11/6/2022 0 Comments Over charged for chicken![]() ![]() Most chickens, on the other hand, spend every minute of their short lives in crowded, ammonia-filled indoor spaces, as we saw in a recent undercover investigation into a farm that supplies chicken for Costco. Many cows raised on a modern American farm get to spend some time outside and in decent conditions, compared to most farmed animals. In 1970, the average person ate about 50 pounds of meat from chickens a year today, it’s more than 100.įrom an environmental perspective, the rise of chicken at the expense of beef is okay news - intensive chicken farming doesn’t produce as many greenhouse gases as intensive beef farming (though it is bad for the environment in other ways).īut from an animal welfare perspective, it is awful news.īeef production is somewhat less industrialized and intensive than chicken farming. (To be clear, overall beef consumption is higher, but that’s because the population has increased dramatically.) Meanwhile, per capita chicken consumption has skyrocketed over the same period. Beef Demand Tonsor, Lusk, and Schroeder, 2021Īs the chart shows, per capita beef consumption has actually significantly declined over the last few decades. Here’s a graph from the report, showing per capita meat consumption since 1970: Impacts of New Plant-Based Protein Alternatives on U.S. ![]() The consequences of our chicken-heavy dietsĪmericans eat way more chickens - and, actually, significantly fewer cows - than we used to. Plant-based products still have plenty of room for growth.īut the thing that stands out most in the report is actually a point of profound agreement between me and the beef industry: that the enormous rise in chicken consumption in America has been a disaster, though we have very different reasons for why we think so. The report’s assessment is that plant-based products are still a tiny share of the meat market, and those who buy them are typically “flexitarians” or other people trying to reduce their meat consumption. It was interesting to read an analysis of many of the same questions I’ve reported on, but from a very different angle - questions like, are people buying plant-based meat products in place of slaughtered meat, or do plant-based meat products appeal mostly to vegetarians? How much will drops in price help plant-based meat products compete with slaughtered meat? #OVER CHARGED FOR CHICKEN FULL#Want to eat less meat but don’t know where to start? Sign up for Vox’s five-day newsletter full of practical tips - and food for thought - to incorporate more plant-based food into your diet. Sign up for the Meat/Less newsletter course ![]()
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