World Vegetarian Day: 1st October 2003

World Vegetarian Awareness Month: October

World Vegetarian Day has been observed since 1977, bringing together vegetarians from all over the world for a common cause. It brings awareness to the ethical, environmental, health, and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle. We're observing growing trends, especially since foot-and-mouth and mad cow diseases, but about one million people a year become vegetarians in the United States alone and millions in Europe and Australasia too.

Wherever you find any group trying to promote this noble cause, please give your support. Contact your local temple or community and find out how you can get involved this year or what they are doing to help make the world aware of this event or how they are utilizing that facility.

If you have a web-site please mention World Vegetarian Day October 1st and World Vegetarian Awareness Month of October http://www.hknet.org.nz/veg18.html

For more information on vegetarianism and beyond: http://turn.to/Vegetarianism

© dipika.org September 19, 2003