You're right that many foods, processed ones, are much more expensive than animal based ones despite them being more energy and land resource intensive. But mo

You're right that many foods, processed ones, are much more expensive than animal based ones despite them being more energy and land resource intensive. But most vegan foods are the cheapest ones in the supermaket ... I mean raw rice, beans, lentils, vegetables. If you cook that soup yourself, it won't cost more than a bag of lentils, 1-2 onions, veggie stock, few potatoes, salt, pepper, and 20 minutes in pressure cooker (I've done it today :) Delicious too, and you've got 5l of soup for ... 3 USD?