Dicska@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoPeople working in the meat industry: could/can you actually feel the effects of the rise of veganism of the last ~10 years? How (much) did it affect the area you work in?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down14
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squarePeople working in the meat industry: could/can you actually feel the effects of the rise of veganism of the last ~10 years? How (much) did it affect the area you work in?Dicska@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareOtherbarry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 months agoThe 1940-1950 era is the rough timeframe when the factory farming of poultry took off, especially once antibiotics started being widely used to group even more chickens together in those factory conditions. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic_use_in_the_United_States_poultry_farming_industry#History_of_federal_policy_on_antibiotic_use_in_livestock
minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoThere’s a number of factors, including a concerted effort by the USDA to drive chicken consumption. The Search Engine podcast did a two part episode about chicken bones that discusses the rise of chicken as a food product: https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/why-are-there-so-many-chicken-bones
The 1940-1950 era is the rough timeframe when the factory farming of poultry took off, especially once antibiotics started being widely used to group even more chickens together in those factory conditions. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic_use_in_the_United_States_poultry_farming_industry#History_of_federal_policy_on_antibiotic_use_in_livestock
There’s a number of factors, including a concerted effort by the USDA to drive chicken consumption.
The Search Engine podcast did a two part episode about chicken bones that discusses the rise of chicken as a food product: https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/why-are-there-so-many-chicken-bones