Average person eats six times more chicken than in 1961, UN report finds
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UN report says global meat supply has risen fourfold in last 60 years and is expected to keep rising Analysis: Ingredients in place for shift to plant-based diets but meat still dominates. The average person eats about six times as much chicken and twice as much pork as their grandparents’ generation did, data from a UN report suggests, with global meat supply having risen fourfold in the last 60 years and expected to keep rising.The supply of poultry rose from below 3kg a person in 1961 to 17kg in 2022, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Pork supply doubled to 15kg a person over the same period, while beef, the most polluting food, stayed steady at 9kg. Continue reading...