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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

noamnety

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4. I'm a little shocked at the glaring oversight

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 07:36 PM

Jan 2012

They attribute the drop in meat consumption to a lot of factors, including rising prices of meat.

I'm surprised they didn't also cite the dropping incomes of Americans. It's not just the meat went up; even if the price was flatlined, more and more people are turning to beans (or ramen noodles) because they can't afford much beyond the barest necessities.

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Americans are eating less and less meat [View all] onehandle Jan 2012 OP

if more americans knew/thought about factory farms and the health science, alp227 Jan 2012 #1

Did you see Oprah's vegan show last year? obamanut2012 Jan 2012 #2

The worst place I ever...uh, "visited" in my life was a battery hen (egg) "farm" flvegan Jan 2012 #3

Temple Grandin gives me the fucking creeps. LeftyMom Jan 2012 #5

lol obamanut2012 Jan 2012 #8

I'm a little shocked at the glaring oversight noamnety Jan 2012 #4

The article turns out that chicken consumption is also down, and chicken prices are abnormally low. LeftyMom Jan 2012 #6

Yes, looks like chicken prices are really dropping. RebelOne Jan 2012 #7

I don't think the cost is the main factor. People are turning away from eating meat for many reasons freshwest Jan 2012 #9

Awesome. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #10