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This is a '''timeline of {{w|veganismvegetarianism}} and {{w|vegetarianismveganism}}''', both practices of abstaining from the consumption of {{w|meat}}.
== Sample questions ==
** You will read names like {{w|Veggie Pride}} and Vegfest, among other festivals.
* What are some significant studies concerning the effect of vegetarianism and veganism?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Study(nutrition)".** You will see a number of studies addressing the nutritional effect of the practice of vegetarianism and veganism.** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Study (environment)".
** You will see a number of studies addressing the noticeable environmental effect produced by massive meat abstention.
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=== Summary by century ===
=== Google Trends ===
The image comparative chart below shows {{w|Google Trends }} data for vegetarianism Vegetarianism (Topic) and veganism Veganism (topicTopic), from January 2004 to April 20202021, when the screenshot was taken. Interest is also ranked by country and displayed on world map.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Trends Vegetarianism and Veganism |url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F07_hy2F07_jd,%2Fm%2F07_jd 2F07_hy |website=trends.google.com Google Trends |accessdateaccess-date=18 22 April 20202021}}</ref> [[File:Vegetarianism and Veganism gt.png|thumb|center|600px]]
The image comparative chart below shows {{w|Google Trends Ngram Viewer}} data for vegetarianism Vegetarianism and veganism (search term)Veganism, from January 2004 1800 to April 2020, when the screenshot was taken2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Trends Vegetarianism and Veganism |url=https://trendsbooks.google.com/trendsngrams/exploregraph?datecontent=vegetarianism%2Cveganism&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=all3&qdirect_url=veganism,vegetarianism t1%3B%2Cvegetarianism%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cveganism%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cvegetarianism%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cveganism%3B%2Cc0 |website=trendsbooks.google.com |accessdateaccess-date=18 22 April 20202021 |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Googhle trends veganism Vegetarianism and vegetarianism search termVeganism ngram.png|thumb|center|700px]]
=== Wikipedia views ===
The image chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia Views from July 2015 to March 2020 for article {{w|veganismVegetarianism}} for , on desktop from December 2007, and on mobile-web, desktop, desktop-spider, mobile-app, and mobile-web-spiderand mobile app, from July 2015; to Mach 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipedia Views veganism Vegetarianism |url=https://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultiplemonths.php?page=VeganismVegetarianism&allmonths=allmonths-api&language=en&drilldown=all |website=wikipediaviews.org |accessdateaccess-date=14 22 April 20202021}}</ref>
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The image chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia Views from July 2015 to March 2020 for article {{w|vegetarianismVeganism}} for , on desktop from December 2007, and on mobile-web, desktop, desktop-spider, mobile-app, and mobile-web-spiderand mobile app, from July 2015; to Mach 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipedia Views Vegetarianism Veganism |url=https://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultiplemonths.php?page=VegetarianismVeganism&allmonths=allmonths-api&language=en&drilldown=all |website=wikipediaviews.org |accessdateaccess-date=14 22 April 20202021}}</ref>
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==Full timeline==
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| 1987 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Literature (book) || Rudolph Ballentine publishes ''Transition to Vegetarianism: An Evolutionary Step''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transition to Vegetarianism; An Evolutionary Step |url=https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Transition-Vegetarianism-Evolutionary-Step-Rudolph-Ballentine/17352746217/bd |website=abebooks.com |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 1988 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (nutrition) || Study concludes that vegans tend to have less {{w|taurine}} in their bodies.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Laidlaw |first1=S A |last2=Shultz |first2=T D |last3=Cecchino |first3=J T |last4=Kopple |first4=J D |title=Plasma and urine taurine levels in vegans |journal=The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |doi=10.1093/ajcn/47.4.660 |url=https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article-abstract/47/4/660/4694739}}</ref> ||
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| 1988 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Organization || The {{w|European Vegetarian Union}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=EVU |url=https://www.euroveg.eu/about-evu/our-history/ |website=euroveg.eu |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Netherlands}}
| 1994 || {{w|Veganism}} || Organization || {{w|Vegan Prisoners Support Group}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=What We Do |url=http://vpsg.org/ |website=vpsg.org |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1994 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (nutrition) || Study concludes that vegans are particularly prone to iron deficiency, because the form that’s most readily absorbed by the body is “haem iron”, which is only found in animal proteins.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Alexander |first1=D |last2=Ball |first2=MJ |last3=Mann |first3=J |title=Nutrient intake and haematological status of vegetarians and age-sex matched omnivores. |pmid=7956998 |url=https://europepmc.org/article/med/7956998}}</ref> ||
