I am not excusing the situation in these factory farms, the ability of a consumer to just not think about where their meat is coming from... is extremely easy.

I am not excusing the situation in these factory farms, the ability of a consumer to just not think about where their meat is coming from... is extremely easy. But it never really seems like we propose solutions that will actually move the needle. There is a monetary cost associated with moving away from factory farms and going free range. That will increase the cost for consumers, and I highly doubt with the inflation of the last couple years and grocery costs going up that a large percent of people that already struggle are going to be able to handle that. And any advocacy for going vegetarian is going to fall on many deaf ears. We can talk about the health benefits, the climate costs, the ethical concerns, etc etc. But we have a cultural attachment to food and for many of use that includes meat. Wether we like it or not, that is going to be a thing that will be hard to break for a lot of people. For myself, I have started being more conscious of where I have meat and there are plenty of meals that I really like (particularly Indian) that don't have meat, but are not trying to replace something that was intended to have meat. We can all agree that something needs to be done but we also have to be realistic about why things are the way they are. This seems like a problem of how do we feed an ever growing population up against some... problematic practices.