Eating Less Meat Is Good For The Environment
This short article summarizes and highlights the research by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and other studies that address the link between environmental factors and meat eating.
Article highlights:
- According to the EWG, red meat such as beef and lamb is responsible for 10 to 40 times as many greenhouse gas emissions as common vegetables and grains.
- Almost all (80%) of deforestation in the Amazon is attributable to cattle ranching.
- “EWG estimates that growing livestock feed in the U.S. alone requires 167 million pounds of pesticides and 17 billion pounds of nitrogen fertilizer each year across some 149 million acres of cropland. “
- If the grain currently fed to livestock in the U.S. was fed directly to people it could feed about 800 million people.
 ANIMALS USED FOR FOOD  OTHER TOPICS |
Environment | Factory Farming | Meat Consumption | Meat Reduction | Farm Animals
The Environmental Magazine, The Environmental Magazine, 2011 United States (National)|Worldwide
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