L-ghanjijiet tal-Ghaqda huma li xxerred it-taghlim vegetarjan u tghallem lin-nies dwar il-mod tal-hajja vegetarjan, sabiex jizdiedu n-nies vegetarjani f'Malta bl-ghan li nsalvaw il-hajja t'annimali innocenti, nippromwovu sahha u kwalita' ta' hajja ahjar, u wkoll sabiex nipprotegu l-ambjent u r-rizorsi tal-ikel dinji mill-esplojtazzjoni u d-distruzzjoni. Fl-ahhar, ghan iehor tal-ghaqda hu li sservi bhala sapport ghall-vegetarjani Maltin f'socjeta' mhux vegetarjana.

The Vegetarian Society

The Vegetarian Society of Malta was formed in autumn of 1992 by a handful of people. Some had already been vegetarians for a number of years, yet found that there was no support. Other had just started their vegetarian adventure. These people had decided that it was time that a society was needed to give support to existing vegetarians and to spread the message around and raise awareness of this rather new and seemingly radical cause for Malta.

They formulated the aims of the vegetarian society, designed a logo and the first vegetarian leaflet in Maltese called Il-Vegetarjan was ready. The Vegetarian Society of Malta was born at the hands of people like Katherine and George Azzopardi, Helen and the Late Simon DeYong, amongst a few others.

In the following years the Society gathered momentum quickly and in a couple of years it could boast of a few hundred members. A new awareness flourished, people were being made aware of new meatless recipes. Media coverage caused the thousands of a full colour vegetarian recipe in Maltese to go quickly out of print. Health food shops appeared and meat alternatives started to be sought after.

The Society continued to flourish, but perhaps the landmark came in October 1999 when with the help of other societies, both local and foreign organized the first Mediterranean Vegetarian Festival held over 3 days at the Suncrest Hotel in Qawra, to which attended a number of people from many parts of the world – from the USA to India.

Today vegetarianism is an accepted concept and many veggie food items can be bought off supermarket shelves. Vegetarian menus are available at many restaurants and hotels and all in all it has become quite easy to be vegetarian nowadays.

The society today continues to work by volunteers with the support of its members, to spread the vegetarian ideal among the Maltese people. This website is a further step in the society’s efforts to keep abreast with time and to offer advice, knowledge and support to anybody who takes up vegetarianism whether for health, ethical or environmental reasons.




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