I am once again asking for meat and dairy subsidies in the US to be shifted to alternatives like plant-based products and lab meat.

One of the biggest barriers to alternatives is the cost. Currently they cost like twice as much as the "normal" product. If they cost a roughly equal amount, more people would start buying them instead. The US has huge agriculture subsidies; we could shift them to alternatives to encourage a change in production and a change in retail purchasing.

For all those replying with "well yes, we already knew this".

Yes, but now you have the numbers to back up the conclusions you've already drawn.

Of course food produced from plants will be environmentally better than those made from animals, but now, next time you see someone actually doubting that, you can rebuff them with numbers and science.

The most healthy plant based meat alternatives have always been, Beans & Legumes. You're welcome!

Now make them affordable. Plant based meats cost easily double the price of meat. So I don't blame people for choosing meat.

Oh God oh fuck the admins are gonna kill you for making this post

Next up, the sky is blue.

Next you’re going to say that it’s good that my primary source of protein is high in fiber and fixes nitrogen in the soil. No shit. Over processed food is bad, but meat is really bad for the planet and while it may be healthy in small amounts it’s probably less than every day, much less every meal like is common in the developed world.

Water - wet.

Awesome. Now it just needs to be more affordable while tasting just as good. Right now, the stuff that actually tastes like meat is priced like a bougie, elitist luxury good.

But you don't get to torment animals

Pork also scored red for salt, while beef and chicken scored amber. Lamb was the only meat to receive a green rating for salt.

What? Raw meat has a negligible amount of salt. How is it not all green?

I wish they weren't all so damn salty though. I get that meat is salty, but the meat alternatives go way too far with the saltiness in general in my experience.