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July 4, 2017

Why Don't Americans Eat Reindeer?

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In today's Nerdy Curio from Minute Earth, how the United States' turn-of-the-century efforts to develop a reindeer industry were stymied by nature, the beef lobby, and the Great Depression.

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Bonny M
Another reason that reindeer production might be stymied is simply that in Alaska, only the native Indian and Eskimo may own them....Why??? I don't know, but as a long time (previous) resident of Alaska, I loved reindeer meat - and even had a sandwich in my lodge called "Santa's Last Ride"...
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