With more and more of us making the choice to live a vegetarian life choice the question has to be asked, just what is it like to be a vegetarian in today’s world? Is it easy, fun, satisfying? What are the main problems that vegetarians face, and is there anything that could be done to make this life choice easier?
A major new research project has been commissioned by the Vegetarian society and goes by the name of ‘The Big Veggie Survey’. It is being carried out on their behalf by market researchers ORC International and aims to find out the answers to these questions and many more. The Vegetarian Society is an educational charity, and they want to hear from vegetarians and vegans, both past and present, and also those who have chosen to reduce their meat consumption.
‘The Big Veggie Survey’ is also aimed at those in industries that involve vegetarianism, such as carers and caterers, and in fact just about anyone with any interest in vegetarianism. Those who wish to take part in the survey can until the 3rd of September by logging onto www.vegsoc.org/survey.
The CE of the Vegetarian Society, Dr Jon Green, has said in a statement that his society has been both supporting and representing vegetarians for over 160 years, and it was tempting to presume that they already knew all the answers. However, he also pointed out that vegans, vegetarians and others all had different perspectives on vegetarianism and it was vital that they kept checking in to keep up to date with people’s views and opinions.
He added that they also had to look to the future, to see what was being done to encourage the vegetarians and vegans of tomorrow, and to ascertain what help and guidance they would need to achieve their goal.
The Vegetarian Society is an educational charity formed in 1847 for more details visit www.vegsoc.org
Did you know Socrates, Plato and Hippocrates, who were supporters of leading a vegetarian diet? They followed a science that combines the spiritual and physical food.