- It takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound of edible animal flesh. Making meat consumption a very inefficient use of grain.
- About 20 percent of the world’s population, or 1.4 billion people, could be fed with the grain and soybeans fed to U.S. cattle alone.
- Even fish on fish farms must be fed 5 pounds of wild-caught fish to produce one pound of farmed fish flesh.
- Because, the industrial world is exporting grain to developing countries and importing the meat that is produced with it, farmers who are trying to feed themselves are being driven off their land.
- If everyone on Earth received 25 percent of his or her calories from animal products, only 3.2 billion people could be nourished.
- It takes about 300 gallons of water per day to produce food for a vegan, and more than 4,000 gallons of water per day to produce food for a meat-eater.
- You save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you do by not showering for an entire year.
- Food for a vegan can be produced on only 1/6 of an acre of land, while it takes 3 1/4 acres of land to produce food for a meat-eater.
http://chicvegan.com/blog-action-day-the-truth-about-poverty-and-how-going-vegan-can-help/“The American fast-food diet and the meat-eating habits of the wealthy around the world support a world food system that diverts food resources from the hungry.”
-Dr. Waldo Bello, executive director of the Institute for Food and Development Policy
