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http://www.cowspiracy.com/

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Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal’s life

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A person who follows a vegan diet produces the equivalent of 50% less carbon dioxide, uses 1/11th oil, 1/13th water, and 1/18th land compared to a meat-lover for their food

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Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year:

Vegan: 1/6th acre

Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan

Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan

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15x more protein on any given area of land with plants, rather than animals

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Worldwide, at least 50% of grain is fed to livestock.

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Up to137 plant, animal and insect species are lost every day due to rainforest destruction.

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1-2 acres of rainforest are cleared every second.

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

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For every 1 pound of fish caught, up to 5 pounds of unintended marine species are caught and discarded as by-kill

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As many as 2.7 trillion animals are pulled from the ocean each year

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We could see fishless oceans by 2048.

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3/4 of the world’s fisheries are exploited or depleted.

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130 times more animal waste than human waste is produced in the US – 1.4 billion tons from the meat industry annually. 5 tons of animal waste is produced per person in the US.

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A farm with 2,500 dairy cows produces the same amount of waste as a city of 411,000 people

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Every minute, 7 million pounds of excrement are produced by animals raised for food in the US.

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2-5 acres of land are used per cow.

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Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, and habitat destruction

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Livestock or livestock feed occupies 1/3 of the earth’s ice-free land.

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5% of water consumed in the US is by private homes. 55% of water consumed in the US is for animal agriculture.

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1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk

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477 gallons of water are required to produce 1lb. of eggs;  almost 900 gallons of water are needed for 1lb. of cheese.

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Californians use 1500 gallons of water per person per day. Close to Half is associated with meat and dairy products.

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Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 56% of water in the US.

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Agriculture is responsible for 80-90% of US water consumption

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Animal agriculture water consumption ranges from 34-76 trillion gallons annually.

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Even without fossil fuels, we will exceed our CO2 limit by 2030,  all from raising animals.

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Emissions for agriculture projected to increase 80% by 2050

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Livestock is responsible for 65% of all human-related emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas with 296 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide, and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years.

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Methane (from cows)  is 25-100 times more destructive than CO2 on a 20 year time frame.

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Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.

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Animal agriculture is responsible for 18% of greenhouse gas emission- more than the combined exhaust from all transportation

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Vegan- A person who does not eat or use animal products