Will eating meat become illegal?

[kwyeewyk]

With the growing discussions of farming meat and climate change, animal rights/welfare, and availability of plant-based protein alternatives, I wonder if consumption of meat/animal products could someday be banned? Not currently losing sleep over it, but curious what others think. The "just egg" ads are really irking me, I think it should be illegal to call plant products "meat" or "egg" etc. in the name. Also seems pretty hypocritical to talk about animal welfare while showing someone throw bacon in the garbage.

 

[rtraverdavis]

I don’t know. I live in one of the most liberal cities in the country and there sure are a lot of people from all walks of life and politics who like cheeseburgers. Some just prefer local, grass-fed, artisan burgers that have been serenaded into being by The Decemberists.

 

[Nick87]

Seriously? Is this a real thing?

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

I think that sometime in my kids lifetime it will be seriously discussed.

 

[SaskHunter]

Selling meat won't become illegal any time soon but it will be priced out of the market eventually I am sure of that. Cheaper alternatives will probably take over the meat market at some point. Meat is getting more and more expensive and "beyond meat" products are getting better quality/taste wise.

 

[Nick87]

I'd literally rather be dead.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

I don’t know. I live in one of the most liberal cities in the country and there sure are a lot of people from all walks of life and politics who like cheeseburgers. Some just prefer local, grass-fed, artisan burgers that have been serenaded into being by The Decemberists.

I will never forget the kid I sat next to in college English with a Decemberists satchel. Not surprisingly he was a very good, albeit odd, writer. And probably preferred his meat had been sung to.
Back to meat…

 

[rtraverdavis]

I will never forget the kid I sat next to in college English with a Decemberists satchel. Not surprisingly he was a very good, albeit odd, writer. And probably preferred his meat had been sung to.
Back to meat…

“Decemberists satchel” says it all…

 

[rtraverdavis]

Seriously? Is this a real thing?

There’s a petition for a ballet initiative in Oregon right now that would make meat consumption in this state really difficult. It would ban hunting, fishing, and trapping, make raising and slaughtering livestock for consumption illegal, and make animal husbandry a sex crime. It won’t make it to the ballet, but yeah, this is a real thing to a cringe-worthy vocal minority.

 

[Nick87]

animal husbandry

I don't even know what that means. I've asked this a lot lately but wtf is going on?

 

[Gellar]

Selling meat won't become illegal any time soon but it will be priced out of the market eventually I am sure of that. Cheaper alternatives will probably take over the meat market at some point. Meat is getting more and more expensive and "beyond meat" products are getting better quality/taste wise.

Exactly, Look what they are doing to pork in California.

 

[Deleted member 16014]

I don't even know what that means. I've asked this a lot lately but wtf is going on?

It’s the science of breeding animals for the purpose of meat/milk/fiber. That or @rtraverdavis is trying to marry a critter and his state won’t let him.

 

[rtraverdavis]

It’s the science of breeding animals for the purpose of meat/milk/fiber. That or @rtraverdavis is trying to marry a critter and his state won’t let him.

NOFX’s “Heavy Petting Zoo” was a favorite album in high school…

 

[Nick87]

It’s the science of breeding animals for the purpose of meat/milk/fiber. That or @rtraverdavis is trying to marry a critter and his state won’t let him.

FFS, I started to type a long rant response but I'll just leave it at the FFS.

 

[Hydrophilic]

Will never be illegal but meat substitutes and lab grown meat will continue to increase in prevalence. Maybe for the best, honestly. I’ve always believed you should be able to kill, or kill, what you eat - it adds intrinsic value and gives meaning to your food. Too many people are missing that relationship IMO and it props up unethical factory farms, poor environmental practices, etc.

I doubt the tribes would ever give up meat.

 

[NEW PA MT MN]

I was going to vote never but I'm old enough to know never say never.
Plus driving by the feed lots on Interstate 5 in Cali on a 100 degree day makes me think there's got to be a better way

 

[hank4elk]

I was going to vote,but that might limit my lifeline...so, when MFOMB.

Common phrase we used in contract negotiations with the County. When Monkeys Fly Out Of My Butt.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I don't even know what that means. I've asked this a lot lately but wtf is going on?

There was a similar bill in CO, it’s not really making animal husbandry a sex crime as certain practices for instance artificial insemination. These bills really are just going after beef producers and are trying to make it uneconomic… I think the other measure in the CO bill was that beefs can’t be slaughtered till they are 5 years old.

I agree with @Hydrophilic it won’t be illegal but if Burger King et al figure out how to get fake meat cheaper than beef they will absolutely switch.

India hasn’t outlawed meat and ~40% of the country is vegetarian… the US is like ~3-5% depending on the poll and definition you use.

 

[Trial153]

We get to that point I think we will have bigger problems then missing cheeseburgers

 

[Hunting Wife]

The only reason we still have grass on the ground in many places is because of cows. I fear a switch from beef to ag crops in the western and central US would be the final nail in the coffin for grasslands, and wetlands in the PPR for that matter.