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The industry is so consolidated, the margins are so minimal - that the big companies need to fight for anything that prevents added costs.

Industrial pork is depressing AF, and tastes like nada

Unfortunately the market pits pork v beef v chicken.

And the chicken industry has led the race to the bottom price wise for 3-4 decades.

It’s depressing.

Yet our society can afford decent pork on scale.

See also layers

https://www.porkbusiness.com/markets/market-reports/cash-feeder-pig-prices-average-69-35-4-98-last-week-0

https://www.porkbusiness.com/news/industry/good-bad-and-ugly-when-it-comes-pork-industry-right-now

So I’ve been watching the reaction on twt to the “lobbyists are forcing more  animal cruelty to save money thing” 

There is a fundamental ignorance of what Brix is saying here: that industry consolidation and market dynamics (chicken forcing race to bottom) cause this 

Instead people are saying 

1. Cruelty free meat at scale is impossible and this is why we need bioidentical meat substitutes 

2. Cruelty free meat at scale is impossible, and we should just accept this unless we want to depopulate 

So, in conclusion, we are never fixing anything

Animal agriculture is a big problem for more than one reason. The resource use, the dietary/health implications, the impact on climate. I’m not saying we should all be vegan, but we could benefit from a lot less meat in our diets, and a lot less big ag money in our government.