For over a decade, I have not eaten meat or poultry. Although many good reasons exist for this stance, including better health and animal rights, my primary motivation is the environment. What we eat hurts our planet.
Your hamburger is responsible for much of the earth’s deforestation. A 2018 study found that about 12.4 million acres of forest, the equivalent of five Yellowstone National Parks, are decimated each year to make room for industrial agriculture.
The study also found that beef production requires twice the land per gram than pork or chicken and twenty times more for the equivalent amount of bean-based protein. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies found that the cattle industry was responsible for 80% of the earth’s recent rainforest deforestation.
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