A Man's Gotta Eat - Agroecology and Food Security

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CAPS LOCK BROKEN: Feb 1, 2006; by Fluffdaddy

ToxicSlurpee posted:

The biggest issue is that humans tend to strongly prefer beef which is hideously inefficient. From what I understand there is a push for more chicken simply because chicken is more efficient. You get more chicken per pound of feed than you do beef. Dairy is a whole different ball game but the massive demand for beef causes all sorts of issues. Just encouraging eating anything that isn't cow would actually be a big improvement.

Don't generalize white Americans preference for beef onto a global population. Pork is such a big deal in China that the government has a strategic pork reserve to smooth out shocks in supply.

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CAPS LOCK BROKEN: Feb 1, 2006; by Fluffdaddy

whitey delenda est posted:

Won't need to generalize, the beef industry will project tastes onto people for us.

Pork is a big deal in China because it's a big place. and for decades pork was basically and traditionally the only meat available cuz of lack of space to graze ruminants, but as it continues to westernize and import feed grains you'll see others take off.

A lot of old school Han people like my mom hate the taste of ruminants. You can work up a slick marketing campaign but that doesn't change long seated cultural attitudes towards beef and lamb as ethnic meats for the Halal market.

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