From cowspiracy.com – Jacobson, Michael F. “Six Arguments For a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-based Diet Could Save Your Health and the Environment. Chapter 4: More and Cleaner Water”. Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 2006.
In the United States, growing feed for livestock animals consumes 56% of water.
Although its hard to pinpoint an exact number, animal agriculture is responsible for consuming 34 to 76 trillion gallons every year. It takes 442 – 8000 gallons to produce one pound of beef.
http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/
“Chicken requires 518 gallons of water per pound. Beef requires the most water, at 1,847 gal./lb., followed by sheep at 1,248 gal./lb. and pork at 718 gal./lb. If you’re going to eat meat, go with chicken. Better yet try eggs, which take 395 gal./lb., or plant based protein. For dairy products, cheese and butter take more than milk at 381 gal./lb. and 665 gal./lb. respectively. Milk by itself uses only 122 gallons of water per pound.”
quote from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/13/food-water-footprint_n_5952862.html
sourced from https://waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/Report47-WaterFootprintCrops-Vol1.pdf
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