Environment

• Stops 70% of deforestation
• Uses 2/3 less fossil fuels
• Reduces pollution from untreated animal waste
• Maintains cleaner air
• Saves up to 4.5 tons of emissions per household per year
• Stops 80% of global warming
• Vegetarian diet will cut more greenhouse gas emissions than switching to a hybrid car
• Eating vegan 1 day per week reduces emissions more than eating locally produced food all year

Stop World Starvation

• The 760 million tones of grain fed to animals could feed over 11 billion people.
• It could cover the global food shortage 14 times.

Quicker & Easier Results

• Turnover rate of farm animals is 1 to 2 years, while turnover rate of cars & power plants, etc. can be decades.
• Methane can disappear from the atmosphere in 9 to 15 years, while CO2 can stay in the atmosphere for more than a century.
• Introduction of new techniques and further research takes many years.
• Cut in CO2 involves fighting powerful and wealthy business interests, while veggie foods are readily available.