Eat for the Planet by Nil Zacharias, Gene Stone
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I am a fervent recycler. I save anything that can be recycled from around the house and diligently place it in my recycling bin (even if it’s not on the list of approved items). It’s just a small contribution, but I’m trying to be ecologically mindful.- Animal agriculture dominates the industrialized food system. Although we’re feeding ourselves, we’re also feeding our extinction.
- Industrial animal agriculture provides 99 percent of meat, dairy, and eggs in the U.S. and is the major cause of our current environmental crisis. It occupies more than half of the world’s farmable land resources, uses most freshwater sources and emits more greenhouse gases that all modes of transportation combined. It also causes egregious air and water pollution, land degradation, and extinction of species.
- 250 pounds of beef (1000 quarter-pound burger patties),
- 30,000 pounds of carrots,
- 40,000 pounds of potatoes, or
- 50,000 pounds of tomatoes.
- Produce one pound of beef
- Take 26 showers
- Do 40 loads of laundry
- Do 230 dishwasher loads of dishes
- Flush your toilet 1125 times
- Grow 12 pounds of avocados, 53 pounds of potatoes, 21 pounds of apples
- Or produce 11 bottles of wine (p39)
- Poops 15 times a day,
- Produces 12 tons of feces a year.
- Produces enough poop to fill the Empire State Building every single day.
- Land equal to 10,080 football fields is bulldozed to make room for livestock
- 137 animal, plant, and insect species are lost to rainforest destruction.
- Eating a moderate amount of food
- Replacing animal-based food in our diets with plant-based food
- Embracing new food choices and varied cuisine
- 10,500 gallons of water
- 315 pounds of grain
- 210 square feet of forest area
- 140 pounds of carbon dioxide
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Amazon Genre: Nonfiction
Author: Nil Zacharias, Gene Stone