Plant based meat

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(06-03-2021, 03:50 PM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: I could see legislation more than market moving away from having so much meat.  Here in Colorado where there are many cattle ranches, I can tell you they've got no desire to go anywhere, and they're not having trouble at all finding buyers.  Actually, what's happened is more people are starting to look at buying direct from ranchers, because of the cost and quality.  Not everyone has the space or wants to drop $2,500 on a side of beef, but it costs quite a bit less than store prices when considering it's hundreds of pounds of meat, it's butchered to spec and can be some of the highest quality meat anywhere.  And it's not just beef, but pork, poultry and even lamb.  Out west it's not hard to find, and the shift I'm seeing around here is less about reducing meat, and more about changing the sourcing. 

I went to have one butchered in January. The butcher I have went to since 2011 said he was booked up for almost 2 years and everyone else he knew was the same. I had to do it myself and expect I will have to for the next few years.