Hi Everyone,
On Saturday, my sister (
I was unaware of this event until my sister, who had been invited to present and prepare food, told me about it. Initially, she was given 30 minutes to give a talk about animal rescue and make vegan protein balls. However, as there was a shortage of speakers, my sister was given an hour for her talk and cooking demonstration (vegan protein balls). Therefore, she asked me if I would like to talk as well. We have spoken together several times at events; these include the Vegoutt launch and Sea Shepherd Stand Fast Festival. I was happy to contribute in some way.
In my previous presentations, I discussed the relationship between economics and veganism. Economics can be applied to how we treat animals. In this talk, I focused less on veganism and more on meat consumption. Veganism involves a significant lifestyle change and not just a change in diet. Veganism involves not consuming any animal products. This includes:
Not eating meat or consuming less meat covers a much broader group of people. This group would include vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians, and flexitarians. I wanted a topic that had a broader reach, as vegan events are attended by more than just vegans.
In November 2021, I wrote a post 'Do the reasons for reducing meat consumption matter?'. This topic felt perfect for the event and I have yet to make a video about it. All of my statistics were recent so they did not need updating, which was useful considering I only had a week to prepare.
The presentation was reasonably short as I only had about a 10 to 15 minute window to fill. My previous post contained about 30 diagrams, tables, and pictures. A full presentation would have taken about 25 to 30 minutes. Therefore, I moved through the slides quickly and skipped a few areas that I discussed in the original post (I strongly recommend that you read the original post for information to support the presentation).
I began the video by assessing if we are reducing our meat consumption. This assessment considered:
Next, I focused on the reasons people give for reducing meat consumption. The video contains the results of several different surveys from mostly the USA and the UK. The most common responses from these surveys are as follows:
Health topped the reasons given for surveys that included a broad group of people such as vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians, and flexitarians. For surveys that focused on just vegans, animal welfare was the number one reason; however, health was the second reason given.
Finally, I discussed the relationship between reasons for becoming vegan or vegetarian and commitment to remaining vegan or vegetarian. I focused on two surveys/studies. The EPIC-Oxford Study indicated a very high proportion of vegans and vegetarians remain so in the long-run (over 20 years). The Faunalytics Study indicated that very few vegans and vegetarians maintained the diet/lifestyle beyond a year. The differences in results are likely because of respondent’s different reasons for becoming vegan or vegetarian. The EPIC-Oxford Study was conducted over a 20-year period (1990s to 2010s). The main reason for these respondents was animal welfare. The Faunalytics Study was conducted in 2014 and 2015. This study found that most of the respondents who returned to eating meat had stopped eating meat for health reasons. Health reasons are drawing people away from meat but they are less compelling reasons than animal welfare.
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