why meatless?
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Why Meatless?. Emily J. Bielecki. Did You Know?. The meat industry is responsible for nearly 1/5 of the man-made greenhouse gasses (“Urged…” 2010) . Lets Talk About Energy. 40 calories of fossil fuel energy = 1 calorie of beef - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Why Meatless?Emily J. Bielecki
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Did You Know?
The meat industry is responsible for nearly 1/5 of the man-made greenhouse gasses (“Urged…” 2010)
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Lets Talk About Energy40 calories of fossil fuel
energy = 1 calorie of beef
2.2 calories of fossil fuel energy = 1 calorie of plant-based protein
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Energy WastedRatio of energy input to protein output:
Lamb 57:1 Beef cattle 40:1 Eggs 39:1 Swine 14:1 Dairy (milk) 14:1 Turkeys 10:1 Broilers 4:1 (Pimentel 2003)
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Lets Talk About Water
643 gallons of fresh water = 5.2 oz hamburger143 gallons of fresh water = 5.2 oz tofu Irrigation is sucking up our H2O resourcesAnimal waste contaminates fresh water(“Meatless” 2010) & (“Issues” 2009)
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Lets Talk About The Planet Deforestation Topsoil erosion ENDLESS CYCLE! Endangered or near
endangered long-lived fish
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Lets Talk Health2/3 of America is overweight anyway!Diets full of red meat cancer, heart disease,
stroke, diabetes, arthritis, hypertensionDiets that are filled with fruits, vegetables, and
whole grains lead to a lower risk of heart disease, ADHD, asthma, and diabetes
Antibiotics used in food animalsOther health concerns
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And Where Is The Logic?We are producing food to
produce less food.Legumes are nitrogen
fixing – animal feed crops are not
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Societal Implications
Meat consumption affects 3rd world countries in a distinctive way
Animals are part of the environment tooUN reported: 1992 food supply could have fed
6.3 billion people on 100% vegetarian diet (Soares 2009)
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What About Vegan?
No animal products at allTraditional vs. Environmental
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So How Can We Help?
THE SOLUTION IS CLEAR
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Sources “Why Meatless” http://www.meatlessmonday.com/why-meatless/ The Monday Campaigns. 2010. “About Vegan” http://www.vegan.org/about_veganism/environment.html Vegan Action. 2009. “The Reasons To Adopt A Meatless Diet”
http://nutrition.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_benefits_of_veganvegetarian_living Suite 101. 2010. “Obama Urged…” http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/Features/2009/meatless_monday.html Johns Hopkins School of
Public Health. 2010. “Five Steps To Sustainable Eating” http://www.lime.com/food/story/14868/5_steps_to_sustainable_eating
Lime. 2009. Christine Soares. “The Low Carbon Diet”
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sustainable-eating-the-low-carbon-diet 2009. “The Issues” http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/ Sustainable Table. 2010. Kreith, M., Water Inputs in California Food Production. 1991, Water Education Foundation: Sacramento,CA. “A Healthy Way To Live” http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/health.html Vegan Outreach. July 2009. Pimentel, D. and M. Pimentel, Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment.
American Joural of Clinical Nutrition, 2003. 78: p. 66S-3S.