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	Podcast:		#EatForThePlanet With Nil Zacharias
	Episode:		#12 - The Rigged Economics of American Meat and Dairy With David Simon
	Category:		Arts
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	Publish Date:		2017-08-15 23:00:00
	Description:		The purpose of the food industry seems pretty straightforward – feed the world’s population. However, our industrialized food system, specifically, industrialized animal agriculture is incredibly ineffective – we dump around 38 billion dollars in subsidies into the meat and dairy industry. To put this in context, only around 14 million dollars go toward fruits and vegetables. And yet, one in six people in the U.S. go to bed hungry every night. So why is it that our government is choosing to devote so much money towards producing animal products? Well, in this episode, I speak with David Simon, lawyer, sustainable consumption advocate, and author of the book Meatonomics, to get some more insight. In our chat, we get into the externalized costs of the meat industry, specifically, the burden on taxpayers, the environment, and of course animals that keep this mega industry afloat. As a lawyer, David is also well-versed in the ridiculous laws used to protect against whistleblowers and really anyone who criticizes the meat industry. I might not be an expert in math or economics, but after my chat with David, I've come to the conclusion that the dying industrial meat and dairy industries just do not add up. Pre-order the Eat For The Planet book at https://eftp.co/ Show notes for this episode: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/episode-twelve-david-simon/ Follow Nil Zacharias on Twitter Newsletter signup: http://eepurl.com/cTT7Tv Like #EatForThePlanet on Facebook Contact us at eftp@onegreenplanet.org
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