Chicken
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Graves: Chicken became the top protein in 1994 amid dietary shifts
“And when I was in college, and if you remember back in these days, this is 19, 94, back then it was like ground meat was bad for you, beef was bad, and chicken and fish was good for you, but chicken became the number one protein, and I could see, and I grew up…”
Graves: Raising Cane's maintains frozen chicken reserves for outbreak contingencies
“So, for me, as you have, you know, we do fresh chicken, but we have frozen supply to get us through any kind of outbreak.”
Graves would shut down Raising Cane's before pivoting away from chicken
“Ultimately, if people just stop eating chicken, then I'd be extinct. I would absolutely be extinct. I wouldn't start serving steak fingers or something like that. I'd go, look, it's time for me to hang this up.”
O'Hayer: 95% to 98% of US egg-laying hens lived in cages around 2004
“What I found is that the three hundred million chickens that are out there, three hundred and thirty million chickens, even at that time, 95, 98% of them were living in cages. Four, five, six, seven, eight birds to a cage, unable to stand up, unable to turn ar…”
O'Hayer: Hens stop laying within 48 hours without daily protein
“Well, what I found out pretty quickly through trial and error is that if they don't get four ounces of 18% protein every single day, they will stop laying eggs within 48 hours.”
Datar: Climate change and avian flu will destabilize chicken prices
“The price of chicken is not as stable as we think it's going to be, especially in a climate changed world. We're seeing that with the price of eggs right now, with the avian flus. And so, you know, let's, let's not forget that things that seem constant for the…”
Grunwald: Beef Production Is 100 Times Less Efficient Than Direct Grain
“It takes about nine calories worth of grain to produce one calorie worth of chicken meat, and when it comes to cows, which are, you know, much less efficient, dairy is even worse, and beef, it's extraordinary. It can be 30, 50, some people would say a hundred …”
Chamath: US chickens have been raised hormone-free since the 1950s
“Chickens have been hormone free since like the fifties”
Haspel: Canned tuna greenhouse emissions are comparable to chicken
“Tuna, a couple people have analyzed this, and it's in the same sort of greenhouse gas range as chicken.”
Friedrich: Chicken production incurs 800% caloric waste via feed conversion
“The most efficient meat is chicken. And according to the World Resources Institute, it takes nine calories in the form of corn or wheat or alfalfa or whatever you're feeding the chickens. It takes nine calories into a chicken. To get one calorie back out. So i…”
Friedrich: Chicken creates 40 times more climate impact per protein calorie than legumes
“The least climate change inducing meat, again, it's chicken, and yet on a per protein calorie basis, Chicken produces 40 times as much climate change as legumes, like soy and peas, which are two of the primary plant-based meat substitutes.”
Biyani: Skin-on chicken breasts and thighs survive food delivery much better
“We've noticed that actually skin on chicken breast, actually, or chicken thighs do great because the skin actually creates a protective layer that ensures that the quality, that the chicken stays moist and tasty, even, you know, if it's a half hour delivery or…”