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 Here's a quick breakdown:
- In the past 25 years, nearly 50% of the forests in Central America have been razed (demolished), mostly in providing beef to North Americans.
- The meat industry uses half of the country's water supply. Here's why: Seventy percent of the grains and cereals we grow are used to feed livestock, and that's a lot of watering... This percentage is just the amount of food it takes to keep the animals alive!
- Each pound of steak from feedlot-raised steers comes at the cost of 5 pounds of grain, 2,500 gallons of water, and about 25 pounds of eroded topsoil.
Options?
- Vegetarianism! It's one way to stop erosion and save water.
- Or consider this... Buy locally raised meat, consider reducing your meat consumption, choose organic heffers and/or free-range fowl.
- Let your local meat packer know that sustainable food-sourcing is important to you.
Visit www.localharvest.org to find friendly, low-impact food in your area!
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