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0·16 days agoThere’s even some communities on here with some good recipes and such too
Ah like replace everything with just Fox News saying that, I follow now
Not sure I completely follow what you’re trying to say?
True of more than just the US, but for some number on the US:
The Department of Agriculture has spent almost $50 billion in subsidies for livestock operators since 1995, according to an EWG analysis.
By contrast, since 2018 the USDA has spent less than $30 million to support plant-based and other alternative proteins that may produce fewer greenhouse gases and may require less land than livestock.
For some global figures
Almost 90% of the $540bn in global subsidies given to farmers every year are “harmful”, a startling UN report has found
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The biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, such as beef and milk, received the biggest subsidies, the report said. These are often produced by large industrialised groups that are best placed to gain access to subsidies.
It is worth also mentioning that despite these heavy subsidy differences, whole-food plant-based diets still end up generally being cheaper overall in most developed countries, unlike what you might think
It found that in high-income countries:
• Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third.
• Vegetarian diets were a close second.
• Flexitarian diets with low amounts of meat and dairy reduced costs by 14%.
• By contrast, pescatarian diets increased costs by up to 2%.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-11-sustainable-eating-cheaper-and-healthier-oxford-study
Based on primary data (n = 1040) collected through an online survey, representative of the Portuguese population, through logistic regressions, it was possible to conclude that plant-based consumers, particularly vegan, are associated with lower food expenditures compared to omnivorous consumers. In fact, plant-based consumers are shown to spend less than all other consumers assessed
https://agrifoodecon.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40100-022-00224-9
0·20 days agoIf you want to make the arithmetic faster for any number, (n+1)*n / 2 is the closed form expression for summing the (whole) numbers 1 to n
So (8+1)*8/2 = 36 in this case
I get that this is more tongue and cheek, but for some perspective it’s around ~21% of US adults that are functionally illiterate (in English) from 2024 stats
0·21 days agoThe technology for renewables is not the main limiting factor anymore. In recent years the economics have changed. Renewables are the cheapest form of power today and dominate (90-almost 100%) new global energy capacity because it’s so cheap. Grid scale batteries have become viable and are starting to be a significant portion of grid power in many countries
The left absolutely does not dominate narratives on environmental issues in media outlets. The right wing narratives are taken at face value and amplified despite being objectively false.
Media outlets are publishing articles today that are still talking about renewables as if they were more expensive than fossil fuels. Solar has been cheapest form of power per kWh for years now around the world
The media is tiled to the right. The right complains because that’s never enough for them
One thing that would at least help is applying antitrust laws and breaking up said companies. Their size and consolidation alone is a decent chunk of the issue, though that still leaves more to be desired
Not a member or anything, but there’s some stuff like that on Lemmy
Plus some recipe websites are really good like Nora Cooks
3·21 days agoDon’t see a paywall on my end, but https://archive.is/VKgxt should work
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If dogs didn’t want to be eaten, why is Elwood’s Organic Dog Meat so delicious? /s
Seems a little difficult to eat an entire country, idk
Yet when I make that argument to the court, they say “what” and call me a “cannibal”. Smh /s
Myth: Turkeys are killed by the industry for that purpose
Truth: Turkeys just mystersouly show up dead after falling into the big killing machine that the industry had nothing to do with
0·3 years agoI’m not sure using lower case would make it any easier to parse. I think the issue is more how headlines use a little different grammar. In this case it’s just using “… sign child will become factor farm owner” instead of "is a sign that a child will become a factory farm owner "
Like some good plant-based stuff?
Whole foods wise: I love any legume beans, lentil, hummus, tofu, tempeh, edamame, nuts etc.
Pre-made product or recipe wise: I’m a big fan of oat milk, basically any Nora Cooks recipe ever, Beyond Sausage, plant-based Babybell (if you have any nostalgia for that), Fable Meaty Pulled Mushrooms (easier to get outside the US, though can somewhat order online in US or get at restaurants), etc.