CPB and Parker on MMAA

The full conversation with Casey Parker

Chris Brandlin and Casey Parker talk through making meat affordable again — food prices, the position of American ranchers, and what it costs to feed a Nevada family.

This page is the conversation: two people working the argument out at length, including the parts where the economics are less tidy than a slogan. The condensed policy version of the same material is on its own page at Make Meat Affordable Again, and the written long-form treatment is the article Make Meat Affordable Again: Food Prices, Family Budgets, and Nevada Policy.

What the discussion adds is the supply chain. Consumer beef prices are driven far more by processing consolidation, feed and fuel costs, and herd cycles than by anything a state legislature sets directly — which is why the practical proposals land on local processing capacity and direct-to-consumer sales rather than on price.

Related: supporting Nevada butchers and ranchers, buying beef in bulk direct, and sourcing fresh-frozen from farmers.

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