A tiny proportion of Americans—particularly boomers—eat the majority of the nation’s beef. Can clever framing sway a younger generation?
  • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.eeEnglish
    241·
    1 year ago

    Small Beef Farmers have an opportunity here to transition into Wagyu style luxurifucation of their products as Synthbeef becomes the affordability option and wins the “close enough” award on taste.

    Turn a real steak dinner back into being that rich people shit people used to think of it as and hype the free range raising of all the beef cattle and voila! Industry saved, outside the factory farms anyways.

  • Machinist3359@kbin.social
    105·
    1 year ago

    Good. Beef (and I’m sorry, dairy) really need to be cut out of our diets. Cattle are the least sustainable livestock, even when raised in “quality” conditions (free range grass fed). It’s so wildly subsidized that it’s also the cheapest often.

    Frankly there are plenty of alternatives and they will be more prevalent when the industry needs to actually cover cattle costs themselves.

    • Maestro@kbin.social
      5·
      1 year ago

      Beef the cheapest option? Are you from the USA? Because over here beef is the most expensive. Chicken and pork are way cheaper.

    • BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      It’s crazy that 1l of milk where i live is between 90c and 1.10 bucks. 1l of oatmilk OATMILK that was made close by is 3.95 it’s such a clownworld. I know what goes into owning, raising, feeding and most of all, miking and get the milk tested and carried around to a supplier. I feel like the biggest asshole for low key paying for other people to drink their cheap milk.

    • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      cattle were likely the first livestock, and have been sustainable for thousands of years. cattle aren’t the problem.

    • highenergyphysics@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      1 year ago

      Humans aren’t even supposed to eat much meat at all. As you said, the true cost is reflected in countries that don’t blow taxpayer money on subsidizing traitors.

      • Hyperreality@kbin.social
        4·
        1 year ago

        Yeah. I was confused. Here in Europe, we have absolutely huge subsidies. Where I live, beef is still significantly more expensive than chicken. Mindblowing that it’s often the cheapest meat in (I assume) the US. I assume also due to even worse conditions.

          • Hyperreality@kbin.social
            2·
            1 year ago

            Worse conditions AND more subsidies most likely.

            Although that seems absurd, given how large EU agricultural subsidies are.

        • Argurotoxus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Beef is absolutely more expensive than chicken and pork in the states. By a wide margin. Not sure if OP misspoke or meant cheapest option to raise not purchase or what, but beef is not the cheap option in stores.

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    94·
    1 year ago

    I was born in the 80s. I couldn’t tell you the last time I had a burger, but it was months ago. I just bought a pound of ground beef for tacos today, and it’s been the first time I’ve bought beef in I don’t know how long. I lean heavily towards breads, dairy, and plant based proteins just because in my area they are cheaper and more readily available anywhere I go. They also tend to be lighter meals, which is another thing I look for. I don’t need to roll away from the table after every meal. Beef means burgers, or steaks, or something big. I don’t know if I can name a light beef entree. I guess some Chinese food would count, but even then, I’m going with chicken or pork.