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Vegetarianism and Veganism

 

U.S. Soy Beverages on the Rise in the U.S.

Submitted on Aug 20, 2008 |
by Beverage Marketing Corporation
Sales of soy beverages and other dairy alternative products in the United States grew by 19.3% from 2006 to 2007, to reach $1.7 billion.

MORI Survey, Sunday Times

Submitted on Aug 08, 2008
by MORI
This 1989 MORI poll conducted on behalf of The Sunday Times found that 3% of the population of the United Kingdom are vegetarians; another 2% of respondents said they had been vegetarian in the past. The primary motivations for vegetarianism included concerns for animal welfare, health, and cost.

Americans Are Being Scared Away from Seafood: National Fisherieis Institute

Submitted on Aug 06, 2008 |
by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, University of Delaware
Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that seafood consumption among Americans fell from 16.5 pounds per person in 2006 to 16.3 pounds per person in 2007. Related findings from a separate study conducted by the University of Delaware identified negative perceptions about taste, affordability, and availability as barriers to seafood consumption.

The Language of Going Green

Submitted on Jul 25, 2008 |
by Live Science
This article presents a glossary of "green" consumer technology, including some with particular relevance to animal-related issues: community-supported agriculture, biomimicry, freegan, locavore, slow food, and others.

The Interactive Effect of Cultural Symbols and Human Values on Taste Evaluation

Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 |
by University of Sydney, University of Nashville, National Engineer School for Food Industries and Management

A research study examining the symbolic meaning of foods and beverages found that when participants tasted meat, they were more what influenced by what they thought they had eaten than what they had actually eaten. The study's authors conclude that "Participants who ate the vegetarian alternative did not rate the taste and aroma less favorably than those who ate the beef product. Instead, what influenced taste evaluation was what they thought they had eaten and whether that food symbolized values that they personally supported."

"I Don't Like Meat to Look Like Animals": How Consumer Behavior Responds to Animal Rights Campaigns

Submitted on Jul 23, 2008 | | |
by Michelle Blake
Consumers are largely isolated from the moral implications of their choices by numerous mechanisms that allow them to dissociate their use of animals from the suffering of animals. The literature review portion of this thesis examines the psychological and cultural constructs that present unique challenges to animal rights as a social movement. From that contextual backdrop, this thesis then evaluates consumer response to three major campaigns conducted by HSUS and PETA between 1980 and the present. The campaigns are vegetarianism and factory farming, the anti-fur movement, and the campaign against cosmetics testing on animals. While consumer response has been mixed, there are other outcomes from those campaigns that signal broader cultural changes. [Excepted from report]

From Label to Liable: Scams, Scandals and Secrecy; Lifting the Veil on Animal-Derived Food Product Labelling in Australia

Submitted on Jul 08, 2008 | |
by Voiceless

From Label to Liable is the second in-depth report from Voiceless, an Australian animal protection organisation. The report has been endorsed by leading animal protection organisations, Animals Australia, Compassion in World Farming and the World Society for Protection of Animals, and is intended to lift the veil on animal-derived food product labelling. It reveals that millions of animals across Australia today are raised in factory farms, in cages of steel and cement, to satisfy the demands of consumers who are mostly unaware of the pain and suffering behind their food choices. [Summary provided by author]

The Animal Tracker (Wave 1 - June 2008)

Submitted on Jul 07, 2008 | | | | | | | |
by Multiple sponsors
This report summarizes results from Wave 1 of the Humane Research Council's "Animal Tracker" survey of U.S. adults regarding their attitudes and behavior toward animals. This inaugural survey of 16 core questions shows strong support for the protection of all animals. The strength of that support varies by situation and species, however, and actual behavior does not always reflect the favorable attitudes identified.

One Million Vow to Reduce Carbon by Being Vegetarian

Submitted on Jun 27, 2008
by Radio Taiwan International
More than one million Taiwanese people, including some political figures, have pledged to reduce carbon emissions by becoming vegetarian. This would reduce at least 1.5 million tons of carbon emissions in Taiwan during the course of one year.

Why Population Growth is Animal Enemy #1

Submitted by Che on Jun 23, 2008 | | | |
The so-called "developing" world is growing quickly and in most cases adopting Western lifestyles and diets as they do so. Feeding a global population of more than 9.3 billion (by 2050) will therefore mean the consumption of billions more animals. With references to Thomas Malthus and a recent study by David and Marcia Pimentel, we take a closer look at this population problem.
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