Identify what is the largest beef producer in the world?
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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We try to make meat as _______ as possible
Cheap
Expensive
Healthy
In North Carolina, the ______ outnumber people
Pigs
Chickens
Cows
Birds
The reddish lagoons are
Hog feces and urine
Wastewater treatment plants
Swimming pools
The Ogallala aquifer
Is losing water faster than it is being replenished
Is losing water as fast as it is being replenished
Is refilling 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 water for animals to drink
Producing corn to feed the animals
Producing corn to feed humans
On a sustainable farm, the cows are followed by ______.
Goats
Pigs
Cows
Chickens
California is running out of
Water
People
Meat
Food
How has the Lake Success changed in just one year?
Reduced down to almost nothing
Increased by double
Increased by triple
Reduced by half its size
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
Floods and too much rain
Average rain for the year
What step of the water cycle creates the "air river" in the Amazon Rainforest?
Infiltration
Transpiration
Condensation
Precipitation
What is a benefit (positive) of free range grazing?
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 requires large areas of land and is more expensive for consumers
It causes desertification
What is a drawback (negative) of free range grazing?
It causes desertification
They tend to be free from antibiotics and other chemicals found in feedlots
They create overgrazing when too many animals feed on a particular area of land
It requires large areas of land and is more expensive for consumers
What is a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO)?
A synthetic (man-made) type of meat that is created in a lab
A feedlot where animals are crowded into a small area and fed grains
A large pasture where animals are allowed to graze freely around and are not contained within a small area
What is a benefit (positive) of CAFOs?
Animals are quickly raised for slaughter and are less expensive
They tend to be free from antibiotics and other chemicals
It causes desertification
They generate a large amount of organic waste that can be used as fertilizer
What is a drawback (negative) of CAFOs?
They generate a large amount of organic waste that can contaminate ground and surface water
They tend to be free from antibiotics and other chemicals
It causes desertification
Animals are quickly raised for slaughter and are less expensive
What is overgrazing?
When too many animals feed on an area which causes loss of vegetation and soil erosion
When not enough animals feed on an area which causes overgrowth of vegetation
When a perfect amount of animals feed on an area and they coevolve together
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.
50
20
10
100
Reducing the amount of meat consumption could reduce (Select 5 correct answers)