alt Hacker NewsThis "Americans should eat more beef" thing is nonscence. Beef is largely an inelastic resource. Despite increased demand, the total amount of cattle in this country has been dropping since the 70's, yet our population has doubled. This is the case with any pastoral animal. All this will do is price beef out of the reach of the poor.
Apparently it already is. Beef consumption has been on the decrease for a long time, apparently due to price increases.
> a 2024 study found nearly 70% of Americans say they’ve reduced their red meat consumption in the past year[1]
It feels like a flimsy way to subsidize beef farmers. But it somehow got into the dumb culture wars and some people have made eating beef a part of their cultural identity.
[1] https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/two-thirds-of-a...