Eine deutliche Mehrheit der US-Öffentlichkeit hält Standardpraktiken in der Tierhaltung für Schweine, Kühe und Hühner für inakzeptabel und liegt je nach Praxis zwischen 71 % und 85 %.
Von lnfinity
Eine deutliche Mehrheit der US-Öffentlichkeit hält Standardpraktiken in der Tierhaltung für Schweine, Kühe und Hühner für inakzeptabel und liegt je nach Praxis zwischen 71 % und 85 %.
Von lnfinity
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They find the price of meat pretty acceptable, though, don’t they.
Now what percent of that 85% would be willing to pay more or stop eating meat to improve their living conditions?
Stated preference: animal welfare in factory farms is unacceptable
Revealed preference: not willing to pay one cent more for anything else
I wonder how much about these standard practices the average American knows.
And I’m not sure if they understand the word „unacceptable“, because they clearly are buying and eating the meat that results from these practices. If it were unacceptable, would they not buy that meat/find better sources for that meat? I buy chicken from a local farmer. It costs more, but I know how the birds are raised and handled, plus the quality of the meat is a lot better than what I can get in the grocery store.
Clear majority of the US still wants affordable beef, pork, and chicken. “Acceptable” practices will make these meats completely unaffordable.
This kind of reminds me of a woman I know. She loved to eat meat products, but would freak out if you tried to tell her how they were made.
That is to say, I think Americans are ignorant of agricultural practices in general, whether they’re large factory farms or mom and pop shops. Nobody wants to think about how the burger they’re eating used to have a face.
„A clear majority of the U.S. public is utterly ignorant of standard animal agriculture practices for pigs, cows, and chickens, ranging from 98% to 99%, depending on the American asked.“
fixed the title for you.
So, as someone who finds it unacceptable but who also eats a ton of meat, I understand I am a hypocrite.
Would I pay more if they went to practices i find acceptable, I would. But, even now, thats a hard thing to do where I live and my living space(I can’t go to a local farm and buy half a cow due to lack of storage space).
But, if the whole industry moved ro better practices, I would have no choice and id be fine with that
Right up until they learn how much food would cost if it wasn’t
I don’t have issues with any of these practices unless they make the food worse to eat
People are too disconnected from their food. Food is cheap because it’s mass produced. You can’t mass produce food with significantly higher standards.
I think a vast majority of Americans would find many mass production practices unacceptable. It’s not just how we get our meat, but also our clothes, electronics, jewelry, and other things that make up our lifestyle.
What percentage of those that say conditions are unacceptable are experts in that field?
Thing is as written this is not true.
Likely it should read as:
When informed of what US standard animal agricultural practices are, a clear majority of a study group found them unacceptable.
I suspect that the majority are quite happy eating in ignorance.
I pay 15% higher prices for beef from a local butcher that has his own herd and has it processed locally, humanely. There are also local options for pork, chicken, and lamb. (20% higher) For the humans and animals to win, these small producers need to prosper.
Meat should be expensive though. It’s not healthy to eat it every day and cheap meat is VERY unhealthy. „good meat isn’t cheap, and cheap meat isn’t good.“
I understand I’m very fortunate but look around. Other options are out there. The food industry conglomerates are fucking evil, and we all know it. They’re evil to the animals, evil to their employees, and evil to the customers they sell their diseased products to.
Whew! Glad we got that cleared up. Now that the plutocrats know their abuses of these animals are unpopular, they’ll fix everything. Good thing that’s how the system works. Can you imagine if responding to a poll didn’t do anything about injustice?
Yet they continue to support the industry that uses the practices. If you don’t buy it they will stop
Yeah that’s why I stopped buying meat from big box grocery stores
We have a local rancher who we buy from now, he will let us come out and watch his practice whenever we want to make sure there’s no cruelty or nefarious things involved and the meat just plain tastes way better
Expensive as shit though so I understand why others don’t do that
I’d pay more. The problem is that “more” here can be 300%. If chicken is $2/lb, I don’t know about $9/lb for organic free range, when those labels aren’t even legal terms that mean treatment is much different
I can convince myself that the morality of meat production is insignificant enough for me to eat meat, especially considering that these are domesticated species that wouldn’t exist without human intervention. I have no excuse for the environmental impact though.
I’ve done the whole field to freezer thing with my deer and that whole process has given me a lot more insight into where I get my meat from and a bigger desire to source it myself as much as I can. When I harvest that deer I know it was taken as humanely as possible and while it was alive it was living it’s best deer life in the wild. I’ll have to keep track this year better but I want to say I eat more venison than I do beef. Still eat a lot of chicken and pork though. I’ve looked into getting chickens but the zoning here wouldn’t allow an operation large enough to be worth it for food.