Dicska@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoPeople working in the meat industry: could/can you actually feel the effects of the rise of veganism of the last ~10 years? How (much) did it affect the area you work in?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squarePeople working in the meat industry: could/can you actually feel the effects of the rise of veganism of the last ~10 years? How (much) did it affect the area you work in?Dicska@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoVolume is pretty rigorously tracked by regulatory bodies that are responsible for food safety. The US’s data is here: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/livestock-and-meat-domestic-data/ I’d copy and paste some stuff into this thread, but it looks like some parts of this site are under maintenance right now. That said, others have charted the data. https://www.agweb.com/opinion/drivers-us-capita-meat-consumption-over-last-century
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoAny idea what caused the dip from 04 to 09?
minus-squaremuelltonne@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 months agoThat’s actually quite an insane chart. So the average american eats around 125kg of meat a year? France is at 83kg, Italy at 81kg and Canada at 82kg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_meat_consumption Current german recommendations for healthy eating are saying that around 300 grams of meat a week are the max and Americans really seem to eat that every day.
Volume is pretty rigorously tracked by regulatory bodies that are responsible for food safety.
The US’s data is here: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/livestock-and-meat-domestic-data/
I’d copy and paste some stuff into this thread, but it looks like some parts of this site are under maintenance right now. That said, others have charted the data. https://www.agweb.com/opinion/drivers-us-capita-meat-consumption-over-last-century
Any idea what caused the dip from 04 to 09?
That’s actually quite an insane chart. So the average american eats around 125kg of meat a year? France is at 83kg, Italy at 81kg and Canada at 82kg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_meat_consumption
Current german recommendations for healthy eating are saying that around 300 grams of meat a week are the max and Americans really seem to eat that every day.