{"id":778636,"date":"2025-06-25T07:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T11:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=778636"},"modified":"2025-06-25T08:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:04:53","slug":"biggest-ever-exhibition-on-the-history-of-veganism-opens-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=778636","title":{"rendered":"The Vegan Society: \u2018Biggest-ever\u2019 exhibition on the history of veganism opens in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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'Veganism: Past, Present and Future' explores the history of veganism, examines the contemporary movement, and also makes predictions about how plant-based and meat-free lifestyles might change in the future. The exhibition features a unique VR-based experience that depicts an immersive, entirely vegan world. Visitors will be able to view images, objects, and videos connected to the foundation of The Vegan Society in 1944, and all of its work since.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n

LIAM PRITCHETT:<\/strong> The Vegan Society is celebrating its 80th year of operations with an interactive exhibition titled \u201cVeganism: Past, Present and Future\u201d in its hometown of Birmingham… It is is on display now at the Library of Birmingham. It will run from May 17 to August 23, 2025, and is free to attend…<\/em><\/p>\n

The British charity described the project as the world\u2019s \u201cbiggest-ever vegan exhibition.\u201d It explores the history of veganism, examines the contemporary movement, and also makes predictions about how plant-based and meat-free lifestyles might change in the future.<\/em><\/p>\n

To explore these ideas, the exhibition features a unique VR-based experience that depicts an immersive, entirely vegan world. The Vegan Society designed the VR experience as part of the charity\u2019s recent \u201cThe Future Is Vegan\u201d campaign, which aims to help people envision all of the benefits that would come with a vegan world, from thriving wildlife to recovered forests.<\/em><\/p>\n

Visitors will be able to view images, objects, and videos connected to the foundation of The Vegan Society in 1944, and all of its work since. The show also explores Birmingham\u2019s unique connections to the vegan movement, including through the late Benjamin Zephaniah, a poet, writer, and animal rights activist originally from the city\u2019s Handsworth neighborhood.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be able to share our history, current work and future plans with the people of Birmingham and beyond \u2013 and honoured to base our exhibition at the prestigious Library of Birmingham, at the centre of the vegan movement,\u201d said Sam Calvert, The Vegan Society\u2019s head of communications and fundraising.<\/em><\/p>\n

Meat consumption hit a record low in the UK in 2023… By the end of 2024, nearly 6.5 million people reported following a vegan diet, with potentially another 7.8 million meat-free people joining by the end of this year. Up to 11 percent of Brits said that they planned to be vegetarian in 2025, while 6.4 percent said they would be vegan. <\/em>SOURCE…<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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