Abbreviation for "European Vegetarian Union"; see under vegetarian wine.
The two terms "vegetarian" and "vegan" describe not only the diet, but the entire lifestyle. What both have in common is a highly ethical approach to personal lifestyle, diet and consumer goods. Both vegetarians and vegans want to avoid killing animals and reject industrialised factory farming. Vegetarianism is also understood as a world view. The motives for a vegetarian lifestyle range from ethical-moral, religious-spiritual, health, hygienic-toxicological and aesthetic to ecological and social motives. There are different forms with the following criteria:
In viticulture, this means...
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