{"id":43219,"date":"2026-08-22T07:18:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T07:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/?p=43219"},"modified":"2026-08-22T07:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T07:19:13","slug":"world-plant-milk-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/world-plant-milk-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Plant Milk Day: Plant Milk Is Eleven Thousand Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oat milk feels like an invention of the last decade. It is merely the newest chapter of a story that begins some eleven thousand years ago on the Amazon. Today, 22 August, the world celebrates exactly that: World Plant Milk Day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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What is World Plant Milk Day?<\/p>\n

The global awareness day for plant-based milk, held every year on 22 August<\/strong> since 2017. It was founded by designer and campaigner Robbie Lockie, co-founder of Plant Based News. The non-profit campaign carries one simple invitation: swap the cow's milk in your daily routine for a plant-based one and see what a single glass changes.<\/p>\n

This Is Vegan is the exclusive media partner of World Plant Milk Day for the German-speaking region.<\/strong> Robbie Lockie also just joined us for a conversation, you can find the interview here<\/a>. The campaign's actions, the 7-day challenge and the full journey through plant milk history live at worldplantmilkday.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Eleven thousand years old, and everyone calls it a trend<\/h2>\n
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Almonds, water, a mortar: how plant milk was made for millennia. Image: World Plant Milk Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyone filing plant milk under hipster phenomena is arguing against eleven millennia of human history. The timeline the campaign assembled this year reads like a journey around the world:<\/p>\n