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If only we subsidised this as much as we subside meat production. Or perhaps subsidise nothing. Either way it’s not yet a level playing field.
by jahnu 3y ago
If only we subsidised this as much as we subside meat production. Or perhaps subsidise nothing. Either way it’s not yet a level playing field.
- jononomo 3y agoWhy do you think we subsidize meat production? Isn't it sugar and soybeans that we subsidize?
- paulcole 3y ago70% of soybeans grown in the US go to feed livestock.
- s0rce 3y agoIn the west we subsidize water which indirectly subsidizes beef production.
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoI guess awarding the original water rights might now be seen as a subsidy, in the same way as giving away land for homesteading, but that happened a long time ago. That’s not an ongoing subsidy.
- jahnu 3y agoCheck out how massive the subsidy difference is https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/18/gigantic-power-of-meat-industry-blocking-green-alternatives-study-finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/18/gigantic...