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The "single biggest way" to help the planet is to go vegan...

University of Oxford

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Globally, animal agriculture uses

83

%

of the world’s farmland

but only produces

18

%

of our calories

and only

37

%

of our protein

J. Poore, T. Nemecek, Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers. Science360, 987-992(2018). DOI:10.1126/science.aaq0216

Moreover, it takes...

1840 gallons of water

(Equivalent to 115 showers)

to produce

1 pound of beef

U.S. Geological Survey. (n.d.). Water content of things. Retrieved January 1, 2024, from https://water.usgs.gov/edu/activity-watercontent.phpU.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2017, February). Shower better learning resource. Retrieved January 1, 2024, from https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2017-02/documents/ws-ourwater-shower-better-learning-resource_0.pdf

Animal agriculture is responsible for up to 91% of Amazon destruction.

It also is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all transportation combined.

Margulis, Sergio. "Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon". World Bank Working Paper No. 22. 2003Tabuchi, Hiroko, Rigny, Claire & White, Jeremy. "Amazon Deforestation, Once Tamed, Comes Roaring Back". New York Times. February 2017(New)Bellantonio, Marisa, et al. "The Ultimate Mystery Meat: Exposing the Secrets Behind Burger King and Global Meat Production". Mighty Earth (New)