So, how can a simple thing like eating meat have a negative effect the on environment?
The most important impact of meat production is througithe use of water and land.
Two thousand five hundred gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef whereas only twenty ons of water are needed to produce one pound of wheat By producing crops instead of animals,
we can make more efficient use of the land and water One acre of farmlands that is used for raising livestock can produce 250 pounds of beef One acre farmland used for crops can produce 40,000 pounds of potatoes, 30,000 pounds lof carrots, or 50,000 pounds of tomatoes