What If The United States Was Vegan? A Plant-Based Country

Meat symbolizes the United States in ways that few other things truly can. From hamburgers and hotdogs to barbecue and steak, meat has come to represent a disproportionate share of American's diets over the last few decades. This has come at great cost to the environment and natural resources of the world. Which begs the question: what would it take for a nation of 330 million people to stop eating meat and what would the ramifications of such an meatless endeavor be? What if the United States was fully vegan?