Sara Walker
4/05/2019 11:17 AM
In my opinion I think one of the main reasons people eat more meat in the United States is because it is widely available for cheap. It has become apart of the cultural norm to consume in this fashion over the past 50 years and is viewed as the new normal. Recently advocacy groups have been trying to beat this stigma and show that there are other ways to sustain a healthy diet through educational documentary, books, etc. This has aided in creating a cultural revelation to switch the way Americans think about food and form a new relationship with the way we consume food. (vegan, vegetarian, local production and consumption, community gardens, etc are on the rise)
High meat consumption also has a lot to do with the meat industries strong hold on government lobbying. They do not want people to know how unsustainable meat consumption is for the planet's health and your own and actively fight against this information becoming public knowledge.
High meat consumption also has a lot to do with the meat industries strong hold on government lobbying. They do not want people to know how unsustainable meat consumption is for the planet's health and your own and actively fight against this information becoming public knowledge.