Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Calls On Elon Musk To Cut Animal Agriculture Subsidies

Emmy Award-winning journalist Jane Velez-Mitchell is calling on Elon Musk to cut US factory farming subsidies in order to save money and promote health. Velez-Mitchell emphasized that the yet-to-be-passed Farm Bill includes significant subsidies to the industrial animal agriculture sector, and cutting them would be a key opportunity for cost savings and addressing the country's health crisis.

The majority of the US's yearly approximate $20 billion agricultural subsidies go to animal farms, with lobbyists from the animal agriculture industry playing a significant role in shaping the Farm Bill. These subsidies keep the price of animal products artificially low, rather than promoting nutritious, sustainable plant-based foods. Velez-Mitchell argues that cutting these subsidies would create a more level playing field for small, independent farms and have economic potential with health and environmental benefits.