Meat may be delicious but here are some untasty truths...

• Animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than the combined exhaust from all transportation - all planes, trains, automobiles stands at 13%
• Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
• Livestock is responsible for 65% of all human-related emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas with 296 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide, and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years
• Animal agriculture water consumption ranges from 34-76 trillion gallons annually.
• 2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef
• 477 gallons of water are required to produce 1lb. of eggs;  almost 900 gallons of water are needed for 1lb. of cheese.
• 1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk.
• Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, and habitat destruction
• 3/4 of the world’s fisheries are exploited or depleted
• We could see fishless oceans by 2048
• For every 1 pound of fish caught, up to 5 pounds of unintended marine species are caught and discarded as by-kill.  
• Animal agriculture is responsible for up to 91% of Amazon destruction
• The leading causes of rainforest destruction are livestock and feedcrops
• 136 million rainforest acres cleared for animal agriculture
• 80% of antibiotic sold in the US are for livestock
• We are currently growing enough food to feed 10 billion people.
• 82% of starving children live in countries where food is fed to animals, and the animals are eaten by western countries.
• Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal’s life

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