In the USA, every year, there are more and more vegans, more and more vegan companies thriving and more and more vegan products on the market. That being the case... More animals are killed every year?

Connie Spence AKA The Vegan Batgirl unpacks that in this episode.

The Vegan Justice League:

http://veganjusticeleague.com

Links to read up:

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/390990-the-house-farm-bill-is-crony-capitalism-on-steroids

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/08/14/mapping-the-u-s-farm-subsidy-1-million-club/#546a0f443efc

https://www.wsj.com/articles/meat-piles-up-as-production-grows-and-exports-slow-1532268000

https://www.farmaid.org/issues/farm-policy/farm-bill-101/

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/309575-how-agriculture-subsidies-are-hurting-farmers-taxpayers

https://www.wri.org/blog/2018/01/2018-will-see-high-meat-consumption-us-american-diet-shiftin 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/06/28/americas-cheese-stockpile-just-hit-an-all-time-high/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4d169fecba1c

https://www.ewg.org/research/subsidy-layer-cake#.W6xCzxNKii5

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-practices-management/risk-management/government-programs-risk/

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/disaster-assistance-program/emergency-assist-for-livestock-honey-bees-fish/index

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/FactSheets/2018/elap_fact_sheet_april2018.pdf

https://www.downsizinggovernment.org/agriculture/subsidies

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/377406-dairy-industry-doesnt-deserve-american-taxpayer-bailout

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/28/politics/farmer-bailout-trump/index.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/11/466317522/buy-crop-insurance-double-your-money