Vegetarian Utopias: Visions of dietary patterns in future societies and support for social change

摘要: Abstract The current study draws on the collective futures framework to examine how visions of future societies where most people consume plant-based, vegetarian or vegan diets are related support for social change towards plant-based diets. Participants were 506 university students in Aotearoa New Zealand invited imagine a society 2050 individuals vegetarian, diet. A thematic analysis was conducted responses an open-ended item asking these would be different today. reported variety potential positive and negative outcomes wider society. Subsequent analyses attitudes scales investigated relationships between dimensions policies promote For future, strongest predictor expectation that widespread vegetarianism reduce societal dysfunction. increased warmth Implications theory advocacy discussed.