Meat and resource-guzzling
Mark Bittman, the author of How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, writes about how resource-guzzling the production of meat is in this week's New York Times.
Here are some astounding facts from the piece:
- The world's total meat supply was 71 million tons in 1961; now it's 284 tons. Per capita consumption in that period has more than doubled.
- An estimated 30 percent of the world's ice-free land is involved in livestock production.
- Livestock production generates nearly a fifth of the world's greenhouse gases, MORE than transportation!
Read the rest of the article for more on the problems and the solutions; it's a fascinating read.
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