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General/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

Progress of the Humane Diet Movement

An article by Ernest Bell, writing in Sept. 1914. First some notes – In this article, Ernest Bell is reflecting on his 40 years of being a vegetarian. He started to be an animal rights activist in ~ 1873. He had stopped eating meat in about 1874. He ‘veganized’ books which he published. His consumption of animal products such as milk seems to have been ‘O’. ~ …a little over twenty-five years… ~ – Ernest…

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General/ vegan history/ vegetarian history

Veg(etari)an Marketing – promotional flyers – from 123+/- years ago.

. Members of  The London Vegetarian Society in 1891. (1) . Vegetarianism defined – circa 1890 ~ …….. growing slowly but surely to be a great factor in raising and purifying its age. It points towards PERFECT HEALTH. It points towards GENTLENESS, KINDNESS, HUMANENESS. It points towards SELF-CONQUEST. It gathers up the seeds that have been scattered by sages ever since the world began, and the jewels that are to…

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Events/ HappyCow Site

UK veggy week – day 1 – please add more listings!

This is UK veggy week – “National Vegetarian Week runs from May 19-25. For more information about how to get involved visit the Vegetarian Society’s website” – http://www.vegsoc.org HappyCow will receive more site visitors from the UK as a result of the increased press coverage I am sure! We are currently listing very few UK restaurants / businesses – PLEASE help to build up the UK listings. There are numerous…

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