[AnotherUnixGeek]

It will be a bit like champagne, namely a luxury product,” Valeur said.

That's what beef has been throughout most of human history - an expensive product reserved for the wealthy. The twentieth century's advances made it possible for most people to be able to enjoy a good steak. The environmentalists are working hard to make sure we return to the squalor and poverty our ancestors lived in, because Mother Earth wants it or something.

[bhive]

Steak has been a luxury product for me my whole life. I wish I could afford it more often.

[Alas Babylon!]

Also, vast wild herds in the Great Plains, the Southeast piney woods (where the Florida Cracker—meaning a redneck—got his name) and the Pampas of Argentina.

Those poor gauchos and cowboys, along with the railroad and cattle drives, changed world wide dining habits...

Anyway, I got enough land to keep a few cows on. Maybe I should start.

[Rummyfan]

True. We are fortunate here and in South America - Argentina. We have the room to raise cattle. Lots and lots of cattle. Europe does not have that room and most of their beef is imported. Hence, heavy on the pork and chicken.