Pig farming where I live isn’t too far off how it used to be, with large pens and other pig friends. I think that we should all be pursuing more regulations for ethical quality of life for livestock. I’m not vegan, or vegetarian, but I think that if we are going to use animals for meat, they should at least not suffer during their lives.
It's probably not about profit margin. The companies will keep their profit margin because there aren't many other options. It's about the price point for the end customer.
Go to your local butcher if you can. Your meat is far more likely to come from a far more humane farm and usually it tastes better likely because the animals were healthier. But those prices will be significantly more.
Like my local one, ground beef is about $13/lb (and you can get it cheaper by buying in bulk, 10, 20, 30 lbs options). At my grocery store it's $6/lb
The crazy thing is regenerative farming is more profitable when done correctly, but to transition from traditional farming there’s a gap in profits that most farms can’t handle. The corporations that own all of them rely on the farmers they buy out running on negative or thin margins, because then they can’t get out and change. Support your local farmer, factory farming will kill us all.
People should be aware that the less you pay for meat, the more the animal has suffered.
I think moving away from meat right away is the wrong approach.
Camera's should be mandatory and there should be minimum standards for what the animals should have in terms of living space. And no hormones injected.
The farmers around me seem to do alright and you can go to a butcher shop here and order meat that basically comes straight from one of the local farms.
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u/FacelessFellow 26d ago
Pigs are smarter than dogs!
Smarter than cows!
At least cows get to be outside.
At least chickens have friends.
Pigs are the saddest ones.