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According to the projected increase in food production by 2050, water consumption would need to increase by 53% to satisfy the world population's demands for meat and agricultural production. [38] Groundwater depletion is a concern in some areas because of sustainability issues (and in some cases, land subsidence and/or saltwater intrusion). [39]
All types of meat but especially lamb and beef generate several times more greenhouse gas emissions in their production than plant-based foods. [1]Environmental vegetarianism is the practice of vegetarianism that is motivated by the desire to create a sustainable diet, which avoids the negative environmental impact of meat production.
A 2021 documentary film that explores the environmental impacts of unsustainable meat production and promotes a plant-based diet. The film features Kate Winslet, Richard Branson and Sylvia Earle, and won several awards.
Environmental Costs. While food production is, of course, necessary, a worrisome byproduct of the current food production industries is its creation of more than a quarter of all greenhouse gas ...
In The State’s letters to the editor, a reader writes how a new way of producing meat will positively affect the environment. Information literacy, voting and litter are also addressed. | Opinion
Learn how different farming practices affect the ecosystems and the environment. Explore the impacts of animal agriculture, irrigation, pesticides, and other factors on soil, water, air, biodiversity, and climate.
Environmentally, it's not clear how much energy cultivated-meat production is going to use versus industrial meat production. There may be environmental trade-offs. The methane that's produced and ...
On the other hand, a little over 50% of all pork production and 70% of all poultry production worldwide originated from animals kept entirely in confined buildings even around 2006, and the raw numbers were expected to increase by 3–3.5 times for pigs, by 2–2.4 times for layer hens and 4.4–5 times for broilers.