Jump to content

Vegetarian Federal Union

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Vegetarian Federal Union's stall at theChicago World's Fairin 1893

TheVegetarian Federal Union(VFU) was a Britishvegetarianismorganisation founded in 1889, which operated until 1911.

History

[edit]

In July 1889, a group of individuals from theLondon Vegetarian Societymet 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 of that year, after the first vegetarian International Congress inCologne,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 of the same year.[3]Arnold F. Hillsof the London Vegetarian Society was elected as Chairman,[2]W. E. A. Axonwas Vice-Chairman[4]andJosiah Oldfieldwas secretary.[5]

The organisation was superseded by theInternational Vegetarian Unionin 1908.[6]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^Newton, David E. (2019).Vegetarianism and Veganism: A Reference Handbook.Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 35.ISBN978-1-4408-6764-4.
  2. ^abc"Vegetarian Federal Union 1889-1911".International Vegetarian Union.Retrieved3 July2020.
  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.Retrieved4 July2020.
  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.ISSN0309-2984.JSTOR4289320.
  6. ^Puskar-Pasewicz, Margaret, ed. (2010).Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism.Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 197.ISBN978-0-313-37557-6.