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As the world’s appetite for meat increases, countries across the globe are bulldozing huge swaths of land to make more room for animals as well as crops to feed them. From tropical rain forests in Brazil to ancient pine forests in China, entire ecosystems are being destroyed. • On 1 acre of land, you can grow 20,000 pounds of potatoes, or you can grow 165 pounds of beef in the same space. • More than 260 million acres of U.S. forest have been cleared to grow crops to feed animals who are raised for meat.

As the world’s appetite for meat increases, 
countries across the globe are bulldozing huge swaths of land 
to make more room for animals as well as crops to feed them. 
From tropical rain forests in Brazil to ancient pine forests in China, 
entire ecosystems are being destroyed. 

• On 1 acre of land, you can grow 20,000 pounds of potatoes, or you can grow 165 pounds of beef in the same space. 
• More than 260 million acres of U.S. forest have been cleared to grow crops to feed animals who are raised for meat.















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.”  The great Ogallala aquifer, a resource that took a half million years to accumulate, will be depleted in less than 40 years. 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.”

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.” 

The great Ogallala aquifer, a resource that took a half million years to accumulate, will be depleted in less than 40 years.

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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