Some Eye-opening Vegetarian Statistics
September 6th, 2010Numerous non-vegetarians and a few vegetarians alike question whether being a vegetarian actually makes any difference whatsoever. Some bring up blurry ethical situations making it extremely hard to find out a vegetarian way of life as ethical.
In case you are a prospective vegetarian for ethical reasons, but aren’t sure whether a vegetarian way of life is truly a more ethical choice, here are some data from EarthSave that will help you make your choice (for or against):
1. Over 1.3 billion people could be fed annually from the grain and soybeans that go to livestock in the USA. This signifies that the whole population of the united states could possibly be fed (without losing any nutritional value) and there would still be enough food left over to feed one billion individuals.
In a world where lots of people die annually of hunger, that sort of food excess and inefficiency could possibly be considered unethical.
2. Livestock in the us makes roughly 30 times more excrement than people. While humans in the us have complex sewage systems to collect and treat human waste, there are no such systems on feedlots. Therefore, most of this waste leeches into water. Which means that large-scale, massive production and slaughter of animals isn’t just unethical, it causes significant environmental degradation.
3. It takes 7.5 pounds of protein feed to make 1 pound of consumable hog protein; and it requires 5 pounds of protein feed to make 1 pound of consumable chicken protein. Close to 90% of protein from wheat and beans is lost to feed cycling. Which means that a significant quantity of resources are devoted to making wheat and soy just with the objective of giving it to animals, that will be slaughtered as “a source of protein”–though they just supply about 1/5 of the amount they take in.
Not only can the fabrication of meat be considered an injustice against animals, but it may also be viewed as an injustice against human beings, and also the environment.
generally. Another major concern for people trying to choose vegetarianism is that vegetarian dishes are not tasty. Should you be in this situation I will suggest you to have a look at this French document on no-meat dishes (ortie) so as to find out more on this subject.
Written by Sarah Bellarmine
There are many other vegetables that we might think about when turning to a vegetarian diet. One of those is stinging nettle. French readers that want to find out more on this can take a glance at this document about stinging nettle (smoothies) since it carries some helpful point.
