I agree with the sentiment but this is a poorly written article.<p>There are plenty of consumers that are willing to pay extra for grass-fed&#x2F;organic&#x2F;free-range&#x2F;etc meat. But there&#x27;s also a limit to the extra I can pay. The whole &quot;natural food&quot; and &quot;organic&quot; trend is now just a marketing gimmick. You&#x27;d often find the same product at a massive price hike when sold at a &quot;health store&quot;.<p>The question of who&#x27;s to blame isn&#x27;t answered in the article except to say that it isn&#x27;t the farmers. I guess the implication is that it is the consumer that is to blame.<p>The article also blames the government. As if it&#x27;s the role of the government to provide a level playing field to the parties involved. I do agree that legislation should be introduced to limit the use of antibiotics and hormones and it already is in some countries. But nothing more.