"Currently, sufficient land, energy and water exist to feed well over twice the world's human population…"

"How frequently a child on Earth dies as a result of malnutrition and starvation: every 2.3 seconds."

"One acre of land will yield 165 pounds (75 kg) of beef, or 20,000 pounds (9,000 kg) of potatoes."

"It takes twenty-one pounds (9 kg) of protein fed to a calf to produce a single pound (450 gr) of animal protein for humans. We get back less than 5 percent of what we put in."

"At least 10 times as many people can be supported on a cereal diet than on a meat based diet - and that figure rockets up to 30 TIMES AS MANY people being supported by a diet based on soya protein."

"Nearly 40 per cent of the world's wheat and corn is fed to animals and huge amounts of land are given over to growing things such as alfalfa, peanuts, turnips, tapioca to be used animal food. This land could just as easily be used to grow food for people."

"The calf must now be fed. No matter how little space he and his companions are crowded into, land must be used to grow the corn, sorghum, soybeans, or whatever it is that the calf eats. Now we are feeding the calf food that we ourselves could eat."

"Amount of nutrient wasted by cycling grain and soy through livestock Protein 90% Carbohydrate 99% Fiber 100%"

"The calf needs most of [the food it eats] for the physiological processes of day-to-day living. No matter how severely the calf is prevented from exercising, his body must still burn food merely to keep him alive. The food is also used to build inedible parts of the calf's body, like bones. Only the food left over after these needs are satisfied can be turned into flesh, and eventually be eaten by human beings."

"Half of the world's grain harvest is fed to livestock while millions of humans go hungry."

"95% of world soybean production is used for animal feed."

"This year twenty million people will starve to death due to lack of grains and legumes to eat."

"Number of people who will die as a result of malnutrition and starvation this year: 20,000,000."

"Of course eating meat isn't the only cause of world hunger but it is one of the most important."

"If the whole world ate a vegetarian diet - that's plant foods and dairy products such as milk, cheese and butter - Tickell states there would be enough food right now to feed 6 billion people well. In fact, if everyone became vegan and cut out all dairy products and eggs, the world's population could be fed on less than one quarter of the land that's used at present!"

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