The meat industry comsumes a lot of water. Vegetarianism helps to conserve this nonrenewable, natural resource. Did you know?
| 2500 gallons of water go into the production of ONE pound of beef. 1 | |||
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| More water goes into a 1/2 lb. hamburger than the average human drinks in four years.2 | |||
| It requires 15 times more water to produce one pound of beef than one pound of soybeans.1 | |||
80% of our nation's total water comsumption goes into livestock production (either directly to the livestock, or to feed crops for the livestock).5
