Andrea Polanco

Research Team Dr. Jo Anderson (Faunalytics) stewarded this project at the start and Dr. Andrea Polanco (Faunalytics) took over the data interpretation and writing afterwards. Jared Winslow led the preregistration phase, Abby Couture contributed to the review phases, and Dung Nguyen led the review and data extraction phases. Acknowledgements We would like to thank Steven Rouk and Dr. Andie Thompkins for their valuable input.

Reforming Animal Agriculture Subsidies: A Guide for Advocates Summary By: Andrea Polanco | Original Study By: Polanco, A., & Anderson, J. (2022) | Published: January 25, 2023 Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Animal agriculture subsidies create an uneven playing field for advocates and plant-based producers. Our study looks at successes and challenges in the fight to shift, reduce, or eliminate subsidies. The global meat and seafood market is an empire worth $867 billion USD worldwide in 2021.

In North Dakota, Black Elk’s home state, 80% of land was in a drought earlier this year—today close to 20% remains in drought. A year ago, three-fourths of the state experienced either extreme or exceptional drought. Climate change is worsening drought conditions across the globe as temperatures rise. In 2021, researchers a drought stress study on Atractylodes lancea, an endangered flowering plant species native to East Asia that’s used to treat digestive disorders.