Vegetarian Society celebrates 168th birthday

Established in 1847, the UK's Vegetarian Society is the oldest vegetarian organisation in the world.

Sustain member the Vegetarian Society celebrated by posting special recipes on social media throughout the day to inspire and support people to embrace a vegetarian lifestyle, which they say is a choice that is 'kinder to animals, people and the planet.'


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