Leon Manfredi > wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:12:02 +0000 (UTC), Hackmatack

> I don't think that it's because of popularity, I suspect that is because it's
> not plentiful, which results in "expensive".

Presumably an increase in demand would produce an increase in supply and
eventually a reduction in price. There are probably some inherent reasons
why lamb production can never rival beef production, though. Sheep require
a lot of grazing land, for one thing, and are not amenable to the CAFO
system ("concentrated animal feeding operations"). Not, that is, until
American industrial farmlng figures out a way to fatten lamb as unnaturally
as it fattens cattle. Just give them time!