talSep 15, 2023

France pushes for more factory farming in food U-turn

Comments by agriculture minister seem to signal shift away from focus on organic produce as shoppers choose cheaper meat

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/14/france-pushes-for-more-factory-farming-in-food-u-turn

France pushes for more factory farming in food U-turn

Comments by agriculture minister seem to signal shift away from focus on organic produce as shoppers choose cheaper meat

The Guardian
Show threadcthonctic
Cheap meat needs to not be a choice, period. It's a purely modern aberration.
Sep 15, 2023 at 12:49pmWeb
Show threadgapbetweenusSep 16, 2023
Meat only for the rich.
Show threadtalSep 16, 2023

That's already the case today. It's just that generally-speaking, Europeans are fall into the rich category.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/meat-consumption-vs-gdp-per-capita

Meat consumption vs. GDP per capita, 2020

Meat supply vs. GDP per capita

Average meat supply per capita, measured in kilograms per year, versus GDP per capita, adjusted for inflation and for differences in living costs between countries. Figures do not include fish or seafood.

Our World in Data
Show threadgapbetweenusSep 16, 2023
Rich and poor are relative categories, so get out of here with your generalizations. Also doesn’t change that regulations through cost only really affects poorer people.