The Truth

behind MEAT
religion -
it is about caring
for
the environment,
about loving
yourself, your
children and
 Once you know
the real cost of
meat, would you
still have the same
appetite for it?
 The real
COST of
Meat eating
 Our Forests

Rainforests are burned to make room for cattle

grazing
 Rainforests are vital to all
lives on Earth, however…
• 70 % of Amazon forests have
been turned over to grazing land
or to grow soybeans to feed to
cattle and chicken.1
• An area of rainforest the size of
7 football fields is destroyed
EVERY MINUTE to make room
for grazing cattle.2
• 100 species become extinct
every day due to tropical
 Our Land
• The Livestock sector occupies
30% of the land surface.
surface 2
• 80% of the agricultural land in
the US are used to raise
animals for food4, only 7% are
used for growing plant foods
for humans.5
• In the same time span, the
same amount of land can
produce6:
 Our Climate
• Livestock generates 18% of greenhouse
gas emissions, more than all forms of
transportation combined (13.5%). It is
the NUMBER ONE source of human-
caused methane (37%), nitrous oxide
(65%)2. Global warming causes rising
sea levels, serious natural disasters,
food shortage, etc.
• 64% of ammonia emissions originate
in livestock production2 and contribute
to AIR, SOIL AND WATER POLLUTION,
Ammonia contributes significantly to acid rain, which can
cause a mass killing to trees, aquatic animals, and has
significant impacts on freshwaters, soils and human health.
 Our Energy
• Fruits, vegetables and grains
require 95% less raw materials
to produce and can provide a
complete, nutritious diet7.
• The same amounts of fuel can
produce
1 hamburger or 27 soy
burgers.8
 Our Food
• More than 70% of the cereal
crop produced in developed
countries
is fed to animals raised for
food.10
• At least 80% of the world’s
soybean crop and more than
50% of all corn
10
 Our Lives
• 820 million hungry people in
developing countries go to bed
hungry every night.13
• Every 5 seconds a child dies of
starvation.
starvation 13
• In the U.S., food eaten by livestock
could feed 1.3 billion people.
people 14 In
the UK, food for livestock can feed
250 million people.15
 Our Water
The agriculture sector use nearly 70%
of world’s precious freshwater12,
within which the heaviest water use
is by the animals we raise for meat.5
To produce
1 pound of 23 gallons of
lettuce
1 pound of water
25 gallons of
wheat
1 pound of it water
49 gallons of
apples
1 pound of takes19 water
815 gallons of
chicken
1 pound of water
1,630 gallons of
pork
1 pound of water
5,214 gallons of
beef water
 Our
Environment
• Globally, livestock and poultry
industry continually produce billions
of tons of manure, which contain a
considerable amount of nutrient
(nitrogen, phosphorous,
potassium), drug residues, heavy
metals and pathogens.17
• Animal waste often seep from
lagoons and spray fields into
groundwater or accumulate in the
 Our Animals
• During the past 50 years,
worldwide meat production has
increased fivefold.1
• 56 billion land animals are
slaughtered globally for human
consumption per year, and it is
expected to double by 2050.10
• In the U.S. alone, more than 9
billions chickens are raised for
 Our Ocean
Ecosystems
• 90% of large fish populations
have been exterminated in the
past 50 years.20
• Modern fishing method, such as
“bottom trawling” is destroying
our ocean floor and emptying
our ocean.
• THE WORLD WILL RUN OUT OF
SEAFOOD BY 2048 if steep
 Our Health
• The meat, dairy products, fish, and
eggs
in the market today are loaded with
bacteria, antibiotics, dioxins,
hormones, and other toxins that
can cause serious health problems in
humans.
• A meat-based diet is the main source
of many diseases, such as heart
disease, high blood pressure,
 Our Conscience
We, as loving and
intelligent human
beings, forget and
ignore that whenever
we eat a piece of meat,
an lovable and
sensitive being had
 Alec Baldwin
Hollywood actor & award-
winning producer;
environmentalist & animal-
right’s activist
“Every time we sit down to eat,
we make
a choice. Please choose
vegetarianism.
Do it for animals.
Do it for the environment.
 Go Veg
Be Green
Save the Earth
 Links recommended:
recommended
 Supreme Master Television
The most loving, constructive and noble TV channel
on Earth
http://www.suprememastertv.com/
 Go Veg.com
A website with a lot of information on vegetarianism
http://www.goveg.com/index.aspx
 Vegetarian recipes
Beautiful recipes with pictures
http://al.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/recipe/menu.h
 Sources:
1. http://www.ciwf.org.uk/publications/reports/Global_benefits_summary.pdf\
2. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20772&Cr=global&Cr1=environme
nt
3. http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Information/Species_Extinction/
4. http://www.goveg.com/environment.asp
5. http://www.worldwatch.org/system/files/EP174A.pdf
6. http://www.vegetarismus.ch/video/vsuk_skripte.htm
7. Al Gore’s book An Inconvenient Truth
8. http://www.ciwf.org/publications/reports/The_Global_Benefits_of_Eating_Less_Meat.p
df
9. http://wwcpd.org/2008/wasted-resources/
10. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2367646
11. http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/78/3/660S#R30
12. http://www.climate.org/topics/water.html
13. http://www.bread.org/learn/hunger-basics/hunger-facts-international.html  
14. John Robbins, "Diet for a New America"
15. http://www.flex.com/~jai/articles/101.html
16. http://www.climate.org/topics/water.html
17. ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a0701e/a0701e00.pdf
18. http://www.goveg.com/factoryFarming_chickens.asp
19. http://www.suprememastertv.com/
20. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0515_030515_fishdecline.html