Newsletter
| Meat Free Mondays |
| Written by www.caaa.co.za |
| Monday, 14 September 2009 09:40 |
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Please join us and take the Meat Free Mondays pledge. If every South African had one (extra) meat free day a week for a year, it would be the equivalent of taking close to one million cars off the road for a year. 18% of climate change is produced by factory farming methods, plus the clearing of the Amazon forest to feed the animals we eat. 10 kg’s of soy and grain gives us ONE kg of meat. Half of the grain produced world wide doesn’t go to humans, it goes to feeding animals in the production of meat. What we choose to eat is one of the biggest factors in our impact on the environment. Indeed, animal agriculture is a major source of water pollution and deforestation and has become one of the biggest culprits in global warming, with this contributing to 18% of all greenhouse emissions, while all forms of transport globally is 13%.
Meat is now the single largest source of animal protein in all affluent nations and demand for animal flesh is expected to more than double by the year 2050. In order to meet this growing appetite, animals will no doubt be reared more intensively and cheaply with factory farming and aquaculture (fish farming) causing further pollution, water and land usage. If nothing is done, the environmental impact of meat production can only increase. Diet is an important tool in working to achieve environmental sustainability. Meat Free Mondays are an easy way to lower your own environmental impact and help ensure worldwide food security. Become part of the solution and support Meat Free Mondays. For more information please visit www.caaa.co.za.
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