UN report: $540B in subsidies crowd out plants as Oatly's quarter soars

UN Report Ties $540 Billion in Farm Subsidies to Crowding Out Plant Foods

• $540 billionin annual global support to agricultural producers, about 70% tied to grains, sugar, dairy, beef and livestock feed crops [114]
• 10%potential rise in fruit and vegetable consumption in OECD countries if existing producer support were reallocated across food groups, with no increase in total spending [114]
• $8.1 trillionannual hidden cost of diet-related disease, which the report warns against shifting onto society through cheaper retail prices alone [114]
• 65%of the EU's protein intake still comes from animal products, though animal agriculture uses 71% of EU farmland for just 35% of calories [114]

Solid"Reallocating existing producer support across food groups, with no increase in total expenditure, could raise fruit and vegetable consumption by around 10% in OECD countries" (FAO/IFAD/UNICEF/WFP/WHO joint report) [114]. It's a modeled estimate inside a multi-agency report that also flags a trade-off: shifting support away from staples could raise their prices before cheaper alternatives reach the market.

Fromvegconomist the vegan business magazine

Oatly Raises 2026 Revenue Guidance After Blowout Quarter, Shares Jump 19%

• $240.1mQ2 revenue, up 15.2% year-on-year [71]
• 21%revenue growth in Europe & International to $143.1m, on a 16.9% jump in volumes [71]
• 8-10%new full-year constant-currency revenue growth guidance, up from a prior 3-5% [71]
• $31.3mnet loss for the quarter, down from $55.9m a year earlier [71]

Company claim"In retail measured channels, we have reached our near record high market shares in both oat milk and plant-based beverages" (Oatly COO Daniel Ordoñez) [109]. Oatly's own reporting of its retail-channel data, not an independently audited market-share figure.

FromJust FoodGreen Queen

Oregon Petition Drive Reaches 140,000 Signatures to End Animal-Cruelty Exemptions

• 140,000+signatures submitted for Initiative Petition 28 [84]
• 2,000then 40,000 signatures gathered in the campaign's first two attempts, in 2022 and 2024 [84]

FromVegNews.com

Meta-Analysis of 30 Studies Finds Vegan and Vegetarian Diets Cut Cancer Risk

• RR 0.77 (95% CI 0.70-0.85)vegans' total cancer risk versus non-vegetarians, from 3 prospective studies [9]
• RR 0.87 (95% CI 0.84-0.91)vegetarians' total cancer risk versus non-vegetarians, from 4 prospective studies [9]
• RR 0.80 (95% CI 0.64-1.00)vegans' breast cancer risk versus non-vegetarians, the upper bound just touching no-effect [9]

Solid"vegan diets are associated with reduced risk of total and breast cancer" (meta-analysis authors) [9]. A systematic review of prospective cohort studies, though the authors themselves grade the vegan-specific evidence only "limited-suggestive," since it rests on just 3-4 cohorts.

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