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| 1994 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Organization || The {{w|Association Végétarienne de France}} is founded.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Jane |title=The Adventurous Vegetarian: Around the World in 30 Meals |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=1Nn0AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=1994++Association+V%C3%A9g%C3%A9tarienne+de+France&source=bl&ots=AevtcA-NBH&sig=ACfU3U368O8Lb6jv7QfN5MiaO2PLIFcgeQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxpr2m2tvoAhWaH7kGHQ3zArgQ6AEwDHoECAkQKQ#v=onepage&q=1994%20%20Association%20V%C3%A9g%C3%A9tarienne%20de%20France&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|France}}
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| 1999 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Literature (book) || Lisa Portmess and Kerry S. Walters publish ''Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singer''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethical vegetarianism : from Pythagoras to Peter Singer / edited by Kerry S. Walters and Lisa Portmess. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7852814?q&versionId=9054442 |website=trove.nla.gov.au |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 1999 || {{w|Vegetarianism}}, {{w|veganism}} General || Online community || {{w|HappyCow}} launches as an online service that lists sources of vegan, vegetarian and healthy food.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vegetarians in Paradise |url=https://www.vegparadise.com/24carrot911.html |website=vegparadise.com |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2000 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Organization || Ethical Vegetarian Alternative is founded to raise awareness about the benefits of eating less or no meat.<ref>{{cite book |title=Sustainable Food Planning: Evolving Theory and Practice |edition=André Viljoen, Johannes S. C. Wiskerke |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=1zVbsBqrd3cC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=2000+Organization+Ethical+Vegetarian+Alternative&source=bl&ots=GC52-D0RX4&sig=ACfU3U0KP_GL1fSp6uD9AMGmvyqAfXUoiw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqmqiPw43lAhXgILkGHbqpDaoQ6AEwD3oECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=2000%20Organization%20Ethical%20Vegetarian%20Alternative&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Belgium}}
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| 2000 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Literature (book) || Colin Spencer publishes ''Vegetarianism: A History''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vegetarianism: A History |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books/about/Vegetarianism.html?id=QKBiVemexusC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y |website=books.google.com |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref> The book explores the psychology of abstention from flesh.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vegetarianism: A History Paperback |url=https://www.amazon.com/Vegetarianism-History-Colin-Spencer/dp/191069021X |website=amazon.com |accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2000 || {{w|Veganism}} || Literature (magazine) || American magazine ''VegNews'' launches. It publishes content about and relating to {{w|veganism}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=V-dog named one of 2020's top plant-based products in VegNews Veggie Awards |url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/v-dog-named-one-of-2020-s-top-plant-based-products-in-vegnews-veggie-awards-1029079339 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2000 || {{w|Vegetarianism}}, {{w|veganism}} General || Online community || {{w|VeggieBoards}} launches. It is one of the largest and most active internet forums for vegetarians and vegans.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fawnapp's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions |url=https://www.owler.com/company/fawnapp |website=owler.com |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2001 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} and veganism General || Festival || {{w|Veggie Pride}} is first held in {{w|Paris}}. It brings together vegetarians and vegans who want "to show their pride at refusing to eat animals, and to denounce the discrimination which they suffer, both personally and in terms of expressing their ideas".<ref>{{cite web |title=Veggie Pride |url=http://www.veggiepride.com/history.htm |website=veggiepride.com |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|France}}
