What will happen if all the people in this world adopt vegetarianism ?

Question

If people become pure vegetarian, like strictly no eggs, meat, fish,or any kind of non-veg product, WHAT WILL HAPPEN ? Please answer about every aspect (Short term and Long term)

Answer 1

There would be an immediate change in big business. A number of industries such as the meat-packing industry and the food companies would go out of business or be forced to change their products in order to adapt. An example of the latter would be the pet food companies and major grocery chains.

Farmers would also have to switch their production methods to reflect the new meatless market. Hardest hit would be the meat producers, followed by dairy farmers and those who raise poultry. They would have to buy new farm equipment for plowing, planting, fertilizing, etc., so this would be a good time to buy stock in John Deere.

Ad industries, restaurants, and anyone else involved in marketing and selling food would have to radically rethink their strategies. Some restaurants that focus heavily on the sales of steak and seafood would probably go under.

The health industry would also "suffer," since people would be having fewer cholesterol-related heart attacks and obesity would be much less of a problem. The exercise and diet industries could pretty well pack it in and go home, too, if everyone was on a vegan diet.

I'm sure you're seeing the pattern here -- those who would suffer the most are those who are making the biggest profit off the sales of meat. Meat packing, advertising, restaurants, supermarkets, diet and exercise industries, etc. are the ones who'd be hit the hardest.

The farmer might have some problems at first, but with government aid, I think most of them could adapt. Farmers are survivors, God bless 'em, and they would find new ways to make the most efficient use of their land.

These are by no means every aspect, but they're the ones that come to mind immediately.

Answer 2

Vegetarianism is better for the world all round. We would not become overpopulated by animals because animals would cease being bred for meat. If course such animals would still exist, but not with the sole purpose of being killed to provide humans with dinner. The world's resources would be spread more widely and we would have more to provide for the poorer countries, due to the fact that a vegetarian diet feeds more people than a meat eating diet. The fact so many resources is spent on feeding the wealthier countries with meat is shameful when you look at the facts. A world of vegetarianism will also be more compassionate towards the animals and happier and healthier all round. Diseases such as cancer and heart disease and diabetes would be decreasing as they are largely due to a meat eating diet. Obesity would also be rarer, although it is possible to gain weight on a vegetarian diet.
I feel a far happier world if everyone adopted this diet...but I know it;s very unlikely to happen sadly.

Answer 3

Well the vegitation supply would dwindle to nothing. The only source of survival would be to eat meat but that wouldn't happen b/c we are vegitarians. So then we would all die. Then the herbivores would die b/c of the carnivores and starvation. Then the carnivores would resort to cannibilism and exticnt themsevles from the face of the earth. Now the earth is a meaningless hunk of rock floating in space. WAY TO GO GENIUS! you just killed the world.

Answer 4

We would all die from disease. We ARE not nor meant to be vegetarians! The world would have to go on dietary supplements to remain healthy. I would be rich on the plus side since I would invest all my money in a company making them.

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Answer 5

Then we would be over run by animals I think. No matter to me as I am vegetarian. I think that there would be an upset in the balance though, if everyone were a vegetarian.

Answer 6

I'd love it, and Animals would love it too, but it will never happen.
Too many people love the typical "steak and potaoes" way of life.

Great Thought though

Answer 7

There wouldn't be a lot of happy cows running around. There wouldn't be ANY cows running around, nor sheep, nor chickens, nor pigs. They are meat animals, and the second farmers couldn't sell their livestock - the second they couldn't make a profit - they wouldn't keep those animals any more. Keeping animals isn't cheap, and to keep them, without profit, would be hugely expensive to any farmer. How many do you reckon would be prepared to make that kind of loss?
Now, what'd happen then? Maybe a few wild pigs or goats would stay alive, but for the most part it would be impossible to release them into the wild. The vast majority would have to be slaughtered. The populations of these currently common animals would dwindle, and before long they'd be all but extinct.

There wouldn't be enough food to go round. 90% plus of the land in the world that can be farmed could not be farmed for crops. Crops have relatively high needs in terms of climate, soil and relief, whereas all pasture fed animals need is grass. If people stopped eating meat the majority of the farmed land in the world would become unproductive and useless.
There would probably be enough grain to go around, but man can not live on bread alone. While vegans can get protein and the minerals they may be missing from soy or plants from around the world, many of which can only be grown in relatively small regions. The majority of the people in the world get these essential nutrients from meat. Were everyone to turn vegan the demand for these items would be huge, and make no mistake, the world wouldn't be able to cope and supply everyone, and people would starve. Or, even if not starving as there would be lots of grain around, peoples nutritionally needs would be hard to meet and it would act negatively on the health and longevity of the people.
This in turn would lead t a global reliance on soy, which has been associated with many health problems. It contains chemicals toxic to the body, such as: potent enzyme inhibitors that block the action of trypsin, a digestive enzyme needed to digest proteins (this leads not only to chronic amino acid deficiencies but also to enlargement of the pancreas (in animals) and cancer); Hemaglutinin, which promotes the clumping of red blood cells, these clumped cells are less able to take up oxygen and carry it to body tissues (Hemaglutinin is also known to retard growth); hormones and anti nutrients,a among other things. It is known to cause cancer among other diseases. These products are especially bad if fed in large amounts to children, especially the hormones which affect their growth.

It would be bad enough for developed countries, the worlds LEDCs (less economically developed countries for all you non-geographers) would find the problems amplified hugely, especially in Africa. In the more drought stricken, poorer Africa the people do grow as many crops as they can really with their very limited resources and poor soil and climate, but they can't grow nearly enough to feed themselves even now, and they can't get their nutritionally requirements from the limited range of plants that will grow there alone. They rely on meat; while we can import food from all over the world, they can't at all. Meat gives them protein and nutrients that they can't get everywhere else, unlike us. There are plenty of tribes, like the Masai, who live a completely carnivorous diet. A vegan lifestyle in these places would make the problems of starvation many times worse.
And no, we can't import food there for free, as it would destroy their economy. With free food around, no one would buy the food of the farmers, who would go bust, as would everyone in the food industry, meaning the country would be even poorer and, without a food industry, completely reliant on the developed world.

As it is estimated 60% of vegans have some level of vitamin B12 deficiency, while in most cases it causes no noticeable effects. This vitamin is used in the production of hemoglobin, among other things, and is only found in animal products or supplements. On a vegan diet you would see the number of people with anaemia and other diseases caused by low B12 levels, like Alzheimer's, skyrocket.

Answer 8

I think it is good for the eviroment and is a good healthy lifestyle
and so I think if that happened, humans and animals would live in
peace and harmony and, tranquility

Answer 9

The militant vegetarian activists will have to find something else by which to distinguish themselves as morally superior to others.

Answer 10

there would be a lot of happy cows running around.