In this visionary episode of the Vegans Explore Podcast, Sean A. Russell looks 20 years into the future and explores what a plant-based world could actually mean for food systems, environmental recovery, public health, animal agriculture, and the global economy.

If plant-based becomes the default, how does that reshape grocery stores, school lunches, hospitals, and restaurants? What happens to deforestation, water use, and climate pressure when industrial animal farming shrinks? Could health care costs decline as chronic disease rates begin to bend? And what happens to the workers, farmers, and communities currently tied to animal agriculture?

This is not about celebration. It is about systems thinking.

We examine how capital would reallocate, how industries would transform, and why a true “win” must include economic transition, retraining, and compassion for people, not just animals.

If you have ever wondered what a Vegan future could realistically look like, this episode challenges you to think beyond debate and into design.

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