Meat, Milk, and Seafood
- Milk and meat are highly prized, but their distribution is inequitable. Developed countries make up 20% of world population, but consume 80% of meat and milk production. Less developed countries produce 60% of world's milk and meat.
- About 90% of the grain grown in North America is used to feed cattle, hogs, poultry, and other animals!
- Seafood is an important protein source in many countries. This food source is threatened by over-harvesting and habitat destruction.
Environmental Issues with Raising Beef
Every 16 kg of grain and soybeans fed to beef cattle in feedlots produce 1 kg of edible beef.
If we ate grain directly, we would obtain twenty-one times more calories and eight times more protein than we get eating the beef.