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| 2001 || {{w|Veganism}} || Broadcasting || Talk radio program ''Go Vegan'' debuts.<ref>{{cite web |title=GoVegan |url=https://www.goveganradio.com/ |website=goveganradio.com |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2003 || {{w|Veganism}} || Festival || {{w|Vegfest (UK)}} starts in {{w|Bristol}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=VegfestUK |url=https://www.vegfest.co.uk/about/ |website=vegfest.co.uk |accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref> Vegfest is one of the biggest [[w:List of vegetarian festivals|Vegan/Vegetarian festivals in the world]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vegfest.co.uk/our-events/|title=Our events|website=VegfestUK|language=en-GB|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 2003 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Study (nutrition) || Study conducted on 555 Kenyan schoolchildren, who were fed one of three different types of soup – one with meat, one with milk, and one with oil – or no soup at all, finds that the children who were given the soup containing meat each day outperformed all the other children on a test for non-verbal reasoning by the end of the study.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Whaley |first1=SE |last2=Sigman |first2=M |last3=Neumann |first3=C |last4=Bwibo |first4=N |last5=Guthrie |first5=D |last6=Weiss |first6=RE |last7=Alber |first7=S |last8=Murphy |first8=SP. |title=The impact of dietary intervention on the cognitive development of Kenyan school children |doi=10.1093/jn/133.11.3965S |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14672297}}</ref> || {{w|Kenya}}
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| 2004 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Festival || Vegfest Brasil launches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Campos do Jordão – Vegfest Brasil |url=https://www.eventosveganos.com.br/single-post/2017/04/10/Campos-do-Jord%C3%A3o-%E2%80%93-Vegfest-Brasil |website=eventosveganos.com.br |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Brazil}}
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| 2004 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (nutrition) || German study finds that 40% of the vegans they looked at were consuming less than the recommended daily amount of {{w|iron}}.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Waldmann |first1=A. |last2=Koschizke |first2=J.W. |last3=Leitzmann |first3=C. |last4=Hahn |first4=A. |title=Dietary Iron Intake and Iron Status of German Female Vegans: Results of the German Vegan Study |doi=10.1159/000077045 |url=https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/77045}}</ref> ||
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| 2004–2018 || {{w|Veganism}} || Trend growth || Search data from {{w|Google Trends}} shows a profound worldwide increase in the interest in {{w|veganism}} in this period. Top regions include {{w|Israel}}, {{w|Australia}}, {{w|Canada}}, {{w|Austria}}, and {{w|New Zealand}}.<ref name="Why the Global Rise in Vegan">{{cite web |title=Why the Global Rise in Vegan and Plant-Based Eating Isn’t A Fad (600% Increase in U.S. Vegans + Other Astounding Stats) |url=https://foodrevolution.org/blog/vegan-statistics-global/ |website=foodrevolution.org |accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> || Worldwide
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| 2005 || {{w|Veganism}} || Literature (book) || {{w|The China Study}} is published by {{w|T. Colin Campbell}}. It examines the link between the consumption of {{w|animal product}}s (including dairy) and chronic illnesses such as [[w:Coronary artery disease|coronary heart disease]], {{w|diabetes}}, {{w|breast cancer}}, {{w|prostate cancer}}, and {{w|bowel cancer}}.<ref name="Sherwell">{{cite news |last1=Sherwell |first1=Philip |title=Bill Clinton's new diet: nothing but beans, vegetables and fruit to combat heart disease |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8038801/Bill-Clintons-new-diet-nothing-but-beans-vegetables-and-fruit-to-combat-heart-disease.html |date=3 October 2010 }}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2005 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (nutrition) || Study correlates the amount of {{w|Vitamin B12}} in blood with {{w|IQ}}, implying that vitamin B12 deficiency is associated with cognitive impairment.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Starr |first1=J M |last2=Pattie |first2=A |last3=Whiteman |first3=M C |last4=Deary |first4=I J |last5=Whalley |first5=L J |title=Vitamin B-12, serum folate, and cognitive change between 11 and 79 years |doi=10.1136/jnnp.2004.046219 |url=https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/76/2/291}}</ref> ||
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| 2005–2018 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Trend growth || The number of vegetarians grows from 1% of the population in Germany to 7% in this period.<ref>{{cite web |title=YOUNG CONSUMERS ARE HUNGRY FOR MEAT ALTERNATIVES IN GERMANY |url=https://www.mintel.com/press-centre/food-and-drink/young-consumers-are-hungry-for-meat-alternatives-in-germany |website=mintel.com |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Germany}}
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| 2007–2014 || General || Statistics || An estimated 400 million fewer animals are killed in the United States in 2014 compared to 2007 because of decreased consumption of animal products.<ref>{{cite web |title=400 Million Fewer Animals Were Killed for Food in 2014 Because People Eat Less Meat |url=https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/eating-less-animals-30062015/ |website=zmescience.com |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2008 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (nutrition) || One study finds that in the elderly the brains of those with lower {{w|vitamin B12}} are six times more likely to be shrinking.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vogiatzoglou |first1=A |last2=Refsum |first2=H |last3=Johnston |first3=C |last4=Smith |first4=SM |last5=Bradley |first5=KM |last6=de Jager |first6=C |last7=Budge |first7=MM |last8=Smith |first8=AD. |title=Vitamin B12 status and rate of brain volume loss in community-dwelling elderly. |doi=10.1212/01|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18779510 |accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2009 || {{w|Veganism}} || Organization || {{w|Vegan Ireland: The Vegan Society of Ireland}} is founded as a non-profit. It promotes {{w|veganism}} and {{w|animal rights}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vegan Ireland |url=http://www.vegan.ie/ |website=vegan.ie |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Ireland}}
