Eat less meat

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Eat less meat
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Land for 1kg of Protein

• Beef 245 sq m
• Pork 90 sq m
• Milk 23.5 sq m
• Eggs 22 sq m
• Chicken 14 sq m

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Water for 1kg of Protein

• Beef 750 kg
• Milk 250 kg
• Pork 175 kg
• Chicken 50 kg
• Eggs 15 kg

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Feed for 1kg of Protein

• Beef 20 kg
• Pork 7.3 kg
• Eggs 4.5 kg
• Chicken 2.8 kg
• Milk 1.1 kg

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What is the environmental argument for eating
less meat?

• What would some disadvantages be?

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Disadvantages for meatless diets

• Vegan diets are at risk for Vitamin B12
  deficiency (red meat, dairy, fish, poultry are
  the only sources neurological)
• Children also tend to have an iron deficiency
  (anemia)
• Zinc intake may be low (immune function)

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Eating Food from Whereever
You based on food traveling 1400 miles 1.40 511
You based on 50 miles of travel to market
2000 pounds in a ton 2/200011400 2/200011400365
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Eating Local
You based on food traveling 1400 miles 1.40 511
You based on 50 miles of travel to market 0.05 18.25
2000 pounds in a ton DAILY 2/2000150 ANNUAL 2/2000150365
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What is the environmental argument for eating
locally grown foods?

• What would some disadvantages be?

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Disadvantages to local grown foods

• Less variety
• Possibly more trips to the market

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In 2005

• 2.1 billion bushels produced on 57.1 million
  acres
• Bushel is a unit of volume or capacity in the
  U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure and
  equal to 4 pecks, 2,150.42 cubic inches, or 35.24
  liters.