Livestock production is a major contributor to global warming through methane emissions and deforestation. Raising animals requires clearing forest land for pastures and feeding crops to animals, which releases nitrous oxide into the atmosphere. Individuals can help address this by adopting a vegan or vegetarian diet, which uses less land and produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a meat-based diet. Going meat-free is an important change people can make in their lives to reduce their environmental impact and help counteract global warming.
Livestock production is a major contributor to global warming through methane emissions and deforestation. Raising animals requires clearing forest land for pastures and feeding crops to animals, which releases nitrous oxide into the atmosphere. Individuals can help address this by adopting a vegan or vegetarian diet, which uses less land and produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a meat-based diet. Going meat-free is an important change people can make in their lives to reduce their environmental impact and help counteract global warming.
Livestock production is a major contributor to global warming through methane emissions and deforestation. Raising animals requires clearing forest land for pastures and feeding crops to animals, which releases nitrous oxide into the atmosphere. Individuals can help address this by adopting a vegan or vegetarian diet, which uses less land and produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a meat-based diet. Going meat-free is an important change people can make in their lives to reduce their environmental impact and help counteract global warming.
Livestock production is a major contributor to global warming through methane emissions and deforestation. Raising animals requires clearing forest land for pastures and feeding crops to animals, which releases nitrous oxide into the atmosphere. Individuals can help address this by adopting a vegan or vegetarian diet, which uses less land and produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a meat-based diet. Going meat-free is an important change people can make in their lives to reduce their environmental impact and help counteract global warming.
Today, I am going to discuss a specific issue that contributes to global warming and a specific solution that would help to counteract this. One of the primary causes of greenhouse creation is livestock animals. Animal production for meat accounts for most of all agricultural land use. It is a major cause of deforestation as a result of clearing forest to create pasture. Now, livestock such as cows can produce large amount of a powerful greenhouse gas called methane. Methane traps 25 times more heat than carbon dioxide. Carrying out the process of raising animals for food is also a wasteful process. The animal farming industry provides plant food to the animals which usually consists of artificial nitrous fertilizers. The results is an excess nitrous oxide will be released from the soil into the atmosphere and contribute to global warming. How can we, as individuals, solve this massive problem? We can choose how we use every acre of land. We can either use it to grow animals or plants for our food. It is worth considering that a person who follows a vegan diet, produce 50% less CO2 and uses far less land to grow on compared to a meat eater. Our consumption of animals is a leading cause of habitat destruction, ocean dead zones, and global warming. Are these facts enough to convince you to make important changes in your own life? For example think about eating less meat and more veggies. The answer is clear. Its time to act, global warming is real and it is time for you to become a vegan; or at least a vegetarian.