New Products, Growing Demand Fuel Growth Of Plant-Based Food Sales
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Are companies deluging the market with new plant-based meat, egg and dairy alternatives because sales are on the rise or are sales growing by double digits annually because there are so many new products to choose from?

U.S. retail sales of plant-based foods grew 11.4% last year

One of the biggest growth categories last year was plant-based eggs

“Companies know that you need to have plant-based as a solution, especially when we’re talking about doing it sustainably and safely,” she said.

Bonus:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-30/good-news-for-climate-change-as-world-loses-its-taste-for-meat

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that meat production—a decent proxy for consumption—dropped in 2019, and it forecasts a decline again this year.

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  • OgdenTO [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    If you think personal consumptive choices count as something significant, I think you are misled. They are good, but not sufficient, and often do harm by taking the wind out the sails of further action or by creating a neoliberal "personal responsibility" viewpoint that accepts the neoliberal framing of environmental and ethical issues.

    Like, it's not my fault that animal husbandry or meat factories exist so I don't need that guilt. Instead empower me to work towards solutions that can show real change, and likely veganism will be a logical byproduct.