The Chicken—Popular and Plentiful THE chicken is probably the most populous bird on earth. According to estimates, there are over 13 billion chickens! And its meat is so popular that more than 73 billion pounds [33 billion kg] of it are consumed each year. Additionally, hens produce some 600 billion eggs a year worldwide. In Western lands, chicken is plentiful and inexpensive. Decades ago, U.S. voters were promised there would be a chicken in every pot only if a certain candidate was elected. Today, however, chicken is no longer the luxury it was or the preserve of a minority. How did this unique bird become so available and so popular? And what about poorer nations? Is there any chance of their sharing in this abundance?
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 08:40:21 +0000