈr ɒ f s k i /; born August 19, 1970) [1] is an American animal rights activist and lecturer. He has had a major influence on contemporary veganism. [2] ...