Pounds of edible product that can be produced on an acre of prime land:
Apples........20,000
Carrots.......30,000
Potatoes......40,000
Tomatoes.....50,000
Beef...........250
The number of gallons of water needed to produce one pound of edible product:
Apples........49
Carrots.......33
Potatoes......24
Tomatoes.....23
Beef...........2,500
-5 million acres of rainforest are felled every year in South and Central America to create cattle pasture.
-Cattle ranching has destroyed more Central American rainforest than any other activity.
-Factory farms are the biggest contributors to polluted rivers and streams in the U.S.
-More soot is emitted from the grills in Los Angeles fast food restaurants than all the city buses.
-Nearly half of all the fish sampled by Consumers Union was contaminated with bacteria from human or animal feces.
*Information taken from Glen E. Friedman's Interesting Vegan Facts
www.southern.net/BURNINGFLAGS/VEGANVEGAN.html
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