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Because its a novelty. There just aren't many people that actually buy them. If people started buying and cooking just 1 rabbit a month then farmers would start dedicating resources to raising them and soon Tyson would have a mega rabbit barn that housed 100 bajillion rabbits stacked in cages on top of each other and they would hire 1 bajillion illegals to process them and you could buy them in Walmart for $ 0.49 a lb.
the beef heard is larger this year than previous years,
I can order whatever beef I want at whatever quantities..
in fact prices are 20% lower this year than last year
beef is sustainable- has been and will be ....we have plenty of animals and plenty of feed..
in fact this year it is predicted americans will increase the amount of beef we eat
what will hurt the industry is the alarmist like yourself spewing propaganda, and over regulations from the government
(ive been in the meat business for 3 decades )
the propagandists and alarmists said the same thing about lobsters 30 years ago,,,,and guess what?? we harvest almost double the millions of pounds lobsters annually (in maine)
with no sign of the lobsters decreasing ( my father is a lobster fishermen, I grew up on a lobster boat)
we started selling tilapia about 15 years ago in maine,,,haddock prices started to rise, and we wated cheap fillets..
then the alarmists and propagandists' said not to eat tilapia,,,...they are fed raw animal wastes
and now most wont eat tilapia around this region..same with shrimp
when people have an agenda and "pink-slime" certain foods... yep sometimes the alarmists win
we had a rabbitry in maine 16 years ago called "the last hop"
it was doing well, the state ultimately shut them down.....
they went from a farmers market, where there are no regulations to a meat manufacturer, where you have 5000 regulations,,
they should have stayed small and had more locations,,,
We all know that beef is not sustainable if everyone in the world starts to eat steak/burgers like Americans, because it takes a lot of lands and water and other resources to produce a pound of beef in comparison to say Chicken.
What's the most easily produced meat? Is it Tilapia?
the most easily produced meat to fill my freezer is deer, moose, turkeys, during hunting season
on a large scale,,,we export millions of tons of beef,,,meaning we can and do already produce more than we consume.. a surplus,,,,
if more of the world stars eating beef,,,,they can produce their own ..many countries prefer lamb to beef and grow more sheep
don't believe everything you read on the anti-meat agenda websites
we started selling tilapia about 15 years ago in maine,,,haddock prices started to rise, and we wated cheap fillets.. then the alarmists and propagandists' said not to eat tilapia,,,...they are fed raw animal wastes and now most wont eat tilapia around this region..same with shrimp
About 20 years ago my wife and I were in an eco park in Cozumel Mexico. They were farm raising tilapia at that time. Went for lunch and on the menu was a whole tilapia dish. It was one of the best fish dishes I've ever had. I believe that once you've had bad tilapia from the Pacific rim it turns most people off. I will not buy it because I don't trust the label as far as where it comes from. Also the difference between fresh and frozen turns me off especially since I've had fresh tilapia and I have access to some great fish here on LI.
Stuff? They are flavorless, and they have an unappetizing texture. Wait... that sounds a lot like tofu. There are many vegetable sources of protein that are a lot better than toilet trout.
I know we have heard stories about foreign tilapia being raised on sewage, but I'm sure there are safe varieties. I avoid it also, most of the time. It is a very mild fish, for those who don't like to taste anything when they eat.
Sustainable meat comes from animals which graze on land where crops can't grow, or fed with scraps from other activities (like kitchen scraps) which is where/how they traditionally were grown. What you want now is pasture fed meat, from whatever animal. Even if they graze on land where crops could grow, they're actually better for the land than annual crops are, in terms of soil management. Look on eatwild.com for a local supplier. Whole foods often has pastured meat.
Fish are not easily counted, and most fisheries have terrible management. Avoid fish.
Or just eat fish from reliable sources? Wild-caught Alaskan salmon is one of the healthiest foods on the planet.
Also, there are LOADS of fish that you can buy in Caribbean stores imported from the Amazon, such as Butterfish, Banga Mary, Hassar, Crocker, to name a few. There is absolutely nothing wrong with eating those on a daily basis. No fear of mercury poisoning, clean waters, wild-caught...
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Rabbits are too cute for animal-crazy Americans to eat.
