[njohnson41]

Correlation, sure. But even as a non-vegetarian, I can understand the argument for not raising animals directly or indirectly for food, due to inefficiency. Vegans who believe that but don't really care about food being "natural" would still want this stuff; not all vegans are motivated to be vegan by the same things.

[jqm]

Indeed. Ideological eaters are and probably always will be a minority. Economics based eaters on the other hand.....