diet and the earth. 10 kg grains vs 1 kg meat the basic concept of meat production (1) the...

Diet And The Earth

10kg Grains vs 1kg Meat

The basic concept of meat production (1)

The conversion rate of meat production

14cal Food vs 1cal Meat

Implication(1): meat is a food wastage

the meat production equilibrium

Grains + Grains + land useland use + + waterwater + + energyenergy

= Meat + = Meat + wastewaste

Implications (2,3):Meat production is low efficiency usage of resourcesMeat consumption leads to pollutions

The basic concept of meat production(2)

people in 3rd world countries do not have enough to eat.

thousands die of malnutritionEvery day

Implication(1): meat is a food wastage

more than 80% of corn and...

more than 95% of oats ...

are fed to live stock...

In the U.S.A.

not to hungry people.

not to hungry people

75% of Third World imports of corn, barley, sorghum...

are fed to livestock…to produce cheap hamburgers...

The grains and soybeansthat are fed to US livestockcould feed 1.3 billion people.

The world’s cattle alone consume a quantity of foodenough to feed more than the entire human population

Resources on Earth are plentifulResource wastage originates from meat consumption

Implication (2): Meat production is low efficiency usage of resources

water wasted

land wasted

energy wasted

Water

It takes more than 25,000 litres of waterto produce I kg of beef

It takes 200 times more waterto produce a kg of beef than to produce a kg of potatoes

Land260 million acres in the US have been cleared to grow crops to feed livestock.

30% of land in the USA is used as grazing landto feed cattle for slaughter.

Compared to soy production

Meat production demands 6~20 times more fossil fuels

Energy

Implication (3): Meat consumption leads to pollutions

The amount of manure that are produced by farm animals is simply overwhelming

Water contamination, sickness, and death have been occurring in areas where livestock operations are concentrated.

Air Pollution

Methane-emitting livestock contribute massively to the Greenhouse Effect and global warming.

Ammonia from animal waste contributes to acid rain which kills plants and animals.

1. Biased information + addiction to taste

4.starvation

5. Deforestation + unnecessary resource wastage

7. air, land, water pollution

8. eco-imbalance, climate crises, elevated living expense, compromised health, survival crisis of earthlings

6a. GMO + chemical Fertilizer, pesticides

application

6b. Water, land, energy wastage

Niche of Meat Consumption from Eco-social perspective

2. Meat consumption

surge

3.food shortage

More references :

Books/FilmsDiet for a New AmericaThe Food RevolutionAn Inconvenient TruthFuture of Food The China StudyThe RAVE Diet