It's a shame that heavy government intervention has made meat markedly cheaper than it has any right to be. It's unlikely we'd even be having the conversation a

It's a shame that heavy government intervention has made meat markedly cheaper than it has any right to be. It's unlikely we'd even be having the conversation about reducing meat consumption if it wasn't artificially priced. It would still be inordinately expensive if subsidies to cattle farmers weren't so damn high. In 2018, dairy farmers in the UK received about £3.5b in annual subsidy. Hell, most farmers here used to get 90% of their income from EU subsidies (https://www.ft.com/content/db2a28e2-c175-11e8-95b1-d36dfef1b89a https://www.ft.com/content/db2a28e2-c175-11e8-95b1-d36dfef1b...), which is ironic considering that the class majority of them voted for Brexit.