“What do the US elections mean for farmed animals?” by LewisBollard

Note: This post was crossposted from Open Philanthropy farm animal welfare newsletter by the Forum team, with the author's permission. The author may not see or respond to comments on this post. The EATS Act, the battle for control of the USDA, and more... The sad reality for America's cows, pigs, and chickens is that it doesn’t matter much who's running the country. Democratic and Republican administrations alike have long favored factory farmers over farmed animals. President Obama promised to take the USDA out of the hands of “big agribusiness” — and gave it instead to the governor of the biggest factory farming state, Tom Vilsack of Iowa. President Trump promised to drain the swamp — and then assigned the USDA transition to a swamp dweller whose prior gig was trolling animal advocates. President Biden didn’t promise much — and delivered even less when he reappointed Vilsack, who had [...] --- First published: November 13th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/JRYkDqqcDkqY9gCzF/what-do-the-us-elections-mean-for-farmed-animals --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.