'Europe' is a big place. Here in Ireland good quality beef is readily affordable, and not particularly more expensive than chicken or pork.
replyYes, it's one of the few EU countries that is suitable for cattle.
replyEvery European country has fields that are not suitable for agriculture that could be used for livestock.
replySweden as well.
replyI'm in the USA and I eat a lot less beef than I used to. The price has really jumped in the past few years, maybe since the pandemic?
replySubbed pork, poultry, and eggs for the most part, some fish but that's not particularly cheap either.
It's still way, way, too cheap compared to its climate impact
reply>Beef is already too expensive for most people. Americans are probably the exception but I can assure you that most Europeans do not have beef heavy diets.
replyBeef is too expensive for many Europeans because GDP per capita/standards of living are declining in many European countries. People in East Asia, the Middle East, Oceania and South America still eat plenty of beef too.
That is true, however beef was always somewhat of a luxury in many European regions, simpily due to geography and population density. We don't have a lot of cheap grazing land to raise cattle on. And if you have cattle it's typically more economical to use them for diary than meat.
replyYeah, since COVID and then the Nord Stream terror act they raised beef prices to unsustainable levels. Döner (which is cheap ground sausage like beef in practice) between 7 and 10 EUR now (was between 3,50 and 4). Blockhouse steak (tiny) is 48 EUR.
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