Why don't we, as Americans, eat lamb and goat?

[exboyfil]

6. I think it is economics

Lamb goes for twice as much as beef, and it because of the technology and industrialization associated with beef (think hormones, antibiotics, techniques for fattening immediately prior to slaughter). Such approaches may have less bang for your buck with lamb and goat. It is the same monoculture that we see with corn and soybeans. We will feel the effects of pushing nature like this some day (and already are in many cases especially with the hormone exposure). Goats and chickens are a great idea though. Even free range pigs. Free range cattle also have their place as well. Without the vast technology used for beef, pork, and chicken far more people would go to a higher vegetable diet (based on more plant protein sources). We could not afford it otherwise. Before someone says they pay as much for a 4H cow as the supermarket - think about if everybody were buying 4H cows.