Get your goat

According to the Associated Press:

Ernie Hay of Talladega, president of the Alabama Meat Goat and Sheep Producers, says the goat industry produces one of the fastest-growing meat commodities in the country.

Alabama ranks eighth in the nation for number of goats raised, Hay says. ...

American noses might wrinkle at the prospect of eating or drinking goat, but Hay likes to entice more farmers to go goat by citing a statistic: 75 percent of the world's population eats goat meat. ...

"What we're trying to do is educate the American public. Goat meat is very low in fat and cholesterol," Hay says.

The increased demand for goat meat is currently driven mostly by rising "ethnic" populations, primarily Mexicans and Muslims, but I've tried it a few times myself, and I have to admit...it's not baa-aa-a-a-d. With wider availability and keen marketing...who knows where this could go? To paraphrase my favorite French economist, Jean-Baptiste Say (though taking him somewhat out of context), " Supply creates its own demand."