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So… you're worried
about the environment.
You've got more important things to think about than what you
eat.
You may not be aware of the link between food animals and the
environment.
To fill the growing demand for animal-derived foods requires
billions of animals which otherwise wouldn't be on the planet.
And this massive overpopulation has a huge environmental cost.
- Forests and meat animals compete for the same land.
Cattle production is the biggest contributing factor to
deforestation and desertification.
- Livestock contribute 18% of global greenhouse gas
emissions, more than all forms of transport combined.
- Producing meat to eat requires roughly 50 times as much
water as growing an equivalent quantity of wheat
or soy beans.
- Agribusiness today is the largest polluter of any
industry. A farm of 5000 pigs produces as much excrement
as a city of 50,000 people.
- Growing crops is between 5 and 50 times as energy efficient
as producing meat.
- Livestock compete with native wildlife for food,
so native animals like kangaroos are declared pests.
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Feeding the world's ever-growing human population
on animal foods is simply not sustainable. There's just not enough
land, water or resources to feed all those animals... and us.
Think we can save the environment and still eat
meat? THINK AGAIN!
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Whichever way you look, the future
is vegetarian...
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