Check out how much water, grain, forest and co2 you save while thriving on a vegan lifestyle.
1,100 Gallons of water
40 lbs of grain
30 Sq.ft of forested land
20 lbs CO2
How is this estimation calculated?We are working to give a more accurate calculation regarding the animals you could save by being vegan.
In the meantime you can visit the veganslayer website to see how many animals would you save on a vegan lifestyle.
2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef.
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.
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.
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 feedcrops.
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. [xx]
The average person in the U.S. uses 405,000 gallons of freshwater per year (combination of the subfractions which comprise 206 pounds of meat per yearβ divided between 46 pounds of pig, 58 pounds of cow, 102 pounds of chicken and turkey in addition to 248 eggs and 616 pounds of dairy products), which equates to saving 1,100 gallons of water each day.
45lbs of grain saved per day: Grain: multiply ounces of each meat consumed daily per person by the feed conversion factor for each animal.
It is estimated that 80,000 acres of rainforest are cleared each day with an additional 80,000 degraded, with 70-91% of that degradation for the livestock industry.
CO2 based of feed conversion ratios and the average US meat consumption of 209lbs per year, per person.
Beef is at 22-27 kg CO2 Eq per kg produced/consumed X 2.5 ounces/day=1.75 kgor 3.85 pounds
Cheese/milk is 13.5 kg per kg product X 2 pounds/day=12.15 kg or 12.5 pounds
Pork is 12 kg per kg product X 2 ounces/day=.68 kg or 1.5 pounds
Combination chicken and turkey is 7 kg per kg product X 4.48 ounces/day= .89 kg or 1.96 pounds minimally (using only chicken)
{turkey, for instance, is 11 kg per kg product}
Eggs are at 5 kg per kg product X 2/3 egg per day= (50 g/egg) .55 pounds
which equals 20.36 pounds of CO2 Eq saved per day.
More and more people are turning to a vegan lifestyle for the health benefits among others: increased energy, younger looking skin, reduced stress and eternal youth are just some of the claims from enthusiastic plant eaters.
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