IMPACT OF VEGANISM

Every day a vegan saves:

💧 4,164 liters of water

🌽 18 kg of grain

🌲 3 Sq.m of forested land

☁️ 9 kg CO2

🐄 0.22 animal lives

Being vegan for one year saves 80 animals!

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💧 WATER

2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef.

Robbins, John. "2,500 gallons all wet?" Earth Save: Healthy People Healthy Planet.
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Water Content of Things: Data Table 19". The World's Water 2008-2009
Beckett, J. L, Oltjen, J. W "Estimation of the Water Requirement for Beef Production in the United States". Journal of Animal Science. 1993.
"Water". Environmental Working Group.
"Water footprint of crop and animal products: a comparison". Water Footprint Network.

477 gallons of water are required to produce 1lb. of eggs; almost 900 gallons of water are needed for 1lb. of cheese.

1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk.

Animal Agriculture is responsible for 20%-33% of all fresh water consumption in the world today.

🌽GRAINS

We are currently growing enough food to feed 10 billion people.

Worldwide, at least 50% of grain is fed to livestock.

82% of starving children live in countries where food is fed to animals, and the animals are eaten by western countries.

🌲FORESTS

Animal agriculture is responsible for up to 91% of Amazon destruction.

1-2 acres of rainforest are cleared every second.

The leading causes of rainforest destruction are livestock and feed crops.

☁️CO2

Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.

Methane is 25-100 times more destructive than CO2 on a 20 year time frame.

A person who follows a vegan diet produces the equivalent of 50% less carbon dioxide, uses 1/11th oil, 1/13th water, and 1/18th land compared to a meat-lover for their food.