There's less extreme government action possible: tax meat & dairy higher. There are already precedents for that, for example here in Germany cigarettes are tax

There's less extreme government action possible: tax meat & dairy higher. There are already precedents for that, for example here in Germany cigarettes are taxed to about 70% and hard-liquor (altho it's more complicated to calculate as it depends on exact alcohol content) to about 40%. Meat is only taxed at 7% via VAT (similar to sales tax in the US).