70% of the land devoted to agriculture on the planet is devoted to meat production. That's almost a third of the entire surface area.
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It takes about 2,500 gallons of water to produce a bushel of corn. And if an animal eats 50 bushels of corn in its time in the feedlot, we're looking at about 125,000 gallons of water per animal, under the industrial model.
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How do the chickens sanitize the fields?
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What does "free-range" mean?
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We try to make meat as _______ as possible
Cheap
Expensive
Healthy
In North Carolina, the ______ outnumber people
Birds
Chickens
Pigs
Cows
The reddish lagoons are
Swimming pools
Wastewater treatment plants
Hog feces and urine
The Ogalla aquifer
Is losing water as fast as it is being replenished
Is refilling water faster than it is being replenished
Is losing water faster than it is being replenished
So when it comes to those industrial-scale feedlots, the majority of the water is used to:
Producing corn to feed the animals
Producing water for animals to drink
Producing corn to feed humans
On a sustainable farm, the cows are followed by ______.
Goats
Chickens
Pigs
Cows
California is running out of
Water
Food
People
Meat
How has the Lake Success changed in just one year?
Reduced by half its size
Reduced down to almost nothing
Increased by triple
Increased by double
The North China Plain, around the Himalayas, northwestern India, Bangladesh, Middle East, southern South America around Argentina all have what in common?
Drought and lack of rain
Average rain for the year
Floods and too much rain
What step of the water cycle creates the "air river" in the Amazon Rainforest?
Infiltration
Precipitation
Transpiration
Condensation
What is a benefit (positive) of free range grazing?
It causes desertification
It requires large areas of land and is more expensive for consumers
They create overgrazing when too many animals feed on a particular area of land
They tend to be free from antibiotics and other chemicals found in feedlots
What is a drawback (negative) of free range grazing?
It requires large areas of land and is more expensive for consumers
They create overgrazing when too many animals feed on a particular area of land
They tend to be free from antibiotics and other chemicals found in feedlots
It causes desertification
What is a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO)?
A synthetic (man-made) type of meat that is created in a lab
A large pasture where animals are allowed to graze freely around and are not contained within a small area
A feedlot where animals are crowded into a small area and fed grains
What is a benefit (positive) of CAFOs?
They tend to be free from antibiotics and other chemicals
They generate a large amount of organic waste that can be used as fertilizer
Animals are quickly raised for slaughter and are less expensive
It causes desertification
What is a drawback (negative) of CAFOs?
They tend to be free from antibiotics and other chemicals
They generate a large amount of organic waste that can contaminate ground and surface water
It causes desertification
Animals are quickly raised for slaughter and are less expensive
What is overgrazing?
When a perfect amount of animals feed on an area and they coevolve together
When not enough animals feed on an area which causes overgrowth of vegetation
When too many animals feed on an area which causes loss of vegetation and soil erosion
Meat production is less efficient than agriculture; it takes approximately _____ times more land to produce the same amount of calories from meat as from plants.
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50
10
20
Reducing the amount of meat consumption could reduce (MORE THAN ONE!)