Yeah, I get your point regarding the 'farmer's way of life'. But there are other ways to source your sustenance regardless of where you live in the world. I follow pages where poor people from asian countries live as vegans and actually save more money that way and get more connected to where their food comes from and start growing their on.
I've been to London many times, last time being 2017 but I don't remember the prices of vegan products. Over here, its €1.70 for a a liter of oatmilk, almondmilk, rice milk, hazelnutmilk, soymilk or cashewmilk. There are some expensive brands but they're slowly becoming more affordable due to the high-demand. Keep in mind that dairy is subsidized by the governments. The U.K. spent nearly a million pounds of taxpayers money on advertisementd promoting the consumption of dairy. Big dairy get covid19 bailout support from the govt. That is taxpayers' money.
That's honest of you to say that you eat animal products because of the taste. Most ppl would talk some rubbish about protein or iron.
Anyways, the U.K. houses some of the most notorious globally known vegan activists. Perhaps you could try Earthling Ed. I think he also made a video on this study done in the u.k. showing that vegan groceries are actually cheaper than animal products.