Palta (avocado) is grown throughout Chile. Tomatoes and onions are other overwhelmingly popular and readily available vegetables. The nation's most important crops include grapes, plums, apples, pears, onions, corn, peaches, garlic, asparagus and beans.
The truth lies somewhere in the middle. It is easy to get enough protein on a vegan diet if you eat multiple servings of high-lysine foods (legumes, seitan, amaranth, quinoa, pistachios, and pumpkin seeds) each day. But there are many vegans who are probably not eating enough high-lysine foods.
The industry standard for vegans is 0.9 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. This is higher than the RDA standard because non-animal protein sources are not as available or complete in amino acids as vegetarian ones. The easiest way to calculate you needs is to multiple .45 grams by your body weight in pounds.