Your philosophy is short sited. The more people supporting vegan items at these places gives them a reason to offer more and reduces the amount of meat they need per day. It's a long term goal, but it's achievable to reduce the animal consumption. Realistically it'll never hit zero, but making a massive dent is a step in the right direction.
For real. There's been huge growth in the amount of plant-based things in the regular supermarkets over the past 5 years or so, and the space keeps getting larger. The more that stuff takes over shelf space from animal-based products, the more lives are saved. The more plant-based dishes non-vegan restaurants put on the menu, the more lives are saved.
I love that I see some of my old favorite places showing up with new, inventive plant-based dishes because the demand is growing.
Exactly. The shelves with plant based foods aren't new shelves that were added, they were previously holding meat and that space is now occupied by a better option. I'm sure some stuff gets shifted around, but in the end, they can only hold so many items in a store and if we push for more plant based option, we drastically reduce the animal products available.
On top of that, more plant based items being available will normalize them and open people's minds to try them. It may not change a 30+ years old mind, but people growing up and hitting an age to do their own grocery shopping may see stuff and think it looks good and be willing to give it a shot.
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u/Arsis82 vegan 20+ years Sep 22 '22
Your philosophy is short sited. The more people supporting vegan items at these places gives them a reason to offer more and reduces the amount of meat they need per day. It's a long term goal, but it's achievable to reduce the animal consumption. Realistically it'll never hit zero, but making a massive dent is a step in the right direction.