Sustainability of Meat-Based and Plant-Based Diets and the Environment
Submitted on Jun 17, 2008 (Original item from 2003)
Diet and Nutrition | Farmed Animals | Vegetarianism and Veganism | Environment | Factory Farming | Meat, Dairy, Egg Consumption | Vegetarian Motivations or Barriers
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Worldwide, an estimated 2 billion people live primarily on a meat-based diet, while an estimated 4 billion live primarily on a plant-based diet. The US food production system uses about 50% of the total US land area, 80% of the fresh water, and 17% of the fossil energy used in the country... The meat-based food system requires more energy, land, and water resources than the lactoovovegetarian diet. In this limited sense, the lactoovovegetarian diet is more sustainable than the average American meat-based diet. [Abstract excerpted from article]
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