Happy New Year everyone! 2011 was a great year for the animals, and 2012 is going to be even better.  Mercy for Animals writes that the USDA is predicting a steep drop in US meat consumption in the new year (12% less than 2007).  And turns out meat consumption has been declining for the past four years.  The tide is definitely turning!

Read the full report here: Daily Livestock Report pdf.  The graph above comes from that report —  kinda gross to think that the average American consumes about their own body weight in meat every year!

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