In the USA, every year, there are more and more vegans, more and more vegan companies thriving and more and more vegan products on the market. That being the case... More animals are killed every year?
Connie Spence AKA The Vegan Batgirl unpacks that in this episode.
The Vegan Justice League:
http://veganjusticeleague.com
Links to read up:
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/390990-the-house-farm-bill-is-crony-capitalism-on-steroids
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/08/14/mapping-the-u-s-farm-subsidy-1-million-club/#546a0f443efc
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meat-piles-up-as-production-grows-and-exports-slow-1532268000
https://www.farmaid.org/issues/farm-policy/farm-bill-101/
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/309575-how-agriculture-subsidies-are-hurting-farmers-taxpayers
https://www.wri.org/blog/2018/01/2018-will-see-high-meat-consumption-us-american-diet-shiftin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/28/americas-cheese-stockpile-just-hit-an-all-time-high/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4d169fecba1c
https://www.ewg.org/research/subsidy-layer-cake#.W6xCzxNKii5
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-practices-management/risk-management/government-programs-risk/
https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/disaster-assistance-program/emergency-assist-for-livestock-honey-bees-fish/index
https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/FactSheets/2018/elap_fact_sheet_april2018.pdf
https://www.downsizinggovernment.org/agriculture/subsidies
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/377406-dairy-industry-doesnt-deserve-american-taxpayer-bailout
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/28/politics/farmer-bailout-trump/index.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/11/466317522/buy-crop-insurance-double-your-money