New Veg Stats: "How Many of Us Are There?"

"More people have gone meatless in the last 15 years, according to the Vegetarian Research Group. It's estimated that more than 3 percent of Americans today are vegetarians (up from 1 percent 15 years ago), which translates to about 7.3 million people.

About half a percent, or a million people, according to Vegetarian Times, consider themselves vegans, which is a subset of vegetarians who not only exclude meat from their diets, but also exclude milk, cheese and other dairy products, eggs and all other animal products..."

...and if we eat low-fat, live longer, and procreate more, those numbers will continue to grow!  The above excerpt is from the short article here.