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Why Meatless?
Emily J. Bielecki
Did You Know?
The meat industry is responsible for nearly 1/5 of
the man-made greenhouse gasses (“Urged…”
2010)
Lets Talk About Energy
40 calories of fossil fuel
energy = 1 calorie of beef
2.2 calories of fossil fuel
energy = 1 calorie of
plant-based protein
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sustainabletable/1404187812/in/set-72157608114379266/
Energy Wasted
Ratio of energy input to protein output:
Lamb 57:1
Beef cattle 40:1
Eggs 39:1
Swine 14:1
Dairy (milk) 14:1
Turkeys 10:1
Broilers 4:1
(Pimentel 2003)
Lets Talk About Water
643 gallons of fresh water = 5.2 oz hamburger
143 gallons of fresh water = 5.2 oz tofu
Irrigation is sucking up our H2O resources
Animal waste contaminates fresh water
(“Meatless” 2010) & (“Issues” 2009)
Lets Talk About The Planet
Deforestation
Topsoil erosion
ENDLESS CYCLE!
Endangered or near
endangered long-lived fish
Lets Talk Health
2/3 of America is overweight anyway!
Diets full of red meat cancer, heart disease,
stroke, diabetes, arthritis, hypertension
Diets that are filled with fruits, vegetables, and
whole grains lead to a lower risk of heart disease,
ADHD, asthma, and diabetes
Antibiotics used in food animals
Other health concerns
And Where Is The Logic?
We are producing food to
produce less food.
Legumes are nitrogen fixing
– animal feed crops are
not
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pveCINwxtj0/SHgXFLrnwxI/AAAAAAAAAcY/YqqVvjKO5Ek/s320/feedlot1.jpg
Societal Implications
Meat consumption affects 3rd world countries in a
distinctive way
Animals are part of the environment too
UN reported: 1992 food supply could have fed
6.3 billion people on 100% vegetarian diet
(Soares 2009)
What About Vegan?
No animal products at all
Traditional vs. Environmental
http://newideas.net/images/no_milk_adhd.gif
So How Can We Help?
THE SOLUTION IS CLEAR
http://jeremiahgraves.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/no_meat.jpg
Sources
“Why Meatless” http://www.meatlessmonday.com/why-meatless/ The Monday Campaigns. 2010.
“About Vegan” http://www.vegan.org/about_veganism/environment.html Vegan Action. 2009.
“The Reasons To Adopt A Meatless Diet” http://nutrition.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_benefits_of_veganvegetarian_living
Suite 101. 2010.
“Obama Urged…” http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/Features/2009/meatless_monday.html Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
2010.
“Five Steps To Sustainable Eating” http://www.lime.com/food/story/14868/5_steps_to_sustainable_eating Lime. 2009.
Christine Soares. “The Low Carbon Diet” http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sustainable-eating-the-lowcarbon-diet 2009.
“The Issues” http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/ Sustainable Table. 2010.
Kreith, M., Water Inputs in California Food Production. 1991, Water Education Foundation: Sacramento, CA.
“A Healthy Way To Live” http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/health.html Vegan Outreach. July 2009.
Pimentel, D. and M. Pimentel, Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment.
American Joural of Clinical Nutrition, 2003. 78: p. 66S-3S.