{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"Cathie & Dugald Semple - vegan pioneers! - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PPHRpcg8HP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/cathie-dugald-semple-vegan-pioneers\/\">Cathie &#038; Dugald Semple &#8211; vegan pioneers!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/cathie-dugald-semple-vegan-pioneers\/embed\/#?secret=PPHRpcg8HP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cathie &#038; Dugald Semple &#8211; vegan pioneers!&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"PPHRpcg8HP\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/cropped-HappyCowSQUARE-2016-512.jpg","thumbnail_width":512,"thumbnail_height":512,"description":"From &#8211; Life in the Open\u00a0&#8211; a 1919 book. &#8220;Eggs were meant to produce chickens and not omelettes; and cow&#8217;s milk is a perfect food for a calf, but most assuredly not for a grown-up human being&#8220;. The Vegetarian Messenger &amp; Health Review, p. 237 &#8211;\u00a0Dugald Semple &#8211; 1912. In our Ernest Bell Library, one beautiful shelf is specifically dedicated to the books and articles\u00a0of \u00a0Cathie\u00a0&amp; Dugald\u00a0Semple. Over the next months &amp; years we will be systematically reprinting their writings &#8211; and also many other wonderful books, articles, pamphlets &#8211; for more about the library see &#8211;\u00a0https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=5665 Ernest Bell published two of Dugald&#8217;s books: &#8211; Joys of the Simple Life\u00a0&#8211; in 1915 Life in the Open\u00a0&#8211; in 1919 &#8211; with Cathie&#8217;s 8 pages of &#8211;\u00a0Recipes for Campers. We have copies of each. Dugald&#8217;s articles also appeared in Ernest Bell&#8217;s monthly\u00a0magazines\u00a0The Animals&#8217; Friend.. Dugald Semple was a proponent of the &#8216;vegan&#8217; diet &amp; lifestyle 100+ years ago &#8211; long before Donald Watson &amp; other of Dugald&#8217;s friends officially started The Vegan Society in the UK. Donald Watson wrote about Dugald in the first ever issue of The Vegan News &#8211; &#8220;Our friend and fellow member Dugald Semple tells us he has [&hellip;]"}