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Originally Posted by tame_deuces
The health thing is just a myth of scarcity I reckon, it's rarer and more expensive, so people presume it therefore holds superior qualities. Of course, taste is a debate of its own, and if someone prefers the taste of game then that can't be argued with. That agriculture is far, far more efficient than hunting in terms of producing quantity I see no reason to "agree to disagree" on, it's pretty much given. But we don't need to continue the debate, as it is probably not the most interesting of debates.
I'd put the combined eyes of farms and slaughterhouse of the eyes of hunters pretty much any day of the week, which doesn't mean I have an overly big trust in farms and slaughterhouses (as I don't), merely that hunting has even less oversight and regulation surrounding it.
The health thing comes more from the known abuses of factory farming, of which the poor (food banks, etc) would be getting the lowest of low price meats. We are talking about the proliferation of anti biotics and other abuses in that area. Not sure if you have ever seen a fish farm and the issue with fleas and pesticides. I do not think I am buying a CT in saying I would rather pay for hunter based (fisherman) caught wild fish then the factory farmed stuff as it IS generally healthier.
And Agree to Disagree is the only answer as you are creating a false dichotomy there.
Yes scale matters on costs generally. That is a truism. What that does not mean, is that I cannot buy vegetables cheaper from my neighbour who is a hobby farmer who puts no value on her labour and only wants me to pay for my portion of seeds.
In that case the small scale farming can be and IS far cheaper for me as the buyer refuting this absolute rule you seem to be trying to establish.
In the case of 'culls' where Hunters may be willing to provide all the labour of, capture, field dress, and transport to areas where they then just get 'inspected and packaged' before being sent to local food banks, I have not seen any case that a comparable analysis (turkey vs wild Goose) with all the costs of rearing, feeding, and slaughter to get to the exact same point of 'inspection and packaging' shows the Turkey is more cost effective for recipient.