The consumer price index published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics attributed this price increase to poor weather conditions, which increased the price for grain and animal feed, rising domestic demand, and unusually high export demand for pork due to the dollar devaluation in mid-February.
[3] The boycott included both abstention from buying and cooking meat as well as active protests.
[8] That being said, in the Time Magazine cover story for April 9, 1973, the boycott was called, "the most successful boycott by women since Lysistrata,"[9] and the public pressure pushed President Nixon to enforce price ceilings on beef, pork and lamb.
[8] Ralph Nader wrote that consumers would become more aware of their ability to advocate for and control food policy.
[4] Others wrote that "housewife activism" and women's groups' power gained more recognition, and the boycott's primary lasting effect was as a "consciousness-raising experience".