World Vegan Day is a global event celebrated annually on 1 November. Vegans celebrate the benefits of veganism for animals, humans, and the natural environment through activities such as setting up stalls, hosting potlucks, and planting memorial trees.
An activity celebrating World Vegan Day
Animal advocates acknowledge vegan-friendly businesses with baking and thank-you cards
Vegan activists visit local butchers to give them tofu
Vegans giving out soy milk alongside banana chocolate chip muffins on the street
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A person who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan.
Fruitlands, a short-lived vegan community established in 1844 by Amos Bronson Alcott in Harvard, Massachusetts
Mahatma Gandhi, Vegetarian Society, London, 20 November 1931, with Henry Salt on his right
Barbara Moore attended the first meeting of the Vegan Society as an observer.
German strongman Patrik Baboumian, who starred in the 2018 documentary The Game Changers to demonstrate that athletes can thrive on a vegan diet