Myth #37: “Veganism will cause a global recession.”
Actually, the opposite is more probably true … Lusk & Norwood performed an economic study in 2009 that showed that not only does a shift towards plant-based foods lower production prices and save consumers money (thereby freeing up capital to be re-invested in local economies), but that it is also much less costly for farmers to produce nutrients using plant-based sources.
Indeed, though any transition involves a measure of discomfort & adjustment, burgeoning vegan communities all over the world are showing that the more a neighborhood goes vegan, the more its members tend to invest in healthy food, support small locally-owned businesses, a enjoy a clean environment and economic abundance in general.
Global veganism would indeed be the death of quite a few monstrously large animal-agriculture-dependent corporations, and yet these are the very businesses that are currently destroying both our planet and our quality of life anyway.
Current status of this Myth: Smashed
Justification it provides for eating animals: NONE
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