Beef and lamb receive 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, a report has found, despite scientists urging people to get more of their protein from less harmful sources.
Analysis by the charity Foodrise found the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) provides “unfair” levels of support to meat-heavy diets that doctors consider unhealthy and climate scientists consider environmentally destructive.
It found beef and lamb were subsidised 580 times more than legumes in 2020, while pork was subsidised nearly 240 times more. Dairy, meanwhile, received 554 times more in subsidies than nuts and seeds.
Does this account for meat factories aswell as pastures? Alot of prime farmlands where i live is used solely for producing crops to feed meat factories, this is of course strictly anecdotal and it would be interesting to see some kind of statistic regarding this
All of the included studies quantify impacts from ‘cradle-to-gate’. This means they include: Land use change; On-farm impacts in crop or livestock production (including the manufacturing of inputs such as fertilizers, or emissions from manure); Animal feed production; Food processing: the conversion of raw ingredients into sold products, such as the processing of cereals into bread; Transport: this includes transport from the farm up to retail. Transport of food from retail to consumers’ homes is not included. Packaging
poore-nemecek did some really sloppy work here, though, and i would contend it’s scientific malpractice. they combined LCA studies which were disparately methodized. this is counter to the specific guidance on LCA studies, which says the cannot be combined.