Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 This is from an Article taken from the Guardian Newspaper (one of the Serious daily newspapers in the UK) Writen by Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington DC, USA. You may find this a useful addition in your replies to you friends when answering why you are veggie. WASTING GRAIN Cattle are amongst the most inefficient converters of feed. In the US 157 Million metric tons of Cereal, legumes and vegetable protein for human use is fed to livestock to produce 28 Million tons of animal protein for annual human consuption. The shift from food to feed continues apace in many nations with no sign of reversal. The human consequences of this were dramatically illustrated in 1984 in Ethiopia when thousands of people were dying each day from famine. AT THE VERY SAME TIME, Ethiopia was using some of its agricultural land to produce linseed cake, cotton seed cake, and rapeaeed meal for export to the UK and other European nations as feed for livestock. Millions of acres of third world land are now being used exclusively to produce feed for European livestock. Love Peace & harmony Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 To learn about the link between meat-eating and world hunger, contact the Movement for Compassionate Living (MCL): http://www.mclveganway.org.uk Cheers, Rob , " philcovers " <chris@p...> wrote: > > > This is from an Article taken from the Guardian Newspaper (one of > the Serious daily newspapers in the UK) > Writen by Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic > Trends in Washington DC, USA. > > You may find this a useful addition in your replies to you friends > when answering why you are veggie. > > > WASTING GRAIN > > Cattle are amongst the most inefficient converters of feed. > In the US 157 Million metric tons of Cereal, legumes and vegetable > protein for human use is fed to livestock to produce 28 Million tons > of animal protein for annual human consuption. > > The shift from food to feed continues apace in many nations with no > sign of reversal. The human consequences of this were dramatically > illustrated in 1984 in Ethiopia when thousands of people were dying > each day from famine. AT THE VERY SAME TIME, Ethiopia was using > some of its agricultural land to produce linseed cake, cotton seed > cake, and rapeaeed meal for export to the UK and other European > nations as feed for livestock. Millions of acres of third world > land are now being used exclusively to produce feed for European > livestock. > > Love Peace & harmony > Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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