• Da Oeuf@slrpnk.net
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    10 days ago

    A tiny bit of that 3% is me. I’ve always been vegetarian but have now given up dairy 💪

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    10 days ago

    That’s not a lot

    Compared to:

    In 2024, global meat production is estimated to have risen by 1.3%, reaching 365 Mt. Source

    And meat production has overall doubled since the 1990s. Source (in French)

    From the post’s article :

    Overall, vegan meat and seafood products accounted for just 1% of total retail sales of meat in the US, much lower than the 13% milk market share occupied by non-dairy alternatives.

    In fact the title even makes clear that private funding has declined for another consecutive year.

    • usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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      10 days ago

      Things like this tend to grow very non-linearly. Slowly for a long time then speed up a lot more when the social norms around it start shifting