Vegetarian Federal Union
{{Short description|Former British vegetarianism umbrella organisation}}
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File:The_Vegetarian_Federal_Union's_Stall_at_the_World_Fair_in_Chicago_in_1893.png in 1893]]The Vegetarian Federal Union (VFU) was a British vegetarianism umbrella organisation founded in 1889, which operated until 1911.
History
In July 1889, a group of individuals from the London Vegetarian Society met and drew up plans to form what would become the Vegetarian Federal Union.{{Cite book|last=Newton|first=David E.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QcubDwAAQBAJ|title=Vegetarianism and Veganism: A Reference Handbook|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2019|isbn=978-1-4408-6764-4|location=Santa Barbara, California|pages=35|language=en}} It was originally intended to bring together all of the British vegetarian societies under the umbrella of a "Vegetarian Union", with each society having a number of votes proportional to its membership.{{Cite web |title=Vegetarian Federal Union 1889-1911 |url=https://ivu.org/index.php/blogs/congress-vegfest-updates/191-vegetarian-federal-union-1889-1911 |access-date=2020-07-03 |website=International Vegetarian Union |language=en-gb}}
In September, after the first International Vegetarian Congress in Cologne, Germany, the organisation was inspired to expand its focus to creating a global union of vegetarian societies. It was officially started at a meeting on 1 October.{{Cite book|last=Forward|first=Charles W.|url=https://archive.org/details/b2486609x|title=Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England|publisher=The Ideal Publishing Union|year=1898|location=London|pages=142|author-link=Charles W. Forward|access-date=2020-07-04}} Arnold F. Hills of the London Vegetarian Society was elected as Chairman, W. E. A. Axon was Vice-Chairman{{Cite journal|last=Hills|first=A. F.|date=1889-12-21|title=The Vegetarian Federal Union|url=https://ivu.org/history/vfu/policy.html|journal=The Vegetarian|location=London}} and Josiah Oldfield was secretary.{{Cite journal|last=Weinbren|first=Dan|date=1994|title=Against All Cruelty: The Humanitarian League, 1891-1919|journal=History Workshop|issue=38|pages=86–105|issn=0309-2984|jstor=4289320}}
In 1895, the VFU's Executive Committee included Henry B. Amos, R. E. O'Callaghan, Josiah Oldfield and May Yates.{{Cite web|date=2024|title=Vegetarian Federal Union 1889-1911|url=https://ivu.org/history/vfu/meeting16.html|website=International Vegetarian Union|language=en-GB|archive-date=June 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620224212/https://ivu.org/history/vfu/meeting16.html|url-status=live}}
The organisation was superseded by the International Vegetarian Union in 1908.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=scpwmjE3TWYC |title=Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-313-37557-6 |editor-last=Puskar-Pasewicz |editor-first=Margaret |location=Santa Barbara, California |pages=197 |language=en}} It ceased to exist in 1911.
See also
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