LAND
What percentage of the earth do live stock animals (animals used for food) cover?
45%
At the fishing rate that we are going now, we could see fish-less oceans by what year?
2048
Is animal agriculture the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions?
Yes, indeed it is. Animal agriculture is responsible for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions, more than ALL of transportation put together.
How many millions of chickens are produced for meat a year in Australia?
600 million
How many times more responsible is a meat-eaters diet for the greenhouse gas emissions than a vegans?
7
How many square feet of rain forest is destroyed for a single meal of meat?
55 square feet
What percentage of worldwide water use does livestock production account for?
8%
How long do the gasses that livestock is responsible for stay in the atmosphere for?
150 years
Do animals provide more food than they eat?
No, they do not. Animals now detract far more from the total global food supply than they provide.
If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and ate vegan food instead, it would be like taking _____ cars off the road.
500,000
About seven football fields of land are bulldozed worldwide every _____ to create more room for farmed animals
Every minute
It takes 2400 gallons of water to produce _____
One pound of meat (which is something like 50 full bath tubs)
It takes more than __ times as much fossil fuel to make one calorie from animal protein as it does to make one calorie from plant protein
11
What happens to the chickens in order to stop them from pecking each other in their cramped cages?
A portion of their beaks are burnt or cut off.
You would save more water by not eating one pound than you would if you didn't shower for ___ months
Six months
What percentage of the Amazon rainforest has been cleared since 1970 for meat production?
90%!!!!
What percentage of all water in the U.S is used for raising animals for food?
50%
Of all raw materials and fossil fuels used in the U.S, more than ____ are devoted to raising animals for food
One-third
If the male chickens are less useful due to the fact that they are not able to produce eggs, what happens to them?
They are killed straight from birth in brutal ways such as being thrown into a grinder.
A farm with 2500 ______ produces the same amount of waste as a city of 411,000 people
Dairy cows. Therefore, buying dairy alternatives can hugely help save this planet from being even more destroyed by humans actions.
_____ ________ is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, and habitat destruction.
Animal agriculture
Almost 900 gallons of water are needed for 1lb. of what dairy product?
Cheese
Emissions for agriculture projected to increase __% by 2050.
80%
About 900 million cows are being used for ____ production at any given time in the U.S
Milk production
If the world went vegan, how many lives could we save by 2050?
8 million