Rio Grande Valley Zeitgeist Movement ZDay 2014: Veganism
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EARTH IS WHAT WE EAT
Video: McDonald's, the meat
industry, and chickens (from
Food, Inc) http://youtu.be/a3P5tmkjHa8
Impacts of Meat Industry Today
Environmental
Health
World Hunger
Labor Rights
Ismael Melendez @IsmaelRGV
Emilia Alvarez Gamboa @ealvarezz10
Karina Torres @ktorr27
Jackie Joy @kalekrazyforyou
EARTH IS WHAT WE EAT
Environmental Impact
A 2006 report from the Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that livestock were
responsible for about 18% of human-caused greenhouse gases. –Time
About 30% of the world's total ice-free surface — is used not to raise grains, fruits and
vegetables that are directly fed to human beings, but to support the chickens, pigs and
cattle that we eventually eat. –Time
UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet –The Guardian
Here’s the beef –NYT
This feed lot in in California can accommodate up to 100,000 head of cattle.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
Your Diet and Health
Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet
Vegetarians have lower rates of heart disease and some forms of cancer than non-
vegetarians –Brown University Health Services
Heart disease
Colorectal, ovarian, and breast cancers
Diabetes
Obesity
Hypertension
Lower body mass index*
Cholesterol* –*Nutrition in Clinical Practice
WHO EATS?
World Hunger
An additional 4 billion people in the world could be fed if land currently used to grow
crops for livestock were given over to crops for human consumption, according to a new
study.
36 percent of the calories produced by the world’s crops are being used for animal feed
… and only 12 percent of those calories ultimately contribute to the human diet
–Daily Kos
FOOD PREP
Labor Rights
Meatpacking work has extraordinarily high rates of injury. Workers injured on the job may
then face dismissal.
Meatpacking work has extraordinarily high rates of injury. Workers injured on the job may
then face dismissal.
Immigrant workers who are undocumented, as many are, risk deportation if they seek to
organize and to improve conditions
--Human Rights Watch
Earth friendly diet
Meat industry is affecting our environment and our health
Nothing will benefit human
health and increase chances for
survival of life on Earth as much
as the evolution to a vegetarian
diet
Albert Einstein