Nutrient dense and high-fiber foods - like fresh product and nuts cost more.
Whether broadly in the Farm Bill…
Specifically through Ag Appropriations spending…
or even through disaster relief bills like the Covid CARES act...
The federal agriculture funds are incredibly unfair to all consumers and negatively affect our health by making these foods less accessible.
It’s clear when the government continues to favor livestock farmers with our taxes that we all must do something about it. That something is change food policy.
CFAP 1 – $11.8 Billion
$10.8 Billion (92%) went to Livestock, Dairy & Livestock Feed
Fiber rich foods received 21x to 100x less
CFAP 2 – $19.1 Billion
Dispersed 4/2/2021
*$0 breakout for fruits & veggies
*2,758 dairy farm entries
*1,661 cattle ranch entries
$18.6 Billion (97%) went to Livestock, Dairy & Livestock Feed
Attributing Subsidies
Farmers receive support from the government via a multitude of subsidized insurance programs, margin protection schemes, and direct payments.
This is the chart we use to pro-rate subsidies to grain producers in order to determine the amount that’s subsidizing animal feed.
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- https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/livestock-feed-and-habitat-destruction/
- Pending
- https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/coexistence-soybeans-factsheet.pdf
- https://farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?fips=00000&progcode=total_dis
- https://www.agmrc.org/commodities-products/grains-oilseeds/sorghum
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226861704_Barley_Production_and_Consumption
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/is-the-livestock-industry-destroying-the-planet-11308007/
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/corn-and-other-feedgrains/feedgrains-sector-at-a-glance/
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