Environment

Animal agriculture is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than the combined exhaust from all transportation. According to UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 14.5% to 18% of all global…

75 to 83% of the world's farmland is used for livestock, but provides only 18% of global calories. Roughly twice as much land is used for grazing worldwide than for crop…

50% of land in USA & 50% of the global grain is used for livestock farming. The land area used to grow the food Americans actually eat is much smaller.

130+ species becoming extinct everyday due to rainforest loss. The World Bank and Greenpeace estimate that 80% of the Amazon rainforest is being destroyed due to cattle ranching.

while a diet containing a moderate amount of meat, dairy and eggs would require the use of 11 million hectares of land, a vegan diet would demand a total of…

In USA, livestock farming creates 50 times to 130 times more waste than its human population does. According to US General Accounting Office, USA produces roughly 5 tons of animal…

80% of antibiotics in the US are fed to animals so that they can withstand the filthy conditions in which they are raised. This is also linked to E. Coli…

Manure releases ammonia, methane, hydrogen sulfide, and other organic volatile compounds. People living near animal factory farms experienced eye irritation, difficulty breathing, increased heart rate, and other acute physical symptoms.

Excess nitrates from factory animal farms drains off into coastal waters creating massive dead zones. Globally there are about 400+ dead zones near the coasts where waste waters collect.

Rivers and water bodies near animal factory farms have 4-33 times higher concentration of E. Coli and nitrates, like the pink waste water lagoon near a factory farm.