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[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The farm industry loves their subsidies and will fight hard to keep them coming.

In the US anyway. I'm sure it's similar in other countries but for ostensible cultural reasons.

Edit: I checked to make sure, this is in the US.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Dairy ain't going anywhere, it's legitimately a national security thing for food scarcity (government cheese). It's still also heavily subsidized of course (as is Corn). Now if that could be swung to a different animal (sheep or goats), that'd have a significant impact environmentally.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

I don't see why it has to be government cheese and couldn't be government rice and beans or government lentils. Put the subsidy dollars into plant foods and it'll happen.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

I (and my lactose intolerant intestines) wholeheartedly agree. We seem determined to recreate the conditions of the dustbowl by neglecting crop rotation and mono-crops.

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