{"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":"Progress of the Humane Diet Movement - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rdQd9MwRgy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/progress\/\">Progress of the Humane Diet Movement<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/progress\/embed\/#?secret=rdQd9MwRgy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Progress of the Humane Diet Movement&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"rdQd9MwRgy\" 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\/05\/the-humane-diet-movement_header.jpg","thumbnail_width":580,"thumbnail_height":251,"description":"An article by Ernest Bell, writing in Sept. 1914. First some notes &#8211; In this article,\u00a0Ernest Bell\u00a0is reflecting on his 40 years of being a vegetarian. He\u00a0started to be an\u00a0animal rights activist in ~ 1873. He had stopped eating meat in about 1874. He &#8216;veganized&#8217; books which he published. His consumption of animal products such as milk seems to have been &#8216;O&#8217;. ~ &#8230;a little over twenty-five years&#8230; ~ &#8211;\u00a0Ernest Bell\u00a0is thinking of the period between 1847 and 1874. The Vegetarian Society had been founded in 1847 &#8211; by William Horsell &#8211; a &#8216;vegan&#8217; &#8211; but had almost immediately been &#8216;taken over&#8217; by egg, milk &amp; honey consuming Bible Christians from the Manchester area. ~ In those early days there was no place at all in London where one could get a vegetarian meal, except tea and cakes or bread-and-cheese and beer. ~ &#8211; he is talking about 1873\/4. London&#8217;s first vegetarian restaurants started to open from 1879 &#8211; more here. The London area was where most of the &#8216;vegans&#8217; were based. It was a London &#8216;vegan&#8217; &#8211; Dr. William Lambe &#8211; who had greatly influenced both British and American humanitarians to leave all animal foods in the very early [&hellip;]"}