Reasons to Become Vegan: Environment
51% of GHGs are attributable to livestock products: worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Lives...
Agriculture is responsible for 80-90% of water consumption in the US: ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-pract...
Producing 1 kg of animal protein requires about 100 times more water than producing 1 kg of grain protein: taylorfrancis.com/books/978142...
Livestock systems occupy 45% of the global surface area: cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/ha...
Lactoovovegetarian diets use less energy, land, and water: academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/...
FAO’s livestock report: fao.org/3/a0701e/a0701e00.htm
Animal Agriculture Causes Roughly 90% of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon: documents.worldbank.org/curate...
Vegetarian diets use up to 55% less water: nature.com/articles/s41893-018...
The average American consumes 222 lbs of meat annually: ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2018/...
World Water Development Report: unwater.org/publication_catego...
US could feed 800 million: news.cornell.edu/stories/1997/...
