Will more people become vegetarians due to increased meat (etc.) prices? (interview, claim)

[thriftylefty]

Meat has always been a luxury item for the homeless and poor. They don't eat a lot of it and they aren't exstinct yet.

[newdixiegirl]

Originally Posted by Floorist

Humans are omnivores. We are supposed to eat meat as part of our diet.

Very true. But not nearly as much red meat as we do eat. I feel much better when I keep my meat consumption to a minimum, and I thoroughly enjoy it when I have it.

[OldOzarkLady]

Originally Posted by Floorist

Humans are omnivores. We are supposed to eat meat as part of our diet.

It seems to depend highly on what decade one is born. Born in the 70s?

[b29510]

im not a veggie but my meat intake has been slice in half. mostly chicken now, hamburger maybe once every two weeks, alot of fish and soups

[Mad_Jasper]

I think it will likely impact those whose diets are focused on beef, chicken, or seafood, but while I am not a vegetarian, I don't eat large portions of meat. And I usually catch my own seafood. So I have not seen much of an impact as of yet.

But I see where high prices could impact someone that is pounding down a couple of 16 oz ribeyes a week.

[Ceece]

I don't eat much meat but I'll probably eat more just becasue I'm a contrarian and it pleases me.

[Floorist]

Originally Posted by OldOzarkLady

It seems to depend highly on what decade one is born. Born in the 70s?

1940s, but it is a scientific fact, we are omnivores. To function properly, our bodies need meat.

I buy mine directly from a local farm.

[DabOnEm]

Originally Posted by katharsis

No, it is not your imagination that grocery prices have risen a lot since last year.

According to the following https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-produc...outlook/prices for meat (etc.) significantly rose from August 2020 to August 2021. (You will need to scroll down and click on the "Changes in Food Price Indexes, 2019-2022, to access the file which is in an Excel format.) These are the percentages of increases for the following categories since last year:

Meats, poultry and fish (overall) +7.9%
Beef and veal: +12.2%
Pork: +9.8%
Poultry: +7.0%
Fish and Seafood: +6.3%

The 20-year historical average for the above categories, btw, is 2.9%.

NOTE: All other food categories are mostly in the 2-3% increase category, except for fats and oils which increased 5.5%.

They are going to start eating bugs like crickets for protein. It's the plan of the world economic forum and they have several articles about it on their website.

[moneill]

Rabbits dammit.....they breed like rabbits.....and they are meat.

[crone]

We gave up on meat some time ago. Not because of price. I object to the way it is raised. When I saw the photos of chickens packed in cages so tight they couldn't move mounted above ponds of water containing catfish that did it for me.