Frequently Asked Questions
Beef Myths & FactsThe beef industry accounts for a significant segment of the nation’s economy and therefore touches many businesses, communities, people and environments along the production chain before beef products reach consumer plates. The very complex and expansive nature of the production chain makes it an easy target for misleading and confusing claims about the effects of producing, consuming and selling beef. These beef industry myths are a favorite tool of activists because by simply repeating the statements often, their familiarity makes them seem credible to the public. In fact, a number of anti-meat factoids trace back to activists in the late 1980s. Although these statements have been thoroughly discredited by fact and science, they continue to be used and frequently show up in media articles, letters and propaganda. The Beef Industry Myths and Facts provides factual information in response to common beef-industry myths in the following categories:
Meat production is wasteful Meat production destroys natural resources Meat consumption is wasteful Meat consumption causes world hunger
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