You can’t call yourself an avid environmentalist and be non-vegan:
The consumption of animal products contributes to more than one-quarter of the water footprint of humanity
More than 12,000 liters of water are used to produce 1 kilogram of beef while it’s only 850 liters per kilogram of wheat
The leading source of deforestation is animal agriculture - up to 80% of all deforestation can be attributed to it
The most prominent source of CO2 emissions - more than every type of transportation combined - is animal agriculture
Dairy cattle, pigs, chickens and other farm animals play a huge role in severe land and water degradation
It takes 16 lbs of grain to produce 1 lb of meat, with more than 70% of the grains and cereals grown in the U.S. going to feed animals
Grass-fed, free-range beef is actually more damaging for the environment
Over 85% of the world’s soybean crops are used for livestock rather than human consumption
Giving up animal products is more environmentally efficient than basically any “eco-friendly” act you can think of
Factory farms are destroying our air quality
It takes about 14 calories of fossil-fuel energy to produce one calorie of milk protein on a conventional farm. By comparison, it takes about 0.26 calories of fossil fuel to make a calorie of organic soybeans.
Take the United Nations’ advice and go vegan.
amandla
theartofmadeline
germansingergirl
