podcast Mark Bittman: Conscious Eating | WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook

"Just a little change, he says — vegan ‘til 6pm, ‘til dinner — could save our waistlines, our health, and the planet.


Statistics from the book, "FOOD MATTERS: A Guide to Conscious Eating"

Livestock accounts for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions-more than transport

70% of the world's farmland -- one-third of the earth's ice-free surface - is involved in livestock production

Livestock is a major driver of deforestation. 70 percent of the forests in the Amazon basin have been cut down for grazing land

The food industry accounts for 10% of all fossil fuel used in the US.

40 calories of energy needed to produce 1 calorie of beef protein; producing 1 protein calorie of corn requires just 2.2 calories of energy

50% of the antibiotics administered in the US are used for animals

Agricultural subsidies cost taxpayers $19 billion a year and benefit only 3100 farmers

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