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THE TRUE COST OF A BURGER

loved the statistics in “Cattle country” (May 2024), especially the money breakdown, because it reveals how much we’re spending to help unsustainable big corporations trash our environment when we choose to buy irresponsible beef from big-box stores, as well as how much of our tax dollars support this destruction, whether we like it or not. That beef might look cheap, but it’s not when we consider the underlying cost. Pay me now,

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