Thanks that’s really helpful. You’re right it doesn’t seem like increased prevalence of fake meat options is leading to any significant increase in % of vegans. I do find this quite hard to marry with my personal experience—I am way more vegan in my home city (where there are good, widespread vegan options) than when travelling abroad. And I’m fairly sure I would not choose to identify as vegan/veggie at all if I lived in a country where there were far fewer options. But the stats would suggest that veganism is in fact quite inelastic to this. Strange!
Hope your hog roast wasn’t too difficult—sending solidarity! I had a jackfruit hog roast alternative once, I appreciated the effort but it wasn’t very nice...I’m sure Beyond could have done a better job.
Thanks that’s really helpful. You’re right it doesn’t seem like increased prevalence of fake meat options is leading to any significant increase in % of vegans. I do find this quite hard to marry with my personal experience—I am way more vegan in my home city (where there are good, widespread vegan options) than when travelling abroad. And I’m fairly sure I would not choose to identify as vegan/veggie at all if I lived in a country where there were far fewer options. But the stats would suggest that veganism is in fact quite inelastic to this. Strange!
Hope your hog roast wasn’t too difficult—sending solidarity! I had a jackfruit hog roast alternative once, I appreciated the effort but it wasn’t very nice...I’m sure Beyond could have done a better job.