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VEGETARIANISM IS ON THE INCREASE . . . OR MAYBE IT'S NOT!

8/16/2018

 
An article in the Washington Post had this headline:  "You might thing there are more vegetarians than ever.  You'd be wrong."  Cited were these stats showing the level of vegetarians has not increased in several decades: "The number of Americans who self-identify as vegetarian or vegan has remained steady over the past 20 years — and it’s still a pretty small group, according to a recent Gallup poll.  Five percent of Americans identify as vegetarian, a rate that has remained unchanged since the previous survey in 2012. In 1999, when the survey was first taken, as well as in 2001, 6 percent of Americans identified as vegetarian. Rates of veganism have followed a similar trajectory. This year, 3 percent of respondents identified as vegan — a slight increase from 2 percent in 2012."

However, those statistics don't provide a complete picture because other numbers indicate that the number of people eating less and less meat - flexitarians - is definitely on the increase.  A recent British study found that one third of diners in the United Kingdom are meatless. And there are more options than ever before: Market research firm Mintel found that the number of new vegetarian products introduced to the market doubled between 2009 and 2013. According to Gallup, sales of plant-based food grew 8.1 percent in 2017 and exceeded $3.1 billion last year.

Furthermore, there is ample evidence which indicates that merely reducing meat consumption brings health benefits to the body as well as to the planet.

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