Animal Farming : Is It Or Not We Are A Nation Of Meat Eaters?

Being vegetarian or vegan is not only beneficial to the animals that are being slaughtered but it also beneficial to the earth and helps to reduce global warming. According to Wikipedia, there are more than seven billion people and out of those seven billion people only three hundred and seventy five million people are said to be vegetarian or vegan. This mass slaughter of animals and livestock is also one of the leading causes of global warming. People may think that the earth is slowly dying but that is not the case anymore as global warming has caught up with us. According to NASA, there are 406.94 parts per million of carbon di oxide in the atmosphere the highest it has ever been in 650000 years. The global temperature has risen by 1.7 °F and sixteen out of the seventeen warmest years on earth have been recorded since 2001. The arctic ice minimum has decreased by 13.2% per decade and in 2012 arctic summer sea ice shrank to the lowest extent on record. The global sea level has also grown by 3.4 millimeters per year and the global average sea level has risen nearly 178mm over the past 100 years. These statistics show you how quickly global warming and climate change are having an effect on earth and who knows what the stats will be in another 50 to 100 years the earth may become uninhabitable and humans will be the sole reason for this.

Firstly,animals uses 3 to 15 times as much water than plant vegetation and secondly eating meat increases the chances of you getting heart disease America’s #1 killer.Humans loves animals but why do you kill them or eat them? and also cows gives us milk, chickens gives us eggs and cows or goats milk makes cheese and suddenly out of nowhere no more animals no more milk,no more eggs nothing just nothing because us humans ate them. Oh yea also do you want to be obese? statistics show that 60% of saturated fat comes from meat. another

In a study conducted by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2003, it was estimated that there are approximately 2 billion people that live primarily on a meat-based diet while approximately 4 billion people live primarily on a plant-based diet (Pimentel, 2003). With this information we can deduce just how much of a difference in environmental effects there are between a vegetarian diet and a diet that consumes meat. For example, in this study it was found that the average amount of fossil fuel energy used for 1 kilocalorie of animal-based protein was 11 times more than that for 1 kilocalorie of grain protein. This statistic shows that the mass production of animal meat-based foods requires a much larger amount of the already limited amount of fossil fuels that are on Earth than plant-based food. By examining this fact, it is not a broad leap to assume that in reducing the worlds extravagant use of animal meat for consumption we could not only preserve the natural resources we have but also assist in reducing factors that add to climate change. Although the argument could be made that because both the vegetarian diet and a diet with meat in it use a large amount of resources there would be no difference in reducing the effects that the agriculture industry has on climate change but that is simply not true. While it is true that both diets use a large amount of resources, across the board the meat-based diet uses a much larger amount of resources. In fact, in the study conducted by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition it states, “The meat-based diet requires more energy, land, and water resources than the lactoovovegetarian [vegetarian] diet.” Although both are considered unsustainable, this study provides very valid evidence that the vegetarian diet is more sustainable than that of a meat-based

Will less steak on the table create a cooler planet? People around the world are eating more and more meat these days. As a result, farms are raising new animals. These animals give off methane gas, and it is released as their bodies break down the food they eat. Methane gas is one of the greenhouse gases, when that is released, it remains in the air. Over time, the gas traps heat, and the planet gets hotter. One thing that Americans can do to help with this problem is making a small sacrifice. Eating less meat. This doesn’t mean that Americans have to stop eating meat completely, but it does infer that if Americans do eat less meat, than farms won’t raise more animals, and then our planet will be cooler. Doctors say that “eating less meat

The environmental impacts of a diet based in animal products is well documented and is the source of much debate. According to a report from the United Nations ' Livestock 's Long Shadow (2006),“[t]he livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.” For those committed to reducing their negative impact on the environment, one solution would be to transition to a vegetarian or vegan/plant-based diet. Its not ethical to prescribe one way of being for environmentalists all over the world, especially when considering potential cultural differences. However, most committed environmentalists should attempt to adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet. This is because (1) animal products are an inefficient source of protein in terms of environmental impact, (2) the greenhouse gas emissions from an animal product-based diet is significantly higher than a plant-based diet and (3) animals are part of the environment and their treatment is as important as the treatment of the planet as a whole.

In an effort to feed a population of over 7 billion, people in developed countries should reduce the amount of meat they consume.

