Environmental Impact of Meat Consumption and Production

Introduction (Attention Step): What do you think is the greatest cause of emission pollution? What do you believe is harming our planet? Well if you guessed that fossil fuel emissions are the biggest emission polluters, then you are completely wrong (attention getter). Animal Agriculture is actually the number one Greenhouse Gas emitter in the planet. Yes, cow farts are destroying the environment. It sounds crazy, but ever since the mid 60’s, agriculture associations have been spreading across the Americas and dominated the industry. The most destructive of all Ag corps are Livestock Corporation. These associations include IBP, Conagra, Perdue, Farmland National Beef, Cargill, etc … Animal Agriculture is effecting every single person in this room because we all breathe in the same air, drink the same water, and eat the same (credibility). The buildup of Animal Agriculture is a great destruction to our planet and our species because it is creating

By exploiting a president’s promise and several specific facts and comparing the emissions between car and animal cultivation, Freston raises her claim that calls for people should be worrying about their diet rather than their car. First, the author adopts an honest report from the United Nations: “The 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” (800). In this way, Freston makes her audiences believe that raising

This article discusses how the consumption and production of meat and dairy is one of leading causes of habitat destruction and quick action needs to be taken to preserve biodiversity. The article analyzes the meat-eating trends in tropical regions of America, Asia, and Africa. It concludes that meat production rates are rapidly increasing, underlying that a 30-50% increase in the land will be needed by 2050 if these patterns continue. Bushmeat consumption in Africa and livestock consumption in China are outlined as special concerns. The main solution proposed is reforming the livestock industry by reducing demand and waste, replacing ecologically inefficient protein sources with better alternatives such as plants or fish, and reintegrate modern livestock production

Wang suggests in his article that the largest impact on our greenhouse gas emissions comes from beef and lamb. He also suggests that the gasses emitted from beef and lamb are “generated through livestock raising

As mentioned above, people are concerned a large amount of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide being released from the slaughter houses every day. There’s a proof that slaughtering livestock have resulted in the air pollution, water pollution, and polluted soil. “The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recently repor1ted that livestock production is one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution” (Finding A Scientific Connection Between Food Choices And The Environment 3). Farming and slaughtering cattle not only require a vast area and a huge amount of water, but it is also the potential contributor to the greenhouse gas emissions,

Cowspircay delves into the interesting but alarming trend in the rise of carbon emissions and negative environmental effects of the food production industry, specifically cattle. Some staggering figures offer are alarming, including that animal agriculture produces 65% of the worlds nitrous oxide, which 296x greater in damage to our environment then co2. The massive increase in emissions from the cattle industry is scary, mostly because of its lack of focus from environmental groups. Some other alarming facts brought to lights, and I feel are the more important factors, farming uses 30% of the worlds water and 45% of the earths land. These numbers are startling and scary in a world that is massively growing but running out of water and places

Livestock production impacts the planet in a catastrophic way and the rate at which greenhouse emissions are increasing are completely unsustainable for every living species on this planet. A United Nations report warns that rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than of the entire transportation sector because transportation exhaust is responsible for only 13% of all greenhouse gas emissions whereas livestock and their byproducts account for 51% of all worldwide

Let’s talk first about how we get our meat. The first step is obviously to feed the animals and beef them up to size. First, pastureland is needed to grow the grains, so what else to do besides cut down precious forests and replace then with pastureland? Deforestation for pasture area is, alone, responsible for 9% of human emitted CO2 gasses globally (“How does animal agriculture cause global warming?”).

The world and the way that we as human thrive as a species had changed rapidly over the centuries. One of the biggest developments has been animal agriculture. While incredibly beneficial to our growth, we must weigh this against the impact animal agriculture is having on the environment. Cowspiracy is a 2014 documentary that explores and discusses the impact that animal agriculture has on the environment and looks deeper into the policies of the organizations that are involved in this issue.

One of the big causes of the change in the ebviroment is usually cow pollution, but no one really Nows about it. Most people think how is that possible when cows are in small counts, but we have over populated them so that we have the food we need. Today in the world, there are 1.5 billion of cows and billions of other grazing animals emit dozens of polluting gases, Two thirds of the worlds pollution are from cows. In general, cows and other animals are a problem because we over populate them for food in insurance for every pound of cow meat that took up 2,463 gallons of water, for every pound of it takes 756 gallons and chicken takes 660 gallons of water per pound. Everybody wants to blame cars and yes, there a problem, but cows have more

Have you ever thought about what will happen if the beef production goes downhill and we are left with no beef to get proper protein? Many people are unaware of the occurrences happening to earth due to climate change. There are tons of issues that go unseen throughout the day on Earth that could be stopped or decreased. Some of these issues involve pollution, littering, negativity, and more. Not everyone lives in an area of the world that they can see the agricultural side every day. The people that can see the agricultural side every day, know that there are many ways that climate change can have an impact on livestock, especially cattle. There are other objects that can be impacted through climate change, cattle are just one of them. Climate

Global meat production rose to a new peak of 308.5 million tons in 2013, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a more than fourfold increase over the last five decades. Even more startlingly, meat production has grown 25-fold since 1800 (Horrigan, Lawerence &Walker, 2002). Globally, agriculture utilizes nearly 70 per cent of the world 's available freshwater. One-third of that percentage is used to grow grains to feed to livestock (ECOS, 2014). While the global meat industry provides food and a livelihood for billions of people, it also has significant environmental and health consequences for the planet. Over half of the water used in meat production

A further rise of 57% in worldwide meat demand by 2020 has also been projected, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as Southeast Asia. This supports Johnson’s argument that Cows are not the problem; its people eating the cows that are the problem.

Agriculture in America is rapidly changing. Not too many years ago a majority of American’s lived on farms, and would produce for subsistence rather than farming as a manufacturing business model. Today, rather than the individual producing their own food for those in their communities we have few people producing meat for a large and ever growing population. Every year, approximately 9.8 billion animals are slaughtered in the United States for not only domestic but also for markets abroad (Kim, 2013). This large number of animals being slaughtered every year is not a sustainable model for advancement. Advancements in technology had led to the switch from smaller farms where people raise cattle for local distribution and consumption to large scale intensive animal farming. This new system has caused many environmental consequences as well as risks to human health in addition to the maltreatment of cattle. This grotesque industry must be severely changed so that we can mitigate the damage to the environment and the people who are affected by the cattle industry. The change from traditional cattle raising to intensive animal farming has caused serious problems to public health, animal welfare and the environment.

“Did you know that seventy billion animals are reared annually worldwide” (factory farms). Imagine if seventy billion people were living on our planet today and the impact it would have on the environment; currently there are seven billion people that are causing substantial damage to the environment, with one of the main contributors to the damage being animal farming . Every year that mass animal agriculture exists, water resources are overused, causing deforestation issues, ultimately having an enormous negative effect on climate change. Animal agriculture is happening on an enormous scale across the globe, it is having a negative impact on our planet. Due to this unnecessary water resources are being wasted, deforestation is occurring for cultivating crops and pasture, and agriculture farming leads to extraneous pollution. Therefore, the reduction of animal agriculture, particularly though a diet modification, should be accelerated to help sustain the environment.