Happy New Year to all. Hopefully 2015 rings in some compassionate resolutions. 65 billion farm animals were slaughtered last year. Aside from the animal genocide, heres some stats on the environmental impacts. A few people can make a big difference. Please read. Hope everyone has a safe, happy and healthy 15 Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution [iv], and habitat destruction. Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. . Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print. One hamburger requires 660 gallons of water to produce – the equivalent of 2 months’ worth of showers. [iii] Catanese, Christina. “Virtual Water, Real Impacts.” Greenversations: Official Blog of the U.S. EPA. 2012. Livestock covers 45% of the earth’s total land. Thornton, Phillip, Mario Herrero, and Polly Ericksen. “Livestock and Climate Change.” Livestock Exchange, no. 3 (2011). Animal agriculture use ranges from 34-76 trillion gallons of water annually. Pimentel, David, et al. “Water Resources: Agricultural And Environmental Issues.” Agriculture is responsible for 80-90% of US water consumption. “USDA ERS – Irrigation & Water Use.” United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. 2013. Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture. [xiii] 30% of the Earth’s entire land surface is used by the livestock sector. Versterby, Marlow; Krupa, Kenneth. “Major uses of land in the United States.” Updated 2012. USDA Economic Research Service. Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 56% of water in the US. Jacobson, Michael F. “More and Cleaner Water.” In Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-based Diet Could save Your Health and the Environment. Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 2006. A farm with 2,500 dairy cows produces the same amount of waste as a city of 411,000 people. [vi] “Risk Assessment Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Research and Development. 2004. 3/4 of the world’s fisheries are exploited. “Overfishing: A Threat to Marine Biodiversity.” UN News Center. For every 1 pound of fish caught, an average of 5 pounds of unintended marine species are caught and discarded as by-kill. [viii] “Discards and Bycatch in Shrimp Trawl Fisheries.” UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO). #cowspiracy #vegan #newyearsresolution
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