Results: Meatless Mondays (information taken from foodprint.org)
Published on 04/08/2024
This fall will mark the 20th Anniversary of Meatless Monday. Some surveys show that 35% of Americans are trying to cut back on their meat consumption and another 10-15% are considering it. here are measurable benefits from eating plant-based just one day a week.
Before it was a household name, Meatless Monday was the creative plan of one man: Sid Lerner. A successful advertising executive during the golden age of Madison Avenue. Following a recommendation made by the Surgeon General and the American Heart Association, he resolved to get the U.S. to eat just 15 percent less meat.
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Do you partake in Meatless Mondays? Yes, I am a vegan.
4%
79 votes
Yes, I am a vegetarian
5%
109 votes
Yes, I am a pescatarian.
3%
63 votes
Yes, I occasionally don't eat meat.
14%
303 votes
Yes, I don't eat on Mondays only.
1%
20 votes
No
74%
1626 votes
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Do you consider eating fish or seafood on Monday keeping in line with Meatless Mondays? Yes
32%
693 votes
No
69%
1507 votes
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3.
Do you consider eating poultry on Monday keeping in line with Meatless Mondays? Yes
22%
482 votes
No
78%
1718 votes
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4.
Why do you participate in Meatless Mondays? I don't eat meat due to religious reasons.
4%
93 votes
I don't eat meat due to the climate implications.
5%
100 votes
Other (please specify)
5%
103 votes
Not Applicable
80%
1766 votes
I don't eat meat due to medical reasons (lower cholesterol levels, etc.).
6%
138 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 5.07% | 22 | |
| I don't | 0.46% | 2 |
| I eat meat | 0.46% | 2 |
| don't like the taste beef or wild game | 0.23% | 1 |
| to nhelp reduce eatig red meat for health reasons | 0.23% | 1 |
| i love to eat beaver | 0.23% | 1 |
| I rarely eat meat, chicken or fish mainly because I dislike the taste of most of it. | 0.23% | 1 |
| There are scads of delicious things to eat besides meat. Sometimes I eat those instead. | 0.23% | 1 |
| by choice | 0.23% | 1 |
| I eat meat every day and twice on Sundays | 0.23% | 1 |
| I'm a vegan because eating animal products is disgusting, unhealthy, damaging to the planet, exceedingly cruel to animals, and morally reprehensible. and morally | 0.23% | 1 |
| I just don't | 0.23% | 1 |
| Vegetarian since 1995 | 0.23% | 1 |
| i just don't eat dead animals not since i was eighteen. | 0.23% | 1 |
| sometimes i don't eat meat | 0.23% | 1 |
| I participate in meatless meals twice/week but not necessarily on the same days each week | 0.23% | 1 |
| I don't do meatless Mondays always, but I do eat less meat and more beans, | 0.23% | 1 |
| How about animal welfare? | 0.23% | 1 |
| health, expense, climate change, animal cruelty, etc... | 0.23% | 1 |
| Can't afford meat | 0.23% | 1 |
| we go 'meatless' many days a week, not only on Monday, beans and rice are complete proteins and they can be made SO many ways | 0.23% | 1 |
| all of the above | 0.23% | 1 |
| I eat meat whenever I want. | 0.23% | 1 |
| I'm not a meat fanatic | 0.23% | 1 |
| costs | 0.23% | 1 |
| I don't eat meat period, any day | 0.23% | 1 |
| healthier | 0.23% | 1 |
| I love meat! | 0.23% | 1 |
| I do not eat meat at all. | 0.23% | 1 |
| I CARE ABOUT THE ANIMALS MORE THAN MYSELF.!!! | 0.23% | 1 |
| I do a meatless friday, usually I cook fish | 0.23% | 1 |
| Animal wefare and climate implications both. | 0.23% | 1 |
| just eating less meat in general | 0.23% | 1 |
| Just because | 0.23% | 1 |
| I just don't eat meat. Period! | 0.23% | 1 |
| Began | 0.23% | 1 |
| I have never eaten meat everyday | 0.23% | 1 |
| l do not eat meat at breakfast,lunch or on mondays and l feel at 84 much better | 0.23% | 1 |
| Not interested | 0.23% | 1 |
| Wife reasons | 0.23% | 1 |
| I don't refrain from meat on Mondays in particular but I mostly eat chicken and fish anyway. | 0.23% | 1 |
| I just eat less meat in general | 0.23% | 1 |
| Raised vegetarian for ethical reasons not because of the fake BS the government wants us to believe | 0.23% | 1 |
| I participate in meatless every day. | 0.23% | 1 |
| I don't eat meat/fish/poultry at all, on any day, not just Mondays. None of the reasons listed above are why I choose not to eat meat. | 0.23% | 1 |
| It's too expensive. | 0.23% | 1 |
| Flexitarian due to rising food costs. | 0.23% | 1 |
| Don't cook | 0.23% | 1 |
| I don't eat meat because I don't believe people should kill animals. | 0.23% | 1 |
| TO SAVE MONEY | 0.23% | 1 |
| Variety is good! | 0.23% | 1 |
| Already a vegetarian. | 0.23% | 1 |
| I'm vegan | 0.23% | 1 |
| DEPENDS ON MY MOOD | 0.23% | 1 |
| I do not participate in meatless Mondays | 0.23% | 1 |
| Don't eat meat because don't agree it is right to eat animals. | 0.23% | 1 |
| Don't care for meat | 0.23% | 1 |
| Pour manger différemment | 0.23% | 1 |
| I don't eat meat because it come from killing. | 0.23% | 1 |
| Don't like meat | 0.23% | 1 |
| Eat meat 3 times a day,eveyday. | 0.23% | 1 |
| I rarely eat meat but I will occasionally eat chicken or turkey because meat is very expensive. | 0.23% | 1 |
| It's too expensive!!! | 0.23% | 1 |
| I don't eat meat because animals are not here for us to eat. | 0.23% | 1 |
| DONT LIKE ANYONE TELLING ME WHAT I CAN OR SHOULD EAT( MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS) | 0.23% | 1 |
| As long as I can remember growing up we had beans on Monday's. Not really sure why, I never asked. | 0.23% | 1 |
| During recession | 0.23% | 1 |
| I like to change up my meals. | 0.23% | 1 |
| Woke madness - any idea how much more being vegan pollutes the environment - do 2 minutes of research | 0.23% | 1 |
| too expensive | 0.23% | 1 |
| because of the high prices | 0.23% | 1 |
| As a flexitarian I rarely eat meat but cannot completely stop because of previous health issues most of my life that made me anemic for a time. | 0.23% | 1 |
| Leftovers from Sunday dinner | 0.23% | 1 |
| I reduce the amount of meat I eat to stay healthy. | 0.23% | 1 |
| I don’t eat any animals because I love them. | 0.23% | 1 |
| Animal rights are important. | 0.23% | 1 |
| I eat too much meat | 0.23% | 1 |
| cost | 0.23% | 1 |
| I don’t | 0.23% | 1 |
| Animal cruelty | 0.23% | 1 |
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