The omnivorous diet has been the main stream for a very long time, but some people are now preferring the plant based diets. This issue affects many people including farmers, government, business owners, and schools in the economic lens. There are several studies that promote both the omnivorous diet and the plant based diet. The omnivorous diet requires the growing and slaughtering of livestock. With this there comes many costs including the loss of grains and water. Although some people may say that they would eat meat if it was raised humanely, but this isn't as easy as it seems. For example, according to the article “You Can’t Buy Your Way Out of veganism”,(pg.193-209) which is from a study of an animal research journal, it takes much
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According to “Franchising Emerges As New Way To Spread Meatless Message”,from the San Diego Union-Tribune, many new restaurants are trying to make franchises out of plant based diet menus, but are struggling to find enough customers to keep them afloat. These restaurants are finding that if they keep their names neutral and do not lean towards a vegan or vegetarian diet they will get more customers. This is because more people tend to come to a place that is not just narrowed down to a certain diet. These restaurants are also making menu options that are like meat. For example tofu burgers and fries. They also do this to please a wide variety of customers. Schools also have been dabbling with the idea of plant based meals for lunch. In the article “A Plant to Plate Pilot”,pg.823-826, which was written by a pediatrician, says that schools have been putting in school gardens to reduce the cost of buying vegetables. This plan has not worked because the amount of salad wasted by students went up from 5.56% to 33.33% when the school switched to using vegetables from their garden. Doing research on this topic only led to find sources heavily weighted to one side, but the omnivorous diet may have some economical advantages over plant based diets. It was hard to find reliable and credible sources stating anything on the omnivorous
According to “Franchising Emerges As New Way To Spread Meatless Message”,from the San Diego Union-Tribune, many new restaurants are trying to make franchises out of plant based diet menus, but are struggling to find enough customers to keep them afloat. These restaurants are finding that if they keep their names neutral and do not lean towards a vegan or vegetarian diet they will get more customers. This is because more people tend to come to a place that is not just narrowed down to a certain diet. These restaurants are also making menu options that are like meat. For example tofu burgers and fries. They also do this to please a wide variety of customers. Schools also have been dabbling with the idea of plant based meals for lunch. In the article “A Plant to Plate Pilot”,pg.823-826, which was written by a pediatrician, says that schools have been putting in school gardens to reduce the cost of buying vegetables. This plan has not worked because the amount of salad wasted by students went up from 5.56% to 33.33% when the school switched to using vegetables from their garden. Doing research on this topic only led to find sources heavily weighted to one side, but the omnivorous diet may have some economical advantages over plant based diets. It was hard to find reliable and credible sources stating anything on the omnivorous