Johnny Dod

Say the word “vegetarian” and many people will immediately picture the stereotype of the granola-munching, Birkenstocks and tie-dye wearing, dreadlocked hippie in a Greenpeace tee. What exactly does tofu and granola have to do with environmentalism? If you want to find out why so many environmentalists are vegetarian, read on.
A. There are many reasons to go vegetarian if you care about the environment! Here are just a few:

More that 1/3 of all fossil fuels produced in the United States go towards animal agriculture.
The production of one calorie of animal protein requires more than ten times the fossil fuel input as a calorie of plant protein. This means that ten times the amount of carbon dioxide is emitted as well. Where does all this waste occur?

Each animal that is slaughtered for food must be fed with grains, soy and other crops. The production of these crops requires energy consumption. This feed must then be harvested, transported to feedlots. From the feedlots, animals are then transported to a slaughterhouse, the carcasses are often trucked (in refrigerated trucks – another energy consumer) to yet another processing plant before the meat is ready to be transported to a grocery store.

Adopting a vegan diet actually does more to reduce emissions than driving a hybrid car!

For each hamburger that originated from animals raised on rainforest land, approximately 55 square feet of forest have been destroyed.

THINK ABOUT IT....IT's GREEN TO BE VEGETARIAN.