| 2009 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Literature (book) || {{w|Lierre Keith}} publishes ''{{w|The Vegetarian Myth}}''. "Part memoir, nutritional primer, and political manifesto, this controversial examination exposes the destructive history of agriculturecausing the devastation of prairies and forests, driving countless species extinct, altering the climate, and destroying the topsoiland asserts that, in order to save the planet, food must come from within living communities"<ref>{{cite web |title=The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6396542-the-vegetarian-myth |website=goodreads.com |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2009 || {{w|Vegetarianism}}, {{w|veganism}} General || Literature (book) || Amy Shand publishes ''That's why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book about Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things'', a non-fiction book for children.<ref>{{cite web |title=That's why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book about Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books/about/That_s_why_We_Don_t_Eat_Animals.html?id=3uLdPqLZtowC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y |website=books.google.com |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref> |||-| 2010 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (nutrition) || British study finds that half of the vegans in their sample are {{w|vitamin B12}} deficient.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gilsing |first1=A M J |last2=Crowe |first2=F L |last3=Lloyd-Wright |first3=Z |last4=Sanders |first4=T A B |last5=Appleby |first5=P N |last6=Allen |first6=N E |last7=Key |first7=T J |title=Serum concentrations of vitamin B12 and folate in British male omnivores, vegetarians and vegans: results from a cross-sectional analysis of the EPIC-Oxford cohort study |journal=European Journal of Clinical Nutrition |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn2010142.?mod=article_inline}}</ref> |||-| 2010 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Study (environment) || {{w|Environmental vegetarianism}}. A report from the {{w|United Nations Environment Programme}}'s (UNEP) International Panel of Sustainable Resource Management states:<blockquote>Impacts from agriculture are expected to increase substantially due to population growth and increasing consumption of animal products. Unlike fossil fuels, it is difficult to look for alternatives: people have to eat. A substantial reduction of impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal products.<ref name="guardian-un">{{cite news|title=UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet|last=Carus|first=Felicity|newspaper={{w|The Guardian}}|date=2010-06-02|accessdate=9 April 2020|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jun/02/un-report-meat-free-diet}}</ref></blockquote> ||
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| 2010 || {{w|VegetarianismVeganism}} || Study (nutrition) || {{w|Environmental vegetarianism}}. A report from Study finds that, in the {{w|United Nations Environment Programme}}'s (UNEP) International Panel of Sustainable Resource Management states:<blockquote>Impacts from agriculture are expected to increase substantially due to population growth and increasing consumption of animal products. Unlike fossil fuelswinter months, it when the sun is difficult to look for alternatives: people weaker, omnivores living in the United Kingdom have to eat. A substantial reduction of impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal productsnearly 40% more vitamin D3 in their blood than vegans.<ref name="guardian-un">{{cite newsjournal |last1=Crowe |first1=Francesca L |last2=Steur |titlefirst2=UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free dietMarinka |lastlast3=CarusAllen |firstfirst3=FelicityNaomi E |newspaperlast4={{wAppleby |The Guardian}}first4=Paul N |datetitle=2010Plasma concentrations of 25-06-02hydroxyvitamin D in meat eaters, fish eaters, vegetarians and vegans: results from the EPIC–Oxford study |accessdatedoi=9 April 202010.1017/S1368980010002454 |url=https://www.theguardiancambridge.comorg/environmentcore/2010journals/junpublic-health-nutrition/02article/unplasma-concentrations-of-report25hydroxyvitamin-d-in-meat-freeeaters-fish-eaters-vegetarians-and-vegans-results-from-the-epicoxford-dietstudy/13C1A2796ADA3A318D4F3B7C105D9D9C}}</ref></blockquote> ||{{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 2011 || {{w|Veganism}} || Organization || {{w|Veganz}} is founded. It is the first vegan supermarket chain in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Compassionate Consumption: How Veganism is Taking Over Mainstream Europe |url=http://counterpoint.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Compassionate-Consumption-Report.pdf |website=counterpoint.uk.com |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Germany}}
