The Farm Bill currently under consideration by Congress calls for the federal government to spend billions of taxpayer dollars each year to subsidize:

• production and sales of food proven to be unhealthy and cause serious health problems
• severe mistreatment and needless killing of farm animals
• tremendous environmental destruction
• spread of disease
• mistreatment of workers

Urge your Representative and Senators not to support the legislation!

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“Nearly 10 billion animals are killed for human consumption each year in the United States. Ninety-nine percent are raised on factory farms, which maximize agribusiness profits at the expense of the animals, the environment, social justice and public health.” http://www.farmsanctuary.org/learn/factory-farming/

"Animals reared on factory farms live in horrible conditions and most of the animals are slaughtered while less than one year old." https://www.aspca.org/animal-cruelty/farm-animal-welfare/animals-factory-farms

"The filthy conditions in which overcrowded pigs, chickens, fish and other animals are kept on factory farms cause many outbreaks of disease that prompt mass culls and in a significant number of cases result in transmission to people." https://www.animalagricultureclimatechange.org/factory-farms-are-a-breeding-ground-for-disease/

How Animal Agriculture Affects Our Planet https://blog.pachamama.org/how-animal-agriculture-affects-our-planet

Environmental Impact of Animal Agriculture https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/environmental-impact-of-animal-agriculture.html

“Consuming meat increases the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, pneumonia and several other conditions according to a study published in BMC Medicine.” https://www.pcrm.org/news/health-nutrition/consuming-meat-increases-risk-heart-disease-pneumonia-diabetes-and-other

“Milk and other dairy products are the top source of saturated fat in the American diet, contributing to heart disease, type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Studies have also linked dairy to an increased risk of breast, ovarian and prostate cancers.” https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/nutrition-information/health-concerns-about-dairy

“Researchers tracked dietary cholesterol and consumption of egg whites, whole eggs and egg substitutes for more than 500,000 participants and monitored heart disease-related deaths. The addition of half an egg per day was associated with more deaths from heart disease, cancer and other causes.” https://www.pcrm.org/news/health-nutrition/cholesterol-egg-consumption-associated-early-death

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Stance on Vegan and Vegetarian Diets – “Vegetarian and vegan diets are healthful, may prevent and treat chronic diseases and are better for animals and the environment.” https://www.pcrm.org/news/health-nutrition/academy-nutrition-and-dietetics-publishes-stance-vegan-and-vegetarian-diets

British Dietetic Association Confirms a Healthy Vegan Diet Can be Suitable at All Ages https://www.livekindly.com/british-dietetic-association-vegan/