EU pumps four times more money into farming animals than growing plants

CAP scheme, which pays more to farms that occupy more land, drives ‘perverse outcomes for a food transition’, says studyThe EU has made polluting diets “artificially cheap” by pumping four times more money into farming animals than growing plants, research has found.More than 80% of the public money given to farmers through the EU ’s common agriculture policy (CAP) went to animal products in 2013 despite the damage they do to society, according toa study in Nature Food. Factoring in animal feed doubled the subsidies that were embodied in a kilogram of beef, the meat with the biggest environmental footprint, from €0.71 to €1.42 (61p to £1.22).Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Farming European Union Meat industry Animals World news Environment Food Agriculture Science Source Type: news