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| 2014–2017 || {{w|Veganism}} || Trend growth || The number of vegans in the {{w|United States}} grows by 600% from nearly 4 million in 2014 to 19.6 million in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Trends in Prepared Foods 2017: Exploring trends in meat, fish and seafood; pasta, noodles and rice; prepared meals; savory deli food; soup; and meat substitutes |url=https://www.reportbuyer.com/product/4959853/top-trends-in-prepared-foods-2017-exploring-trends-in-meat-fish-and-seafood-pasta-noodles-and-rice-prepared-meals-savory-deli-food-soup-and-meat-substitutes.html |website=reportbuyer.com |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2015 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Study (nutrition) || Study finds that the average vegetarian gets well below the adequate amount of {{w|choline}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=CHOLINE IN FOODS, FUNCTIONAL FOODS, AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS |url=https://drtaylorwallace.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Choline-Presentation-IFT-Annual-Meeting.pdf |website=drtaylorwallace.com |accessdate=19 April 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2016 || {{w|Veganism}} || Statistics || German companies launch more vegan food products than in any other country.<ref name="Why the Global Rise in Vegan"/> || {{w|Germany}}
| 2017 || {{w|Veganism}} || Trend growth || The percentage of vegans in the United States reaches 6% of consumers.<ref name="Why the Global Rise in Vegan"/> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2017 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (nutrition) || Study shows that vegans have extremely low levels of {{w|choline}}, since people who eat eggs tend to have almost double the choline levels of those who don’t.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wallace |first1=TC |last2=Fulgoni |first2=VL |title=Usual Choline Intakes Are Associated with Egg and Protein Food Consumption in the United States. |doi=10.3390/nu9080839. |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28783055}}</ref> ||
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| 2017 || {{w|Veganism}} || Organization || ProVeg International is founded. Its mission is to help reduce the global consumption of animal products by 50% by the year 2040, by making plant-based lifestyles more attractive and accessible.<ref>{{cite web |title=ProVeg International |url=https://www.glassdoor.com.hk/Overview/Working-at-ProVeg-International-EI_IE1901945.11,31.htm |website=glassdoor.com.hk |accessdate=14 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Germany}}
| 2018 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Trend growth || The total market for plant-based meat alternative products is around US$4.6 billion in the year.<ref name="kearney.com"/> ||
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| 2018 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (environment) || A study by {{w|Oxford University}} finds that avoiding meat and dairy is the single biggest way to reduce the impact of an individual on Earth, as animal farming provides just 18% of calories but takes up 83% of our farmland.<ref>{{cite web |title=New estimates of the environmental cost of food |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2018-06-01-new-estimates-environmental-cost-food |website=ox.ac.uk |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Poore |first1=J. |last2=Nemecek |first2=T. |title=Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers |url=https://josephpoore.com/Science%20360%206392%20987%20-%20Accepted%20Manuscript.pdf |website=josephpoore.com |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 2018 || {{w|Veganism}} || Trend growth || The worldwide funding of novel vegan meat replacement companies reaches US$900 million.<ref name="kearney.com"/> || Worldwide
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| 2018 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (environment) || A {{w|Greenpeace}} report finds that “global meat and dairy production and consumption must be cut in half by 2050 to avoid dangerous climate change and keep the {{w|Paris Agreement}} on track. "If left unchecked, agriculture is projected to produce 52% of global {{w|greenhouse gas}} emissions in the coming decades, 70% of which will come from meat and dairy."<ref>{{cite web |title=Greenpeace calls for decrease in meat and dairy production and consumption for a healthier planet |url=https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/15111/greenpeace-calls-for-decrease-in-meat-and-dairy-production-and-consumption-for-a-healthier-planet/ |website=greenpeace.org |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2018–2019 || {{w|Veganism}} || Trend growth || British book retailer {{w|Waterstones}} have 9,030 book titles with the word 'vegan' in them available for sale (as of December 2019) compared to 944 in August 2018.<ref name="Statistics"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
| 2019 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (nutrition) || Nutritionist claims that vegan diets can stunt brain development, arguing that animal products are the best sources of {{w|choline}}, an essential nutrient for brain and liver health.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Landsverk |first1=Gabby |title=A nutritionist claims vegan diets can stunt brain development, but other health experts say plant-based eating is perfectly healthy |url=https://www.insider.com/does-a-vegan-diet-stunt-brain-growth-choline-2019-9 |website=insider.com |accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 2019 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (nutrition) || Study on risks of ischaemic heart disease and stroke suggests that vegans tend to have healthier hearts.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Risks of ischaemic heart disease and stroke in meat eaters, fish eaters, and vegetarians over 18 years of follow-up: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study |doi=doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4897 |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l4897}}</ref> ||
