There was quite an interesting survey commissioned by YouGov in the UK on reasons for veganism/vegetarianism, as well as some questions around alternative proteins and eating insects.
Key points:
Concern for animals seems to be the dominating reason for people going vegan and veggie, although environmental concerns are also high.
These reasons become broader after going vegan e.g. people develop a wider range of reasons for staying vegan compared to the original reason they went vegan (concern for the environment seems to rise the most).
Surprisingly, 23% of vegans purchase new fur products. I’m not really sure what to make of this as this is literally against the standard definition of veganism.
35% of vegans and 42% of vegetarians think it’s unacceptable for vegans and veggies to lab-grown meat. This seems really high and I’m not sure why people feel this way
5% of vegans think its okay for vegans to eat insects, which seems much lower than the fur question but still a bit odd imo.
There was quite an interesting survey commissioned by YouGov in the UK on reasons for veganism/vegetarianism, as well as some questions around alternative proteins and eating insects.
Key points:
Concern for animals seems to be the dominating reason for people going vegan and veggie, although environmental concerns are also high.
These reasons become broader after going vegan e.g. people develop a wider range of reasons for staying vegan compared to the original reason they went vegan (concern for the environment seems to rise the most).
Surprisingly, 23% of vegans purchase new fur products. I’m not really sure what to make of this as this is literally against the standard definition of veganism.
35% of vegans and 42% of vegetarians think it’s unacceptable for vegans and veggies to lab-grown meat. This seems really high and I’m not sure why people feel this way
5% of vegans think its okay for vegans to eat insects, which seems much lower than the fur question but still a bit odd imo.