Greek Festival ‘08, Veggie Times survey
This weekend is the annual Greek Festival, one of my favorite events in Winston-Salem. What I wrote about it last year still stands, except the veggie plate is now $8—you can read the post here. I’ve been happy to see it become more friendly to vegetarians over the many years I’ve been to it. I remember having to negotiate a vegetable plate for a few years—the people were friendly but slightly flummoxed with the request and unsure what to charge. Then they progressed to having a number to put on your tray to show you were getting a veggie plate. And the past few years, they’ve actually posted the veggie plate on the menu. Progress! It’s my dream to one year go and be presented with the glory of a vegetarian moussaka.
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Vegetarian Times recently released a survey about Vegetarianism in America. Among the findings:
*3.2 percent of U.S. adults, or 7.3 million people, follow a vegetarian-based diet. Approximately 0.5 percent, or 1 million, of those are vegan.
*59 percent of vegetarians are female; 41 percent are male.
*42.0 percent are age 18 to 34 years old; 40.7 percent are 35 to 54; and 17.4 percent are over 55.
