• usernamesAreTrickyOP
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    1 year ago

    A number of countries have had decent reductions in their meat consumption over the last decade. It’s not an impossible fight

    In 2011, Germans ate 138 pounds of meat each year. Today, it’s 121 pounds — a 12.3 percent decline. And much of that decline took place in the last few years, a time period when grocery sales of plant-based food nearly doubled.

    https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23273338/germany-less-meat-plant-based-vegan-vegetarian-flexitarian

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      1 year ago

      I applaud the small victories where they occur but global demand for meat is increasing exponentially with the rise of newly emerging countries.

      Despite clear concerns about climate breakdown viewed as an issue of a global emergency by two thirds of 1 million people surveyed from 50 countries, switching to plant-based dietary choices was not seen positively as the solution In a recent simulation study, Henchion et al. reported the projected demand for animal-based protein until 2050 and noted that decreases in meat consumption in European and American regions were possible, should effective policies be implemented to support a more sustainable food system. However, the study reported that these decreases would be accompanied by increased consumption in African and South-East Asian regions, rendering little change to the global average

      The global meat demand is projected to continue rising until the 2050s in the best case scenarios. It will quadruple demand from the year 2000

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    • socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I have no statistics but as a vegetarian over the last few years the availability of plant based foods and the variety have skyrocketed, which suggests to me that more people are buying them.