Is There Hope for A Vegan World? | Gary Yourofsky

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Apparently Unilever do make a mayo that doesn't contain any egg, much to their embarrassment, which might have pushed them towards dropping the case.

I thought it was just that they were using the word mayonnaise for products, in particular their healthier products, that don't met the technical definition of mayonnaise as well.....but I'm sure they knew that before they filed the case so they must have had some other motivation. Perhaps they just wanted people to know "Just Mayo" wasn't real? One can only guess.

The number of vegans may have stayed the same, but for every meal with mock meat instead of real meat, is one meal not subsidising the meat industry....I know people who use Quorn who aren't veg*n....so gradually the whole of the animal food industry could be whittled down to nothing without any more people becoming veg*ns.

I'm not sure how big the demand for these products is from non-vegetarians, but sure, when non-vegetarians buy mock meats it does help reduce demand for meat assuming the demand isn't being increased else where. But the meat industry is clever, for example, consider the paleo diet which has people eating more meat.

 

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do you think the world will ever go vegan? will it happen in our lifetime? is there hope for the animals? hear from vegan activist gary yourofksy about his beliefs for the future of the animal rights movement.

Videos Mentioned:
Tal Gilboa Wins Big Brother Israel: Vegan Activist Wins Big Brother! | Tal Gilboa - YouTube
My Activism Journey Story: How To Be An Activist & Find Your Voice | The Bite Size Vegan Story - YouTube
What Would Happen if the World Went Vegan?: What If The World Went Vegan Tomorrow? - YouTube

Interesting videos, though maybe Israel should stop bombing pregnant women and toddlers as well as stop eating meat.

More than 20 dead as violence flares between Gaza and Israel

Air and tank strikes kill 19 Palestinians after Netanyahu orders ‘massive attacks’, while rockets kill four in Israel

www.theguardian.com

Veganism can succeed if parties of the left take veganism seriously. Look at the successes of the LGBT movement. If the left focused on veganism as much as transgender activism we could have similar successes. I think veganism is a lot more important than transgender activism.

In the US our goal should be to push the meat industry out of the Democratic Party and push ourselves in. Then we would have the media and the bureaucracy and the educational system on our side and we'd see some real victories.

 

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We should focus on ending subsidies to the meat industry. Especially no Democrat should be supporting these subsidies.

Meat subsidies strip other food industries to the bone - The Free Press

Written by Fatoumata Issifi Hidjo Would you go into a fast food restaurant to...

usmfreepress.org

Meat and Dairy Subsidies Make America Sick

Government food subsidies—including meat and dairy products—are damaging the health of Americans, according to a study just published in JAMA Internal Medicine. It’s a problem we’re working to fix.

www.pcrm.org

Why do Democrats let the meat industry get away with multiple crimes?

10 Secrets the Meat and Dairy Industries Try to Hide | PETA

The meat industry is hiding a dark secret, as workers at 'America's worst job' wade through seas of blood, guts, and grease

A recent report from Bloomberg highlights the awful working conditions that sanitation workers experience in the meat industry.

www.businessinsider.com

 

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A great way to push the corrupt Democrat politicians in the right direction is to vote for the Green Party.

Hawkins / Walker for President - www.gp.org

www.gp.org

Otherwise they'll just take us for granted.

 

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Kearney, an American global management consulting firm (with no apparent links to either the meat industry or to the veg products industry) is projecting that conventional meat will comprise only 40% of the global meat market by 2040. Their analysis states that this change will be driven by novel meat replacements (hyper-realistic plant-based "meat"), and by cultured (cellular / vat-grown) meat.

Link to full report: https://www.kearney.com/documents/2...b-63a1-71d2-c081-51c07ab88ad1?t=1559860712714

However, this change will require the work of biologists, engineers, food scientists, marketers, and business people. The way to really make more veganism happen is to get a job with these up-and-coming "alternative meat" companies.

 

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Kearney, an American global management consulting firm (with no apparent links to either the meat industry or to the veg products industry) is projecting that conventional meat will comprise only 40% of the global meat market by 2040. Their analysis states that this change will be driven by novel meat replacements (hyper-realistic plant-based "meat"), and by cultured (cellular / vat-grown) meat.

Link to full report: https://www.kearney.com/documents/2...b-63a1-71d2-c081-51c07ab88ad1?t=1559860712714

However, this change will require the work of biologists, engineers, food scientists, marketers, and business people. The way to really make more veganism happen is to get a job with these up-and-coming "alternative meat" companies.


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Maybe that projection is a bit optimistic. Do we know people will accept cultured meat with such eagerness? What incentive does the meat industry have for pushing meat substitutes?

And in the chart provided notice that while meat consumption goes down 30% it is still pretty high.

To prevent a major extinction event we’ll have to 1) drastically reduce birth rates in the high birth rate countries and 2) drastically reduce meat and dairy consumption.