Wide Circle Vegan Investment Fund has done a market analysis that clearly demonstrates not only why vegan investing is a smart bet, but also that animal advocacy has been very effective in recent years. From their statistics:

Current Market

• Sales of vegetarian foods in the U.S. were estimated at $2.8 billion in 2006, which represented a constant-price growth rate of 72% since 1998.
• 3.2% of U.S. adults follow a vegetarian diet, up from 2.8% in 2003 and just 2.3% in 2000.
• 4% of adults in Canada follow a vegetarian diet and 10% of the English identify themselves as either vegetarian or vegan.
• Younger people are moving towards vegetarianism, with 10% of the 25 to 34 year olds saying that they never eat meat.
• the vegetariansite.com, an internet business that sells a wide variety of vegan products, has seen 20% annual growth with increasing orders from Canada, Europe and Japan.
• The July-December 2007 newsstand sales of Vegetarian Times increased 19.4% over the same period in 2006.

So go ahead and bet on vegan business with your dollars! And bet on the animal movement in general. We’re making waves!

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