I don't really understand why meat became so much cheaper, is it purely intensive farming of animals? Or was there other factors?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidy
We require less workers per hectare for agriculture and horticulture, it's been going down steadily since the industrial revolution. At the same time, intensive farming techniques have been developed. Chicken used to be a fairly expensive meat until after WWII when the Americans invented factory farming.