30 September 1894

No Meat, Fish or Poultry

At the end of the nineteenth century the Dutchman A. Verschoor met in England Dr T.L. Allinson, a physician and the inventor of the well-known health bread. Verschoor felt inspired to establish a vegetarian association. He published a pamphlet `Een bond voor vegetariërs' [A league for vegetarians] about vegetarianism on hygienic and ethical grounds. At the end of the leaflet a form was included: 'The undersigned affirms that he/she has kept to a vegetarian diet (comprising vegetable products with or without the addition of eggs, milk, butter and cheese but excluding all meat, fish and poultry), for ... year/months. [...]' The appeal caught on, and the Dutch league of vegetarians was founded on 30 September 1894. A. Verschoor became the first chairman.

See also:

•  The lending library of the Nederlandse Vegetariërsbond (NVB)

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