Ag Informer – Americans LOVE Meat

A majority of Americans regularly eat meat and believe that it’s a healthy choice, according to an exclusive Newsweek poll of 1,500 U.S. voters conducted by Redfield and Wilton Strategies. They also don’t think the meat industry is bad for the climate.

• The poll showed 35% of people strongly agreed with the statement that it’s healthy to eat meat, with 41% selecting “agree” and 17% selecting “neither agree nor disagree.” Only 4% said that they disagreed, and a further 1% said that they strongly disagreed.
• In addition, 81% of people eat meat at least once a week, and 10% said that they ate it only once or twice a month. Only 4% and 3% of the respondents said that they rarely or never ate meat, respectively.
• The poll showed 55% would not feel safe eating lab-grown meat and 57% would not eat it. Although 30% of people said that they believed lab-grown meat provides a realistic alternative to meat produced from animals, 51% said they did not and 19% said they didn’t know.