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Thanks for confirming the huge growth in vegetarians -- now around the population of California -- and the largest section of which is among young people. And as everyone in the food business knows consumption of meat products is in sharp decline -- 12% in the last year alone in the US according to Bloomberg as health concerns and plant consumption continue to rise.

But I digress. The production and consumption of foie gras is in sharp decline across the world because the production process is widely believed to be very cruel. Getting NYC to overturn their decision is not realistic -- there's not much of a live duck stuffing constituency down there. You can argue with that attitude and call it hypocritical etc. but that's beside the point. If you're in a declining business you need to diversify. If like the foie gras folks you're given three years warning common sense dictates you take advantage of it.