1. Why Meatless? Emily J. Bielecki

2. Did You Know?  The meat industry is responsible for nearly 1/5 of the man-made greenhouse gasses (“Urged…” 2010)

3. Lets Talk About Energy  40 calories of fossil fuel energy = 1 calorie of beef  2.2 calories of fossil fuel energy = 1 calorie of plant-based protein http://www.flickr.com/photos/sustainabletable/1404187812/in/set-72157608114379266/

4. Energy Wasted  Ratio of energy input to protein output:  Lamb 57:1  Beef cattle 40:1  Eggs 39:1  Swine 14:1  Dairy (milk) 14:1  Turkeys 10:1  Broilers 4:1  (Pimentel 2003)

5. Lets Talk About Water  643 gallons of fresh water = 5.2 oz hamburger  143 gallons of fresh water = 5.2 oz tofu  Irrigation is sucking up our H2O resources  Animal waste contaminates fresh water  (“Meatless” 2010) & (“Issues” 2009)

6. Lets Talk About The Planet  Deforestation  Topsoil erosion  ENDLESS CYCLE!  Endangered or near endangered long-lived fish

7. Lets Talk Health  2/3 of America is overweight anyway!  Diets full of red meat  cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, arthritis, hypertension  Diets that are filled with fruits, vegetables, and whole grains lead to a lower risk of heart disease, ADHD, asthma, and diabetes  Antibiotics used in food animals  Other health concerns

8. And Where Is The Logic?  We are producing food to produce less food.  Legumes are nitrogen fixing – animal feed crops are not http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pveCINwxtj0/SHgXFLrnwxI/AAAAAAAAAcY/YqqVvjKO5Ek/s320/feedlot1.jpg

9. Societal Implications  Meat consumption affects 3 rd world countries in a distinctive way  Animals are part of the environment too  UN reported: 1992 food supply could have fed 6.3 billion people on 100% vegetarian diet (Soares 2009)

10. What About Vegan?  No animal products at all  Traditional vs. Environmental http://newideas.net/images/no_milk_adhd.gif

11. So How Can We Help?  THE SOLUTION IS CLEAR http://jeremiahgraves.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/no_meat.jpg

12. Sources  “Why Meatless” http://www.meatlessmonday.com/why-meatless/ The Monday Campaigns. 2010.http://www.meatlessmonday.com/why-meatless/  “About Vegan” http://www.vegan.org/about_veganism/environment.html Vegan Action. 2009.http://www.vegan.org/about_veganism/environment.html  “The Reasons To Adopt A Meatless Diet” http://nutrition.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_benefits_of_veganvegetarian_living Suite 101. 2010.http://nutrition.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_benefits_of_veganvegetarian_living  “Obama Urged…” http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/Features/2009/meatless_monday.html Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. 2010.http://www.jhsph.edu/clf/Features/2009/meatless_monday.html  “Five Steps To Sustainable Eating” http://www.lime.com/food/story/14868/5_steps_to_sustainable_eating Lime. 2009.http://www.lime.com/food/story/14868/5_steps_to_sustainable_eating  Christine Soares. “The Low Carbon Diet” http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sustainable-eating-the-low- carbon-diet 2009.http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sustainable-eating-the-low- carbon-diet  “The Issues” http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/ Sustainable Table. 2010.http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/  Kreith, M., Water Inputs in California Food Production. 1991, Water Education Foundation: Sacramento, CA.  “A Healthy Way To Live” http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/health.html Vegan Outreach. July 2009.http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/health.html  Pimentel, D. and M. Pimentel, Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment. American Joural of Clinical Nutrition, 2003. 78: p. 66S-3S.