Dicska@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoPeople working in the meat industry: could/can you actually feel the effects of the rise of veganism of the last ~10 years? How (much) did it affect the area you work in?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down12
arrow-up195arrow-down1message-squarePeople working in the meat industry: could/can you actually feel the effects of the rise of veganism of the last ~10 years? How (much) did it affect the area you work in?Dicska@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-21 year agoVolume is pretty rigorously tracked by regulatory bodies that are responsible for food safety. The US’s data is here: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/livestock-and-meat-domestic-data/ I’d copy and paste some stuff into this thread, but it looks like some parts of this site are under maintenance right now. That said, others have charted the data. https://www.agweb.com/opinion/drivers-us-capita-meat-consumption-over-last-century
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoWoah, looks like chickens were our friends until the 1940s when people started eating the friends
minus-squareTheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI had to reread your comment like 5 times because I kept reading “chickpeas” instead of “chickens”
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoLamb is at 0 lbs/y? I find that and turkey to be suspiciously low
minus-squareDicska@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWow, thanks, that was interesting! It seems like people kind of gave up around 2017. Or some other indirect factor.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoTIL Americans fucking loooove chicken
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’d honestly take chicken over beef just about any day. I’m committing chicken genocide.
minus-squaretpihkal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI can get chicken leg quarters for $0.99 per lb., what’s not to love? 😂
Volume is pretty rigorously tracked by regulatory bodies that are responsible for food safety.
The US’s data is here: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/livestock-and-meat-domestic-data/
I’d copy and paste some stuff into this thread, but it looks like some parts of this site are under maintenance right now. That said, others have charted the data. https://www.agweb.com/opinion/drivers-us-capita-meat-consumption-over-last-century
Woah, looks like chickens were our friends until the 1940s when people started eating the friends
I had to reread your comment like 5 times because I kept reading “chickpeas” instead of “chickens”
Lamb is at 0 lbs/y? I find that and turkey to be suspiciously low
Wow, thanks, that was interesting! It seems like people kind of gave up around 2017. Or some other indirect factor.
TIL Americans fucking loooove chicken
Chicken wings are so hot right now
I’d honestly take chicken over beef just about any day. I’m committing chicken genocide.
I can get chicken leg quarters for $0.99 per lb., what’s not to love? 😂