Being vegetarian can do more for the environment than upgrading your car

There is an amazing article out there on the web and I want to provide a link to it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-freston/vegetarian-is-the-new-pri_b_39014…

In a nutshell, rainforests are being cut down so food can be grown for cows for our meat demand. The amount of land that is used for growing grain to feed cows could feed the world’s human population and end hungur. It takes 2500 gallons of water to “produce” one pound of beef. It only takes 25 gallons of water to “grow” a one pound loaf of bread. Animal agriculture accounts for 9% of our carbon dioxide emissions, it emits 37% of our methane, and 65% of our nitrous oxide. But don’t take my word for it, read Kathy’s article. She explains it much better than I can.

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