The United States federal government allocates a staggering $38 billion annually to prop up the meat and dairy industries. These subsidies significantly reduce the price of meat products, including hamburgers. Research from 2015 reveals that these subsidies slash the price of a pound of hamburger meat from $30 to the $5 we see today

  • @[email protected]
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    -108 months ago

    Most of the world does indeed eats little to no meat, especially red meat. In the EU, these kind of subsidies also exist.

    • @kaffiene
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      48 months ago

      Plenty of the rest of the world eats lot of meat. All of the Western world, all of south America.

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        08 months ago

        Most isn’t the right word. In countries where the government doesn’t or can’t keep the cost is meat down, a lot of people don’t east meet daily as it’s more expensive than other food sources. Gigantic subsidies for meat and diary exist in the US, EU, China, Brasil,…

        • @kaffiene
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          18 months ago

          NZ eats a lot of meat and has no beef subsidies at all.