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Why Meatless?

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

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Why Meatless?

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  1. Why Meatless? Emily J. Bielecki

  2. Did You Know? The meat industry is responsible for nearly 1/5 of the man-made greenhouse gasses (“Urged…” 2010)

  3. Lets Talk About Energy http://www.flickr.com/photos/sustainabletable/1404187812/in/set-72157608114379266/ 40 calories of fossil fuel energy = 1 calorie of beef 2.2 calories of fossil fuel energy = 1 calorie of plant-based protein

  4. 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)

  5. 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)

  6. Lets Talk About The Planet • Deforestation • Topsoil erosion • ENDLESS CYCLE! • Endangered or near endangered long-lived fish

  7. 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

  8. And Where Is The Logic? http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pveCINwxtj0/SHgXFLrnwxI/AAAAAAAAAcY/YqqVvjKO5Ek/s320/feedlot1.jpg We are producing food to produce less food. Legumes are nitrogen fixing – animal feed crops are not

  9. 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)

  10. What About Vegan? http://newideas.net/images/no_milk_adhd.gif No animal products at all Traditional vs. Environmental

  11. So How Can We Help? http://jeremiahgraves.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/no_meat.jpg THE SOLUTION IS CLEAR

  12. 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-low-carbon-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.

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