Vegetarian Federal Union

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The Vegetarian Federal Union's stall at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893

The Vegetarian Federal Union (VFU) was a British vegetarianism umbrella organisation founded in 1889, which operated until 1911.

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History

In July 1889, a group of individuals from the London Vegetarian Society met and drew up plans to form what would become the Vegetarian Federal Union. [1] It was originally intended to bring together all of the British vegetarian societies under the umbrella of a "Vegetarian Union", with each society having a number of votes proportional to its membership. [2]

In September, after the first International Vegetarian Congress in Cologne, Germany, the organisation was inspired to expand its focus to creating a global union of vegetarian societies. [2] It was officially started at a meeting on 1 October. [3] Arnold F. Hills of the London Vegetarian Society was elected as Chairman, [2] W. E. A. Axon was Vice-Chairman [4] and Josiah Oldfield was secretary. [5]

In 1895, the VFU's Executive Committee included Henry B. Amos, R. E. O'Callaghan, Josiah Oldfield and May Yates. [6]

The organisation was superseded by the International Vegetarian Union in 1908. [7] It ceased to exist in 1911. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Newton, David E. (2019). Vegetarianism and Veganism: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 35. ISBN   978-1-4408-6764-4.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Vegetarian Federal Union 1889-1911". International Vegetarian Union . Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Forward, Charles W. (1898). Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England. London: The Ideal Publishing Union. p. 142. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Hills, A. F. (21 December 1889). "The Vegetarian Federal Union". The Vegetarian. London.
  5. ↑ Weinbren, Dan (1994). "Against All Cruelty: The Humanitarian League, 1891-1919". History Workshop (38): 86–105. ISSN   0309-2984. JSTOR   4289320.
  6. ↑ "Vegetarian Federal Union 1889-1911". International Vegetarian Union. 2024. Archived from the original on 20 June 2024.
  7. ↑ Puskar-Pasewicz, Margaret, ed. (2010). Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 197. ISBN   978-0-313-37557-6.


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