Billions of Pounds of Unwanted Meat and Dairy Are Stockpiled in the U.S. – Why Are We Still Subsidizing Factory Farms? – One Green Planet

According to the USDA, there are currently 1.39 BILLION pounds of surplus cheese in the U.S., which is the largest domestic reserve of cheese varieties on record. And when it comes to meat (beef, pork, poultry), there are 2.5 BILLION pounds of surplus, which is also a record, and that’s just here in the U.S. alone! Although some of this excess is credited to Mexican and Chinese tariffs on American pork, we suspect the rise in the plant-based movement may have something to do with the high decrease in demand.
— Read on www.onegreenplanet.org/news/billions-pounds-meat-dairy-stockpiled-u-s/