Veganuary: Why some Canadians are switching to a plant-based diet in the new year
Veganuary co-founders Jane Land and Matthew Glover are shown in a handout photo. Despite its British origin, Veganuary is now a worldwide movement with participants from nearly every single country, and out of those, Canada has the 18th most participants.
Previously, promoting a plant-based diet was awareness-based, promoting cold-turkey vegetarianism or veganism.The challenge started in 2014 in the U.K. and when Veganuary co-founders Jane Land and Matthew Glover decide to create the pledge to go vegan. “From that trip and seeing it in retail, we brought it back and had our first Veganuary event about three years ago,” said the senior vice-president of merchandising at London Drugs.
When Vercelli first became vegan 32 years ago, she said that it would be a struggle to find vegan-friendly alternatives. For example, non-dairy milk was once only available at an Asian grocery store or in specialty coffee shops. But now, she said it is difficult to find a cafe that does not offer a number of plant-based milk alternatives.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.
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