Guest guest Posted April 28, 2003 Report Share Posted April 28, 2003 The Vegetarian Resource Group comissioned the Roper Group to do a large poll on vegetarianism, in 94, 97, and 2001 (and I think 92 as well). The trend, in a nutshell, is that vegetarians, and vegans, have not increased in statistically significant numbers. But non-vegetarians are eating more vegetarian food. So that means for every veg*n converting, there is about one returning to an omnivorous diet. I agree with a lot of the reasons posted here, why people switched. Another interesting one is the divisiveness of the different veg*n groups. A book I highly recommend is Robert Axelrod's " The Evolution of Cooperation " , for understanding how a small group can effectively grow, among a hostile population. Merely increasing the numbers of vegetarian restaurants and convenience foods in the supermarkets won't be enough. Unless we veg*ns develop a growing vertical economic base, I don't see how we can compete with things like agricultural subsidies (e.g. why a burger is still so cheap after all these years), economies of scale (e.g. subsistence Third World wages). Right now, I know of no resources dedicated to starting veg*n businesses... even discussing a veg*n business on SFBAVeg probably violates its terms and conditions. (another former hating/spacebar survivor) JP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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