What's At Steak?
Beef Consumption effects on Global Warming
What's at Steak?
Have you ever stopped to think about how the foods you eat affect the environment? Our food consumption contributes in many ways. From the waste producing packaging, to the amount of resources used to produce our food, it all has an impact. The beef industry contributes to global warming in several ways. The amount of feed used for feeding cattle, the methane created by cattle, and the deforestation done to create grazing land for cattle, all contribute to a huge carbon footprint from the cattle industry. By making a small change in your diet and just reducing or eliminating beef consumption, you can drastically change the carbon emissions that are released in to the atmosphere. It will also keep the trees that help create clean air from being destroyed. After visiting this website, I hope you will be moved to make a small change in your diet, in order to create a big change for the future of our environment.
The graph on the left shows the carbon footprint produced by specific diet types. As you can see, a heavy meat diet is almost double that of a vegetarian, with beef and lamb being the highest contributors. Also, by eliminating just red meat, it lowers the carbon footprint by almost 1 percent. When you consider the health benefits of a diet higher in vegetables and lower in red meats, the shift will make both you and the environment healthier.
The graph on the left shows the carbon footprint by specific types of meat. Here you can clearly see that beefs carbon footprint is much higher than all other meat sources. As stated previously, moving from a diet that is heavy in read meat to one that chooses chicken, fish and turkey can have a great impact on lowering your carbon footprint. This graph also shows that you do not need to become a vegetarian to make a difference. Small changes can still make a difference, especially when combined in great numbers.
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