meatless monday!

I thought I'd share some important info for meatless monday... I've been vegetarian for 15 years, but even 1 day a week can make a huge impact.  Environmental info below.  I won't even get started on the treatment of the animals in this post....

Make it a meatless monday! 

Amount of U.S. grain fed to farm animals: 70%

Pounds of corn and soy required to produce just one pound of pork: nearly 7

Water needed to produce a pound of wheat: 14 gallons

Water needed to produce a pound of meat: 441 gallons Threatened and endangered species imperiled by livestock grazing: 161

Of all water used for all purposes in the United States, more than half goes to:livestock production

According to Cornell ecologist David Pimentel, animal protein demands tremendous expenditures of fossil-fuel energy—about eight times as much for a comparable amount of plant protein.

The meat industry is a major cause of fresh water depletion. According to Ed Ayres, of the World Watch Institute, "Around the world, as more water is diverted to raising pigs and chickens instead of producing crops for direct consumption, millions of wells are going dry. India, China, North Africa and the U.S. are all running freshwater deficits, pumping more from their aquifers than rain can replenish."

According to Ayres, "Pass up one hamburger, and you'll save as much water as you save by taking 40 showers with a low-flow nozzle." 

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