It’s worth noting that this was a rising problem during the Biden administration too, from the article:
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service inspects poultry plants monthly. The new report shows that five U.S. poultry plants exceeded maximum allowable salmonella contamination every month from 2020 to 2024. These included a Carthage, Mo., turkey plant owned by Butterball, a Dayton, Va., turkey plant owned by Cargill Meat Solutions, and a chicken plant located in Cunning, Ga., that is owned by Koch Foods. A Costco chicken producer, Lincoln Premium Poultry, exceeded the standard in 54 of 59 inspections.
Not surprised. Everyone bad mouths “the limits of grown”. But every time I read stuff like this it is what comes to mind. You can only push things so far then they break in unique and unusual ways. You can’t destroy the ecosystem and climate and use industrial farming then expect nothing bad to happen.
Though the issue is a bit more specific than just industrial farming in this case. Meat, dairy, etc. production is inherently really inefficient compared to eating plants because you have to do so much more farming for animal feed where most of the energy is lost
we show that plant-based replacements for each of the major animal categories in the United States (beef, pork, dairy, poultry, and eggs) can produce twofold to 20-fold more nutritionally similar food per unit cropland. Replacing all animal-based items with plant-based replacement diets can add enough food to feed 350 million additional people, more than the expected benefits of eliminating all supply chain food loss.
can add enough food to feed 350 million additional people
Good thing birth rates are declining and we’ll all be dead from climate change related disasters and shortages before we need to worry about supporting another 350 million people.
For what it’s worth, moving towards a plant-based diet also helps with climate change too
Transitioning to plant-based diets (PBDs) has the potential to reduce diet-related land use by 76%, diet-related greenhouse gas emissions by 49%, eutrophication by 49%, and green and blue water use by 21% and 14%, respectively, whilst garnering substantial health co-benefits
It’s worth noting that this was a rising problem during the Biden administration too, from the article:
Not surprised. Everyone bad mouths “the limits of grown”. But every time I read stuff like this it is what comes to mind. You can only push things so far then they break in unique and unusual ways. You can’t destroy the ecosystem and climate and use industrial farming then expect nothing bad to happen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Limits_to_Growth#Criticism_and_responses
Though the issue is a bit more specific than just industrial farming in this case. Meat, dairy, etc. production is inherently really inefficient compared to eating plants because you have to do so much more farming for animal feed where most of the energy is lost
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1713820115
Good thing birth rates are declining and we’ll all be dead from climate change related disasters and shortages before we need to worry about supporting another 350 million people.
For what it’s worth, moving towards a plant-based diet also helps with climate change too
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/8/1614/html
Whew!