{"id":16020,"date":"2020-08-31T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=16020"},"modified":"2020-08-13T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:28:12","slug":"plant-based-economics-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/31\/plant-based-economics-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-Based Economics Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vegetarian Resource\nGroup received an email inquiry in May 2020 from a PhD student in Food,\nAgriculture & Resource Economics. He asked: \u201c…In preparing for a PhD next\nyear, I’m working on research around the economic impacts of plant-based diets,\ne.g.<\/em>, consumption, production, externalities, trends, etc. Would you\nhave any suggestions for papers or people in this area? Insight greatly\nappreciated!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VRG responds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been a significant\nincrease in the popularity of plant-based diets during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.\nMany consumers are trending away from meat<\/a>, partly due to a perceived shortage of\nanimal-based foods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Information on\nPlant-Based Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are recent articles on\nthis phenomenon from Bloomberg<\/a>\nand Vox<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also for background, the\nWorld Economic Forum (WEF) published a 2018 article<\/a> that contains several links to important\nstudies on plant-based economics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WEF also explores the\ncategory it calls Agriculture,\nFood, and Beverage Industries<\/a> with extensive listings of resources and\narticles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vegan Business Resource<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a business-focused look,\nVegconomist<\/a> is a\ngood place to start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical Reference on\nPlant-Based Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The academic journal titled Ecological\nEconomics<\/em> is a good source. You will find many research articles dealing\nwith the types of issues in plant-based economics that you’re analyzing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a\nscholarly paper<\/a> by Carlsson-Kanyama, et al.<\/em>, titled \u201cFood and life\ncycle energy inputs: consequences of diet and ways to increase efficiency\u201d that\nprovides historical perspective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent Economics Research\non Plant-Based Diets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This 2016\narticle<\/a> written by M. Springmann, et al.<\/em>, titled \u201cAnalysis and\nvaluation of the health and climate change cobenefits of dietary change\u201d\npublished in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science,<\/em>\nconsiders economic aspects, as well health and environmental impacts, of\nplant-based diets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some other\nscholarly articles, all by the same research team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lusk & Norwood (2009) Some\neconomic benefits and costs of vegetarianism<\/a> published in Agricultural\nand Resource Economics Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2012, Lusk & Norwood\npublished Speciesism,\naltruism and the economics of animal welfare<\/a> in the European Review of\nAgricultural Economics<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with other researchers, Lusk &\nNorwood published a 2019 study in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental\nEconomics<\/em> titled An experiment on the vote-buy gap with application to cage-free\neggs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This information may also be of interest.
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By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS The Vegetarian Resource Group received an email inquiry in May 2020 from a PhD student in Food, Agriculture & Resource Economics. He asked: \u201c…In preparing for a PhD next year, I’m working on research around the economic impacts of plant-based diets, e.g., consumption, production, externalities, trends, etc. Would you have any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16022,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16020\/revisions\/16022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}