1) It takes 2,500 gallons of water, 12 pounds of grain, 35 pounds of topsoil and the energy equivalent of one gallon of gasoline to produce one pound of feedlot beef.
2) 70% of US grain production is fed to livestock.
3) 5 million acres of rain-forest are felled every year in South and Central America alone to create cattle pasture.
4) Roughly 20% of all currently threatened and endangered species in the US are harmed by livestock grazing.
5) Animal agriculture is a chief contributor to water pollution.
6) America's farm animals produce 10 times the waste produced by the human population.
7) One half of the Earth's land mass is grazed by livestock.
8) Overgrazing is by far the most pervasive cause of desertification.
9) 35 pounds of topsoil are lost in the production of one pound of grain-fed beef.
10) 64% of US cropland produces livestock feed.
11) Only 2% of US cropland produces fruits and vegetables.
12) Pounds of edible product that can be produced on an acre of prime land:
Apples........20,000
Carrots.......30,000
Potatoes......40,000
Tomatoes.....50,000
Beef...........250
13) The number of gallons of water needed to produce one pound pf edible product:
Apples........49
Carrots.......33
Potatoes......24
Tomatoes.....23
Beef...........2,500
14) 5 million acres of rain-forest are felled every year in South and Central America to create cattle pasture.
15) Cattle ranching has destroyed more Central American rain-forest than any other activity.
16) Factory farms are the biggest contributors to polluted rivers and streams in the U.S.
17) More soot is emitted from the grills in Los Angeles fast food restaurants than all the city buses.
18) Nearly half of all the fish sampled by Consumers Union was contaminated with bacteria from human or animal feces.
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