{"id":755960,"date":"2019-01-18T08:45:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T13:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=755960"},"modified":"2019-01-18T08:45:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T13:45:47","slug":"which-is-the-worlds-most-vegan-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=755960","title":{"rendered":"Which is the world&#8217;s most vegan city?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Six of the top 20 cities were in the US, with European and Australian cities also showing a strong interest in going meat-free. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NAOMI LARSSON:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;The online food blog Chef\u2019s Pencil used Google Trends data to look at the most popular cities for vegan-related searches, which were at record levels last year, rising 11% from 2017 and 35% from 2016. According to Google Trends, the interest level around the world for all things vegan \u2013 restaurants, recipes, dog food \u2013 was highest in Bristol, followed by Portland, Edinburgh, Vancouver and Seattle&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The rise of veganism has undoubtedly been led by city dwellers. A 2016 UK survey by the Vegan Society found veganism was significantly more popular in urban areas rather than rural places. Two-thirds of those surveyed who said they didn\u2019t eat meat and avoided dairy products lived in urban and suburban Britain&#8230; \u201cIn Bristol there is a vibrant local community,\u201d says a spokesperson from Chef\u2019s Pencil, \u201cand having a core community of vegans plays a huge role because they\u2019re so active and loud. If you have a vegan friend you will know it&#8221;&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Six of the top 20 cities were in the US, with European and Australian cities also showing a strong interest in going meat-free. Google searches won\u2019t give you an accurate idea of how many people commit to vegan diets or buy vegan products, but Chef\u2019s Pencil says the analysis does tell you there \u201cis an intent in taking action about your diet\u201d in these cities&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/cities\/2019\/jan\/17\/which-is-the-worlds-most-vegan-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jc2ndiwceXk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAOMI LARSSON: &#8216;The online food blog Chef\u2019s Pencil used Google Trends data to look at the most popular cities for vegan-related searches, which were at record levels last year, rising 11% from 2017 and 35% from 2016. 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