For the first time in over a hundred years, we eat more chicken than beef.
Per capita chicken consumption in the US has risen from under 20 lbs in 1909 to about 60 lbs in 2012. During this same time span, beef consumption has dropped from a peak of over 80 lbs per capita in the 1970s to under 60 lbs in 2012. We eat as much beef now as we did in 1909.
Many different factors are possibly in play here. For one thing, a head of beef has always been relatively pricey compared to other forms of meat. Over the past 20 years, beef prices have risen drastically versus broiler (chicken) and pork.
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