Writing in the journal Nature, Zink and Lieberman propose that the rise of meat-eating in hominims was possible only after our ancestors began using stone tools to help them process their food. .
Corn and soy beans are used to feed livestock, so rising prices will ultimately cause the price of meat to rise.
Because feed can account for nearly half of a cattle farmer's costs, consumers could see a rise in the price of meat and dairy products, experts said.
Three members of Congress toured a cleanliness-conscious hamburger plant here today to build public support for stemming the rise of tainted meat sold in the United States.
Like other food companies, Sysco, which is based in Houston, has been struggling with rising costs of meat, poultry and fuel.
Of course, China per se is not fueling the revolt here — but China and the whole Asian-led developing world's rising consumption of meat, corn, sugar, wheat and oil certainly is.
Ms. Sandys, concluding that "the era of cheap food is, sadly, over," said consumers were unwittingly absorbing the rising costs of meat and grain through reductions in quality and quantity.
QUESTION FROM GUEST: Back to chickens and class, are there not large numbers of less affluent people who are supplementing their diets with chicken eggs and rabbit meat and victory gardens, due to tight economic times and rising costs of meat?
This has led to numerous reports to conclude that the rising levels of meat consumption at a global scale is unsustainable.
But if governments do their job, the price of meat should rise.
