International MeatOut Day
March 20 · Level 6 · #908 of 2238
International MeatOut Day invites people to try plant-based eating for a day and consider animal welfare and the environment. Launched in the United States in 1985 by the Farm Animal Rights Movement, the campaign has attracted participants beyond its country of origin.
How it is celebrated: organisers offer food tastings, recipe exchanges and cooking demonstrations. Familiar meals get a fresh treatment with ingredients such as beans, lentils and tofu.
The original campaign goes further than its name might suggest: its invitation is to try entirely plant-based food, leaving out dairy and eggs as well as meat.