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Maybe domestication more than industrialization. Were there other animal species that used to be more commonly grown by farmers that disappeared with industria
by ajmurmann 3y ago
Maybe domestication more than industrialization. Were there other animal species that used to be more commonly grown by farmers that disappeared with industrialization?
- bratwurst3000 3y agoThat’s it. There where not many animals that are good for domestication. For example rabbits and pigeons are beeing eaten in France but even here it is uncommon because the have to much bones in relation to meat compared to a chicken or cow. Other animals are to hard to domesticate. For examples lions.
- tfourb 3y agoNot disappeared but lost significance: goats, Camel, horses (for meat), rabbits, eels, various poultry, and of course a 99% reduction of the commercially grown varieties of pigs, cows and chicken (now called „heritage breeds“)
- wizofaus 3y agoGoat meat is still eaten by 70% of the world's population apparently - and perhaps surprisingly Australia is the single largest exporter. But it's certainly a niche market compared to the big 3. Even lamb/mutton is only eaten at 1/6th the quantities of beef worldwide.
- ajmurmann 3y agoWas goat, lamb and mutton ever big in the US? How little lamb is available was one of the things that stuck out to me when moving from Germany to the US many years ago