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Opinion: Your Thanksgiving turkey keeps getting cheaper — and better for the environment
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1657" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/your-thanksgiving-turkey-keeps-getting-cheaper-and-better-for-the-environment-2019-11-21" target="_blank"><strong>Opinion: Your Thanksgiving turkey keeps getting cheaper — and better for the environment - Marketwatch</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Turkeys today cost less than half the price per pound of the 1970s, after adjusting for inflation</strong></p><p></p><p>Americans will eat about <a href="https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/livestock-meat-domestic-data/" target="_blank">210 million turkeys this year</a>, amounting to <a href="https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/livestock-meat-domestic-data/" target="_blank">over 16 pounds per person</a>. Much of that will be eaten on Thanksgiving Day.</p><p> </p><p>Over time, our Thanksgiving meal has become considerably more affordable. Turkey will probably <a href="https://www.bls.gov/cpi/data.htm" target="_blank">average about $1.40 per pound</a> across the country in November 2019, which is less than half the price consumers were paying for turkey in the 1970s in inflation-adjusted terms.</p><p></p><p>I’m an <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_bMtEckAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">expert on food and agricultural economics</a>, and I set out to answer the question: How has turkey become so much more affordable? It turns out there isn’t a single factor, but rather a web of innovations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1657, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.marketwatch.com/story/your-thanksgiving-turkey-keeps-getting-cheaper-and-better-for-the-environment-2019-11-21'][B]Opinion: Your Thanksgiving turkey keeps getting cheaper — and better for the environment - Marketwatch[/B][/URL] [B]Turkeys today cost less than half the price per pound of the 1970s, after adjusting for inflation[/B] Americans will eat about [URL='https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/livestock-meat-domestic-data/']210 million turkeys this year[/URL], amounting to [URL='https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/livestock-meat-domestic-data/']over 16 pounds per person[/URL]. Much of that will be eaten on Thanksgiving Day. Over time, our Thanksgiving meal has become considerably more affordable. Turkey will probably [URL='https://www.bls.gov/cpi/data.htm']average about $1.40 per pound[/URL] across the country in November 2019, which is less than half the price consumers were paying for turkey in the 1970s in inflation-adjusted terms. I’m an [URL='https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_bMtEckAAAAJ&hl=en']expert on food and agricultural economics[/URL], and I set out to answer the question: How has turkey become so much more affordable? It turns out there isn’t a single factor, but rather a web of innovations. [/QUOTE]
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