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| 2019 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Advocacy || {{w|Environmental vegetarianism}}. A significant reduction in meat consumption is advocated by, among others, the {{w|Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change}} in their special report.<ref>{{cite news |last= Schiermeier|first=Quirin|date=August 8, 2019 |title=Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change to human diet|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02409-7|work=[[w:Nature (journal)|Nature]]|location= |access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2019 || {{w|Veganism}} || Study (environment) || A {{w|Harvard University}} report proves that if everyone in the United Kingdom went vegan, the population would still have enough food for everyone to eat. If the country returned meat, dairy and egg farms back to forest and grew health-promoting crops for human consumption, it would be able to sustain human calorie and protein needs in place of feed currently grown for animals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eating away at climate change |url=http://animal.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Eating-Away-at-Climate-Change-with-Negative-Emissions%E2%80%93%E2%80%93Harwatt-Hayek.pdf |website=animal.law.harvard.edu |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 2019 || {{w|Veganism}} || Trend growth || According to {{w|Google Trends}}, the United Kingdom is the most popular country for veganism, followed by the Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |title=Veganism |url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F07_hy |website=trends.google.com |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 2019 || {{w|Veganism}} || Trend growth || Plant milks make up 13% of the entire milk category in the United States. Their sale grow by 6% in the year, while cow's milk sales decline by 3%.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Plant-Based Retail Market Worth $4.5 Billion, Growing at 5X Total Food Sales |url=https://plantbasedfoods.org/2019-data-plant-based-market/ |website=plantbasedfoods.org |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2019 || {{w|Veganism}} || Policy || The {{w|Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium}} decides a vegan diet is “unsuitable” for children, implying the possibility to imprison parents who enforce a vegan diet on their children.<ref>{{cite web |title=Making your kids go vegan can mean jail time in Belgium |url=https://qz.com/1622642/making-your-kids-go-vegan-can-mean-jail-time-in-belgium/ |website=qz.com |accessdate=18 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Belgium}}
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| 2040 || {{w|Vegetarianism}} || Prediction || It is predicted that by this year, only 40% of the global population will be consuming meat, with 35% consuming clean (lab) meat and 25% vegan meat replacements.<ref name="kearney.com">{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=How Will Cultured Meat Alternatives Disrupt the Agricultural and Food Industry |url=https://www.kearney.com/documents/20152/2795757/How+Will+Cultured+Meat+and+Meat+Alternatives+Disrupt+the+Agricultural+and+Food+Industry.pdf/06ec385b-63a1-71d2-c081-51c07ab88ad1?t=1559860712714 |website=kearney.com |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> ||
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* FIXME[https://www.facebook.com/groups/236619620289936/permalink/686962938588933/ Vegan Awakening] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/626829110835395/permalink/1513635705488060 Vegan Planet For The Animals 🐮🐷] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1421498348114674/permalink/2770996046498224 Austin Vegans] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/VeganandvegetarianPuertoVallarta/permalink/3686046831461173 Vegetarian and Vegan Puerto Vallarta] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/arzone/permalink/10158965328626457 Animal Rights Zone] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1965736330419146/permalink/2775531252772979 Vegan group] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/VeganBuddhism/permalink/978912515911802/ Vegan Buddhism] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/430954957008526/permalink/2977978818972781/ Vegan Copenhagen] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/139883229505889/permalink/1609757585851772 Intermittent Fasting for Vegans] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1912042562215479/permalink/3492916274128092 Positive Vegan Vibes] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/2562498527300216/permalink/2675649742651760 Muslim Vegans] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/mariave.4.9.17.groups.gr/permalink/1870836179741965/ WORLDWIDE VEGANS AND ANIMAL-HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP] Facebook group* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/VeganColorado/permalink/3441996409177149/ Vegan Colorado] Facebook group
===What the timeline is still missing===
* [[Timeline of Vegan Outreach]]
* [[Timeline of animal welfare and rights]]
* [[Timeline of calorie restriction]]
* [[Timeline of food and nutrition in India]]
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