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Its time someone sets the record straight about who are the largest polluters and destroyers of our planet.

The main stream media would have us believe it is the emissions from our automobiles or airplanes… but as usual they would be incorrect.

Actually its  the meat industry.

There is a United Nations report that has identified the world’s rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest threat to our waterways, climate, forests and wildlife.

And the methods used by the factory farming industry for meat production are largely blamed for a host of other environmental crimes, from acid rain to the introduction of alien species, from producing deserts to creating dead zones in the oceans, from poisoning rivers and drinking water to destroying coral reefs.

It turns out that producing half a pound of hamburger for someone’s lunch a patty of meat the size of two decks of cards releases as much greenhouse gas into the atmosphere as driving a 3,000-pound car nearly 10 miles.

Now I am not saying that everyone needs to become a vegetarian to make a difference.

Not at all.

In fact, if you just gave up meat one or 2 days a week and purchased organic free range beef with the money you saved-you can make a huge positive impact on the environment not to mention your health and the welfare of animals.

So ask yourself …..how hard is it to make a conscious effort to make a difference?

Check out what you can help to accomplish:

Save the rainforest.

It’s estimated that 55 square feet of tropical forest containing 165 pounds of living plants and animals are destroyed to produce one patty made from Central American Beef

Each day, 140,000 acres of tropical forest are demolished, 8 acres every few seconds, and 50 to 150 different species become extinct. At the current rate of devastation, the rainforests of the world will be completely leveled in another fifty years.

Refresh the air.

Animal agriculture is the leading source of methane and nitrous oxide emissions, which—combined with carbon dioxide—causes the vast majority of global warming.

Keep water clean.

Two-thirds of the beef cattle raised in the U.S. are fattened up using hormones like steroids, testosterone and progesterone which runs off to water supplies.

The EPA reports that chicken, hog, and cattle excrement have polluted 35,000 miles of rivers in 22 states and contaminated groundwater in 17 states.³⁵

Save water.

It takes 600 gallons of water to produce one hamburger patty. Just one. The United Nations warned more than 2.7 billion people will face severe shortages of fresh water by 2025 if the world keeps consuming water at today’s rates.

Feed more people.

If Americans ate 10% less meat, the quantity of the grain used to feed cattle could be redirected to save one billion people from starvation

Reduce Energy Consumption.

To start, 8,000 calories of fossil-fuel energy are used in the agricultural production of one 400-calorie burger”Hamburgers are the Hummers of food”  , say scientists.

Be Humane.

Many livestock and dairy cattle are raised in extremely cruel and inhumane conditions. With less demand for meat, we would not have a need for “factory” farming. Even the most minimum humane standards proposed are thwarted by the powerful food conglomerates.

Avoid drugs.

In addition to hormones and antibiotics, conventional meat producers routinely process their products using chemical additives and preservatives like phosphates and sodium nitrites. That makes them pinker, but not necessarily healtheir.

Sodium nitrites studies have found a link between high processed-meat consumption and colon cancer, possibly attributable to prservatives like sodium nitrite.

Live longer.

Speaking of health, eating a lot of meat can increase the likelihood of heart attacks, cancers and high blood pressure.

IN CONCLUSION, its become increasingly apparent that the only real vote we have these days is how we spend our dollars.

But I still don’t think people REALLY understand how absolutely POWERFUL our everyday consumer choices are in our ability to change things.

And how lasting change usually starts small…with one person’s decision.. to make one small change..

We can’t bury our heads in the sand anymore.. pretending that our personal choices don’t matter very much in the scheme of things because..

make no mistake…THEY MATTER!

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