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re: meat https://www.meatinstitute.org/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/47465/pid/47465 https://www.meatinstitute.org/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/47465/pid/... relevant numbers fr

re: meat https://www.meatinstitute.org/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/47465/pid/47465 https://www.meatinstitute.org/index.php?ht=d/sp/i/47465/pid/... relevant numbers from linked page 25.8 billion pounds of beef 23.2 billion pounds of pork 5.8 billion pounds of turkey 286 million pounds of veal, lamb and mutton 38.4 billion pounds of chicken beef, chicken, and pork are all highly prevalent, but chicken is king. there are other meats produced as well but in much lower quantities. turkey is getting a lot more popular though.

theparanoid 9y ago
Pork is almost as popular as beef. 50 years ago, beef was king. With meat the US has become poorer.
- jessaustin 9y ago
  ...beef was king. That may have been true 50 years ago, but it wasn't true 80 years ago, and I have my doubts about before that. Unfortunately I haven't known too many people old enough to have been keen observers of eating habits a century ago...