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It was after Laurence Candy lost most of his dairy herd to bovine tuberculosis that he decided he would no longer send animals to the slaughterhouse.

"It made me wonder if we can justify the industrial slaughter of sentient beings," says the 50-year-old looking back on the event in 2017. "As a society, we have to question this."

Veganism has been growing in popularity in China, but the country has a long history of plant-based eating. The China Vegan Society has introduced a certification program, and announced the first wave of successful vegan-friendly applicants. 

It’s a joint initiative with the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development foundation (CBCGDF), and the Beijing Soybean Foods Association. It is said to align with international standards of vegan certification. 

Environmental organisation claimed that ‘even McDonald’s FRIES aren’t suitable for vegetarians’

Plant based diets are becoming increasingly popular. The reasons for this are varied – the main ones being health and environmental benefits.

People typically think of a vegetarian diet as being synonymous with veganism, probably thanks to the millions of #vegetarian vegan posts on Instagram. But the truth is, vegetarian diets take many forms, varying in which foods they include and exclude.

The simplest definition of vegetarianism is a diet free of meat, fish, and fowl flesh. But dietary habits of vegetarians cover a wide spectrum. At one end are lacto-ovo vegetarians, who avoid animal flesh but eat eggs and dairy products. At the other end are vegans, who forgo eating (and often wearing) all animal-based products, including honey. Raw foodists are vegans who eat mainly raw fruits, vegetables, legumes, sprouts, and nuts.