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The production of meat and other animal products places a heavy burden on the environment - from crops and water required to feed the animals, to the transport and other processes involved from farm to fork. The vast amount of grain feed required for meat production is a significant contributor to deforestation, habitat loss and species extinction. In Brazil alone, the equivalent of 5.6 million acres of land is used to grow soya beans for animals in Europe. This land contributes to developing world malnutrition by driving impoverished populations to grow cash crops for animal feed, rather than food for themselves. On the other hand, considerably lower quantities of crops and water are required to sustain a vegan diet, making the switch to veganism one of the easiest, most enjoyable and most effective ways to reduce our impact on the environment.

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In Brazil alone, the equivalent of 5.6 million acres of land is used to grow soya beans for animals in Europe. This land contributes to developing world malnutrition by driving impoverished populations to grow cash crops for animal feed, rather than food for themselves.

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Every year, starvation claims the lives of over 2.5 million children under the age of five.However, it has been proven that there is enough food on earth to feed every last man, woman, and child. Yet, if this is the case, why do people around the world continue to starve? The answer to that question lies in large part with the production of animal-based foods, such as meat, dairy, and eggs. Even though there are enough plant-based foods grown to feed the entire human population, the majority of crops (including those grown in countries where people are starving) are fed to livestock for affluent nations, and since the amount of animal-based food produced by the farming industry is much less than the amount of plant food put into it, there is a “diminished return on the investment,” the food supply dwindles, and humans end up going hungry.

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For vegetables and fruits, though, organic almost always means environmentally beneficial. The more organic a farmer is able to go, the better. Organic crops help to maintain healthy soil and water sources and clean the air. Because they use less chemicals to grow, they're also better for you.

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Plant-based diets do not require a vast amount of water, and hence, such diets are more sustainable and have lower direct environmental impact than a meat-based diet. ... Meat-based diets promote production of methane gas, which is one of the main gasses that instigate emissions that cause global warming.

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The impact of animal agriculture on greenhouse gas emissions goes a lot further than just cows producing methane gas. Meat production requires vast amounts of energy. Not only do you have to grow the crops to feed the animals, but fossil fuels are also burnt in the raising, slaughtering and transportation of animals.

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If we all went vegan, the world's food-related emissions would drop by 70% by 2050 according to a recent report on food and climate in the journal Proceedings ofNational Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study's authors from Oxford University put the economic value of these emissions savings at around £440 billion.

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1) The average "high-meat" diet in Britain produced the equivalent of 15.8 pounds of carbon-dioxide per day. Notably, the study defines "high meat" as anything more than 3.5 ounces per day, or about one chicken breast. That's an awfully low bar (the average British person eats about twice that much meat), and people who eat more meat will have an even bigger footprint.

THE AVERAGE VEGAN DIET HAD A FOOTPRINT 60% LIGHTER THAN MEAT-HEAVY DIETS

2) The average vegetarian diet, by contrast, produced the equivalent of about 8.4 pounds of carbon-dioxide per day — roughly half as much.

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Food production is responsible for about 25 percent of the greenhouse-gas emissions heating up the planet. And scientists have long known that meat has a bigger climate footprint than fruits and vegetables do — partly because meat takes more energy to produce, but also because cows tend to burp up a lot of methane. (Cows, in turn, have a larger impact than pigs or chickens.)

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https://www.vox.com/2014/7/2/5865109/study-going-vegetarian-could-cut-your-food-carbon-footprint-in-half

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http://theconversation.com/five-ways-the-meat-on-your-plate-is-killing-the-planet-76128

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The environmental impact is huge. ... It contributes to land and water degradation, biodiversity loss, acid rain, coral reef degeneration and deforestation. Nowhere is this impact more apparent than climate change – livestock farming contributes 18% of human produced greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

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http://www.greeneatz.com/foods-carbon-footprint.html

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/18/health/plant-based-diet-climate-change-food-drayer/index.html

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Veganism can save the world. ... It takes 100 to 200 times more water to raise a pound of beef than it does to raise a pound of plant foods. ....

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The production of plant-based foods is a more efficient use of our resources, as it requires less energy from fossil fuels as well as less land and water. By removing animal products from our diet we can play our part in reducing humanity's damaging impact on our environment.

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The production of plant-based foods is a more efficient use of our resources, as it requires less energy from fossil fuels as well as less land and water. By removing animal products from our diet we can play our part in reducing humanity's damaging impact on our environment.

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“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use.

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“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use.

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A vegan diet has the lowest carbon footprint at just 1.5 tons CO2e (Carbon Dioxide Equivalent). You can reduce your foodprint by a quarter just by cutting down on red meats such as beef and lamb. The carbon footprint of a vegetarian diet is about half that of a meat-lover's diet.