As we can now observe, vegetarianism has become something fashionable, and the number of people who reject eating meat is constantly increasing. In Britain, for instance, over 5 million people have done it so far. It is obviously connected with the recent animal diseases, but this tendency is likely to spread on the other regions of the world. However, it is not only a fashion or fear of illnesses. I myself became a vegetarian about 2 years ago, and I can see a number of reasons why people should stop eating meat. They are mainly of ethic, economic and health type. Those who think in an ecological way should also be aware of how this meat consumption ruins our environment. I don’t have an intention

One would suggest in knowing that the consumption of meat is destroying the planet, that consumers would try to eliminate this aspect from our lives. It is not that simple. There exists still numerous counterarguments surrounding this topic. Innumerable people believe shifting away from traditional farming and moving towards industrial scale confinement is increasingly cost efficient and beneficial for the environment and the economy. Moreover, this is actually more inefficient. In confinement, additional waste exists in a secluded area and has too high a quality to cycle back through into the environment. The waste is forced to be stored in manure lagoons. Without proper oxygenation, the waste emit methane and nitrous oxide into the atmosphere. “As a consequence of industrial livestock production, the United States scores at the top of the world for methane emission from manure” (Lappe). Industrial farms diminish natural soil fertility and reduce soil carbon, which increases climate change. They rely on a large quantity of water, which will eventually become scarce once global warming increases drought frequency and intensity. Droughts will lead to crop loss and salinization of

Large populations of people from around the world do not even question the morality of eating meat, but usually what types of meat to eat are questioned instead. Awareness of modern farming practices are questionable to the conscientious eater. Animals are being corralled and abused in order to meet consumer demands quickly for markets. Abuse is immoral. “We control almost every aspect of their [animals] lives. Their suffering or lack of it, their animal happiness, or animal misery, are down to us” (The Ethical Epicure 697). There is an obligation for humans to respect and take care of the animals. The reason so many people make the decision to remove meat from their diet is because it is hard to digest what we are doing to these creatures.

In the United States we are currently in an environmental crisis. Our temperatures keep rising and while a lot of people are trying to make efforts to help with this, many people are still ignoring the easiest way to help the planet. The meat and dairy industry are two of the largest contributors to climate change and one of the easiest solutions for people to help with is to at least cut back on their consumption of meat and dairy. The UN has even said “A substantial reduction of impacts of impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal products.” (Carus, UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet), but this has barely made an impact even though they released this five years ago.

Animals are big part of the food industry. Just like plants, there are different types like cows, chicken, and lamb. Although there is variety and growing populations, humans are increasing in population too. These creatures or, our “main meat” are constantly being slaughtered. They are becoming more of a produce than an innocent living animal. If this keeps up we will not realize the decrease in meat in our market fast enough in order to help preserve these poor animals because we eat them too frequently. There are people who decide to not eat called vegetarians but they have different types like some eat fish and some do not eat eggs. They are helping with sticking to eat more vegetables and becoming animals friendly to our “main meat”. If we all could help everyone out by eating less meat and especially less greasy and fattening fast food, cows and the others can be though of a respectable farm animal and not just moving beef.

Per-capita meat consumption has more than doubled in the past half-century, even as global population has continued to increase. As a result, the overall demand for meat has increased five-fold. That, in turn, has put escalating pressure on the availability of water, land, feed, fertilizer, fuel, waste disposal capacity, and most of the other limited resources of the planet (Meat. Now, It’s Not Personal!).

In this report I will discuss meat consumption and production in Australia. Australia consumes 111.5kg of meat per capita per year, and is one of the top consumers in the world. Meat consumption has an effect on the population due to its high concentration of saturated fat. Meat consumption pushes for more meat production, which affects the environment. Dairy farming produces tons of Methane and Nitrous Oxide, which are greenhouse gases about 21-296 times stronger than Carbon Dioxide. (Animals Australia) Meat consumption and production

In recent years the trend towards eating less meat has increased because the technology that has so successfully increased meat production is an unnatural method. The use of chemicals and the unnatural living conditions the animals are kept in, which in many cases are appalling, are designed to force growth. People are now becoming increasingly concerned about their intake of chemicals and fat via the

Organic food does not have to be a priority, but eating less meat is very beneficial for the environment and an individual’s health. According to the documentary, No Impact Man,