Re: Animal Aid statement on the global water shortage

From: Jill (alpha.hitch_at_virgin.net)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:56:15 +0100

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:37:34 +0100, Professor Ludwig
<conservation@berlin-fin.de> wrote:

>Home > Press office > Press release: 07.09.04
>http://www.animalaid.org.uk/press/0409wate.htm
>Another good reason to go veggie
>Animal Aid statement on the global water shortage
>The increasing problem of global water shortage has been widely
>featured in the media recently. Animal Aid has addressed this issue
>through advocating a vegetarian diet that is both environmentally and
>animal friendly.
>
>Modern western livestock farming is a hugely wasteful use of water.
>While it takes, on average, 113 litres of water to produce one pound
>of wheat, it requires an astonishing 11,250 litres of water to produce
>one pound of beef. Vegetarians need less than a third the amount of
>water to sustain their diet than meat eaters. By moving down the food
>chain, twice as much nutritional benefit is obtained out of each litre
>of water consumed in food production.
>
> For more information on going veggie click here.
>
>The inefficiency of modern food production is further highlighted by
>the fact that 38% of the world's grain goes to feeding livestock, when
>this plant-based protein would be far better used by being fed
>directly to people. Between five and ten times more protein per acre
>can be produced by growing cereals and legumes (beans, lentils, peas),
>than using the land to graze livestock. This gross waste of resources
>is magnified again after slaughter, as just 35-40% of a cow's body
>weight is used for human consumption. The low efficiency of food
>conversion and high water needs of cattle production therefore poses a
>significant threat to the world's ability to feed the very poorest
>people. In contrast, increased production and consumption of a more
>diverse range of plant foods can yield potent health and environmental
>gains.
>
>Livestock farming is also a major source of water pollution. A rough
>estimate by the World Bank (Nov 2001) indicates that about 100,000
>square kilometres in the developing world are already threatened by a
>build up of huge volumes of animal manure. This causes "severe
>nutrient loading" leading to degradation of waterways and subsequent
>damage to aquatic ecosystems.
>
>With a global water shortage looming on the horizon, these issues must
>be taken seriously.
>
> Send for your free Go Veggie Pack now!
>
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>
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>

Very good professori 

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