{"id":750616,"date":"2018-01-03T14:02:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T14:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=750616"},"modified":"2018-01-03T14:02:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T14:02:48","slug":"veganism-how-a-maligned-movement-went-mainstream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=750616","title":{"rendered":"Veganism: How a maligned movement went mainstream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>CAROLINE LOWBRIDGE:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Malnourished, sanctimonious, hemp-clad, sandal-wearing, bearded, animal-cuddling, lentil-munching hippies. This has been the image of vegans for a long time, but a new generation is challenging the stereotypes. How has social media taken such a maligned movement and helped make 2017 the year veganism went mainstream?&#8230; The Vegan Society thinks the rise of veganism online is mirrored in the real world, and describes veganism as &#8220;the fastest growing lifestyle movement&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In 2016 it commissioned research by Ipsos Mori which suggested there were at least 542,000 people &#8211; or 1.05% of the 15 and over population in England, Scotland and Wales &#8211; following a vegan diet. Ten years before the estimated number of vegans was just 150,000. Close to half &#8211; 42% &#8211; of all vegans were in the 15-34 age category, compared to just 14% of people who were over 65, so the Vegan Society predicts veganism will continue to grow in future as it continues to be adopted by younger generations&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-leicestershire-40722965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Pv3qwK4cfg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAROLINE LOWBRIDGE: &#8216;Malnourished, sanctimonious, hemp-clad, sandal-wearing, bearded, animal-cuddling, lentil-munching hippies. This has been the image of vegans for a long time, but a new generation is challenging the stereotypes. How has social media taken such a maligned movement and helped make 2017 the year veganism went mainstream?&#8230; The Vegan Society thinks the rise of veganism [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":750618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,17,18,19],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-750616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-environment","category-ethics","category-health","tag-veganism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=750616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":750619,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750616\/revisions\/750619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/750618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=750616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=750616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=750616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}