The Vegan Collection - Blog » Vegan http://blog.thevegancollection.com Kickin' It Veg Style Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:00:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Vegans By The Numbers Reprise http://blog.thevegancollection.com/2009/02/vegans-by-the-numbers-reprise/ http://blog.thevegancollection.com/2009/02/vegans-by-the-numbers-reprise/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:35:59 +0000 Kevin http://blog.thevegancollection.com/?p=1300 After waxing about the number of vegans in Europe and the US I came across this interesting post about vegan demographics on Vegan Bits.

Vegan demographics
Most likely to be female and under 35.

Gender: Vegans UK Vegans USA Vegans
Male 33% 36% 22%
Female 67% 64% 78%

Vegans By Age:

Age: Vegans UK Vegans USA Vegans
16-24 21% 14% 36%
25-34 40% 39% 44%
35-44 25% 32% 11%
45-54 10% 11% 7%
55+ 4% 4% 2%

They pulled this information from the same source I sited in my earlier post, but I didn’t see these charts. Wow! Nearly 80% of US vegan are women. I thought it would be more equal. Good news for single vegan guys! You can look at the full study here.

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]]> http://blog.thevegancollection.com/2008/12/new-vegan-soul-food-cookbook/feed/ 0 “Vegans are more like the Scientologists of Vegetarianism” http://blog.thevegancollection.com/2008/11/vegans-are-more-like-the-scientologists-of-vegetarianism/ http://blog.thevegancollection.com/2008/11/vegans-are-more-like-the-scientologists-of-vegetarianism/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:01:43 +0000 Kevin http://blog.thevegancollection.com/?p=700 Lifehacker today has an article posted today about cooking vegan on their website. They link to the WikiHow page How To Feed A Vegan For Three Days Or More. The most amusing thing, of course, is the backlash, of course, about veganism in the comments. They are worth reading for a chuckle. You can get to the post here. Some of my favorite comments:

  • - I’ve seen some vegans that are worse than a kid who doesn’t like peas, and they really need to be handled in the same way.
  • - I’ve always wondered if vegetarians/vegans realize that animals don’t even know they are alive.
  • - i blame peer pressure, i went to school in Boulder, Colorado. but then i saw the errors of my ways, and now i enjoy flesh regularly
  • - Veganism is an eating disorder. It’s just an excuse to starve yourself by using a socially accepted label.

General public, how I love thee.

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