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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Ajit Niranjan Europe environment correspondent

Beef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study finds

Lots of men demonstrating, one with cattle skull on pole
Cattle farmers demonstrating in Madrid last week against attempts to cut their subsidies under the common agriculture policy. Photograph: Luis Soto/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

Beef and lamb receive 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, a report has found, despite scientists urging people to get more of their protein from less harmful sources.

Analysis by the charity Foodrise found the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) provides “unfair” levels of support to meat-heavy diets that doctors consider unhealthy and climate scientists consider environmentally destructive.

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