this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
39 points (100.0% liked)

vegan

3821 readers
1 users here now

Please also check out Lemmy.vg for a great set of well-run communities for vegan news, science, cooking, circlejerking. It is a nice, cozy, all-in-one space for vegans.


We ask that the you have an understanding on what veganism is before engaging in this community.

If you think you have been banned erroneously, please get in contact with one of the other mods for appeals.

Moderator reports may not federate properly and may delay moderator action. Please DM an active mod if an abusive comment remains after reporting it.


Welcome

Welcome to c/vegan@lemmy.world. Broadly, this community is a place to discuss veganism. Discussion on intersectional topics related to the animal rights movement are also encouraged.

What is Veganism?

'Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals ...'

— abridged definition from The Vegan Society

Rules

The rules are subject to change, especially upon community feedback.

  1. Discrimination is not tolerated. This includes speciesism.
  2. Topics not relating to veganism are subject to removal.
  3. Posts are to be as accessible as practicable:
    • embedded images of text require alt-text
    • posts with an image of text should have a transcription in the body or alt-text
    • paywalled articles must have an accessible non-paywalled link;
    • use the original source whenever possible for a news article.
  4. Content warnings are required for triggering content.
  5. Bad-faith carnist rhetoric & anti-veganism are not allowed, as this is not a space to debate the merits of veganism. Anyone is welcome here, however, and so good-faith efforts to ask questions about veganism may be given their own weekly stickied post in the future.
    • before jumping into the community, we encourage you to read examples of common fallacies here.
    • if you're asking questions about veganism, be mindful that the person on the other end is trying to be helpful by answering you and treat them with at least as much respect as they give you.
  6. Posts and comments whose contents – text, images, etc. – are largely created by a generative AI model are subject to removal. We want you to be a part of the vegan community, not a multi-head attention layer running on a server farm.
  7. Posts linking to Twitter/X or any similar site will be removed.
  8. No brigading, either off-site or on-site. An incitement to brigade includes two elements: a call to disruptive action and a specific direction outside of this community in which to take that action. Exceptions include:
    • Calls to boycott.
    • Calls to in-person protest of a government, high-profile individual, or company/organization.
    • Votes provided they have a sufficiently broad target audience or provably effective controls against vote brigading.
    • Petitions.
  9. All Lemmy.World Terms of Service also apply.

Resources on Veganism

A compilation of many vegan resources/sites in a Google spreadsheet:

Here are some documentaries that are recommended to watch if planning to or have recently become vegan:

Vegan Matrix Instance:

Vegan Dating App Veggly

Iphone

Android

Vegan Fediverse

Lemmy:

lemmy.vg

vegantheoryclub.org

Mastodon:

veganism.social

Other Vegan Communities

General Vegan Comms

!vegan@lemmy.vg

!vegan@vegantheoryclub.org

!vegan@slrpnk.net

Circlejerk Comms

!vegancirclejerk@lemmy.vg

!vegancirclejerk@lemmy.world

Vegan Food / Cooking

!veganfood@lemmy.vg

!homecooks@vegantheoryclub.org

!veganrecipes@sh.itjust.works

!recipes@vegantheoryclub.org

Debate a Vegan

!debate_a_vegan@lemmy.world

Vegan Food Scanner

!openfoodfacts@lemmy.ca

Attribution

Twitter

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Plant-based drink maker Oatly has lost a long-running legal battle over its use of the word "milk" in its marketing.

The Swedish company tried to trademark the slogan "post-milk generation" in the UK in 2021 but Dairy UK, the representative body for British dairy farmers, objected.

Following rulings in several courts, the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday said Oatly could neither trademark nor use the phrase "post-milk generation".

The long-running dispute has centred on Dairy UK's argument that, under trademark law, the term "milk" can only be used to refer to products that come from an animal.

top 11 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 1 points 1 day ago

I wonder what are products with "milk" in the name are going to be in trouble.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 11 points 2 days ago

The long-running dispute has centred on Dairy UK's argument that, under trademark law, the term "milk" can only be used to refer to products that come from an animal.

What do you guys call coconut-milk?

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

This one really is stupid. Non dairy milk has been a part of my language from a very early age. Does this mean you can crack a coconut call the liquid in it milk?

[–] angeredkitten@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What a nonsense thing to fight about. Since when has "milk" only referred to animal related products? The EU and UK judiciary systems obviously don't want to let go of their cattle farms.

[–] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also the word milk in the slogan there clearly references the product you can leave behind by switching to Oatly so I'm baffled that multiple courts took the lobbyists side. Either there's something crucial left unsaid here on the courts in the UK are filled with corrupt cunts.

[–] angeredkitten@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

It would not surprise me, given that this decade is rife with political corruption across the board.

[–] CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Let’s take down big milk-of-magnesia!

[–] chetradley@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Post pus-laden cow secretions generation.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago

Let's agree on udder's milk and oat milk

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Technically, yes. But the nipples have nothing to do with that.
And if they do you should see a doctor.