ag-gag laws is one reason. Many people don't even realize the cruelty that is happening, let alone on an industrial scale. The meat industry has a powerful hold

ag-gag laws is one reason. Many people don't even realize the cruelty that is happening, let alone on an industrial scale. The meat industry has a powerful hold on politics, gets a ton of special treatment (compared to fruit and veggie growers). I pay 3$ for a single big organic cucumber (not a pound, a single cucumber). Compared to this, meat is so cheap here, especially chicken. People are used to cheap meat for so long. It is going to be very difficult to loosen that dependence. So in effect, even if some people are aware of the cruelty, they choose to ignore because they get cheap meat. Another problem is consolidation. A few companies control a large portion of the food supply and we have the "too big to fail" problem.