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The EU disagrees. There are vastly more regulations here and coupled with traditions, results in more healthy animal raising. Meat consumption is lower in all E

by sofixa 3y ago

The EU disagrees. There are vastly more regulations here and coupled with traditions, results in more healthy animal raising. Meat consumption is lower in all EU countries compared to the US, but that's also a good think because meat overconsumption is not good for people. As for what I mean by tradition - for some brands of cheese it's mandatory that the cows/sheep/goats have grazed on specific types of vegetation in specific geographic areas for them to be eligible to be called that brand. Many popular brands of meat refer to specific races and specific types of raising (grazing in Normandy fields), and even butchers and supermarkets with a butchers' section list stuff like "grass fed" or "chickens that lived out in the open".

djbusby 3y ago
USA has "free range" chicken and "grass fed" beef. There are a few brands that are also particular about where and how their stock is raised.
k__ 3y ago
I'm from the EU and had the impression that there is more talk about those regulations than actually enforcing them.
busterarm 3y ago
> Meat consumption is lower in all EU countries compared to the US. Wut!? Here are the European countries ahead of the US in 2020 numbers on pork consumption per capita in kg: Poland 54.95 Spain 52.56 Lithuania 50.69 Croatia 49.63 Hungary 48.30 Austria 45.03 Czech Republic 44.54 Germany 44.01 Montenegro 43.24 Belarus 39.18 Slovakia 38.82 Latvia 38.44 Portugal 38.09 Estonia 37.73 Serbia 37.33 Cyprus 36.78 Romania 34.50 Luxembourg 33.14 Italy 32.88 Belgium 32.80 Ireland 31.11 France 30.97 Finland 30.80 United States 30.64 Just pork.
- defrost 3y ago
  Exactly - but what about total per capita meat consumption? For the US that runs at ~ 100 kilograms per person per year. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-meat-usa https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-meat-usa https://sentientmedia.org/meat-consumption-in-the-us https://sentientmedia.org/meat-consumption-in-the-us Is this number exceeded by many EU countries?
  - busterarm 3y ago
    Americans eat a lot of beef and chicken compared to Europeans who eat way more pork than either of those. And there's good reason for this: `The best beef in the world comes from places with large open areas. USA/Canada, Australia, Argentina, Brazil. Having large and flat areas with varied vegetation allows the cows to develop properly. As well as providing the land to grow feed. By contrast, the smaller and often hillier farms in Europe produce a leaner and more muscular cow. Which influences what breeds are raised and used for meat or milk, as well as being subject to each country’s agricultural laws.` And the US eats about as much chicken as Spain eats pork, but for beef they're more like in Serbia's position. If Europe had as much flat, fertile land as the US, or were geographically closer to the above-mentioned places, Europeans would certainly be eating more beef and chicken. Spain, Portugal, Iceland and Poland really aren't that far off from the US in consumption.

by sofixa 3y ago

djbusby 3y ago

USA has "free range" chicken and "grass fed" beef. There are a few brands that are also particular about where and how their stock is raised.

k__ 3y ago

I'm from the EU and had the impression that there is more talk about those regulations than actually enforcing them.

busterarm 3y ago

> Meat consumption is lower in all EU countries compared to the US. Wut!? Here are the European countries ahead of the US in 2020 numbers on pork consumption per capita in kg: Poland 54.95 Spain 52.56 Lithuania 50.69 Croatia 49.63 Hungary 48.30 Austria 45.03 Czech Republic 44.54 Germany 44.01 Montenegro 43.24 Belarus 39.18 Slovakia 38.82 Latvia 38.44 Portugal 38.09 Estonia 37.73 Serbia 37.33 Cyprus 36.78 Romania 34.50 Luxembourg 33.14 Italy 32.88 Belgium 32.80 Ireland 31.11 France 30.97 Finland 30.80 United States 30.64 Just pork.

defrost 3y ago
Exactly - but what about total per capita meat consumption? For the US that runs at ~ 100 kilograms per person per year. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-meat-usa https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-meat-usa https://sentientmedia.org/meat-consumption-in-the-us https://sentientmedia.org/meat-consumption-in-the-us Is this number exceeded by many EU countries?
- busterarm 3y ago
  Americans eat a lot of beef and chicken compared to Europeans who eat way more pork than either of those. And there's good reason for this: `The best beef in the world comes from places with large open areas. USA/Canada, Australia, Argentina, Brazil. Having large and flat areas with varied vegetation allows the cows to develop properly. As well as providing the land to grow feed. By contrast, the smaller and often hillier farms in Europe produce a leaner and more muscular cow. Which influences what breeds are raised and used for meat or milk, as well as being subject to each country’s agricultural laws.` And the US eats about as much chicken as Spain eats pork, but for beef they're more like in Serbia's position. If Europe had as much flat, fertile land as the US, or were geographically closer to the above-mentioned places, Europeans would certainly be eating more beef and chicken. Spain, Portugal, Iceland and Poland really aren't that far off from the US in consumption.