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    An IDA leaflet about the devastating impact the meat industry has on the environment. After reading, please consider eliminating meat, dairy and eggs from your diet. This will not only benefit the planet but also your health and the animals that suffer. Download this leaflet from http://www.idausa.org/shop-ida/pdfs/lit-mvgn_lflt1.pdf Order print copies at http://www.idausa.org/shop-ida/lit8.html Make a donation to IDA at http://www.idausa.org/supportf.html

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    An IDA leaflet about the devastating impact the meat industry has on the environment. After reading, please consider eliminating meat, dairy and eggs from your diet. This will not only benefit the planet but also your health and the animals that suffer. Download this leaflet from http://www.idausa.org/shop-ida/pdfs/lit-mvgn_lflt1.pdf Order print copies at http://www.idausa.org/shop-ida/lit8.html Make a donation to IDA at http://www.idausa.org/supportf.html

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    An IDA leaflet about the devastating impact the meat industry has on the environment. After reading, please consider eliminating meat, dairy and eggs from your diet. This will not only benefit the planet but also your health and the animals that suffer. Download this leaflet from http://www.idausa.org/shop-ida/pdfs/lit-mvgn_lflt1.pdf Order print copies at http://www.idausa.org/shop-ida/lit8.html Make a donation to IDA at http://www.idausa.org/supportf.html

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    Meat and Environmental Destruction

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    An IDA leaflet about the devastating impact the meat industry has on the environment. After reading, please consider eliminating meat, dairy and eggs from your diet. This will not only benefit the planet but also your health and the animals that suffer. Download this leaflet from http://www.idausa.org/shop-ida/pdfs/lit-mvgn_lflt1.pdf Order print copies at http://www.idausa.org/shop-ida/lit8.html Make a donation to IDA at http://www.idausa.org/supportf.html

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    Meat’s Contribution to

    the Environmental Crisis


    Cows, which have doubled in population in the last 40 years to an estimated 1.3
    billion worldwide, produce one pound of methane for every two pounds of meat that they
    yield. Methane is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide in
    contributing to global warming. - Environmental News Network

    Meat’s devastating impact


    on the ecosystem
    Resource depletion
    The global animal agriculture industry uses up about one-
    third of the Earth’s entire land surface (for grazing pasture
    and growing livestock feed), and more than half the water and over one-third of the
    petroleum consumed in the U.S. Producing meat requires many times the resources
    needed to grow a nutritionally-equivalent volume of plant foods.

    Pollution
    Cows, pigs, chickens, and other farmed animals produce about 130 times more
    excrement than the entire human population. Antibiotics and hormones fed to livestock,
    toxic chemicals sprayed on feed crops, and other poisons from factory farms are among
    the most common causes of habitat collapse and wildlife loss.

    Global warming
    In 2006, the United Nations Food and Agriculture
    Organization reported that animal agriculture produces more
    greenhouse gasses than all the automobiles in the world. A
    University of Chicago study found that a person on a vegan
    diet produces 1.5 tons fewer carbon dioxide emissions each
    year than the average meat eater, while switching from a
    gas-powered car to a hybrid only reduces emissions by 1 ton.
    The U.S. consumes more than one-quarter of the world’s energy supply, but comprises
    less than 5% of global population. With developing countries increasingly adopting the
    American diet, global meat consumption is projected to double by 2050.
    Environmentalists can help reverse this destructive trend by setting an example that
    includes eating low on the food chain.

    EATING for the EARTH


    It’s Good for Your Health.
    It’s Easy.
    It’s Time.

    Here’s How: Reduce your consumption of meat, dairy, and


    eggs. While veganism is the ideal diet for environmental
    sustainability, human health, and animal welfare, you can still
    decrease your toll on the Earth by simply reducing your meat
    consumption and eating more plant-based meals. Chances
    are, you’ll find the fewer animal products you eat the better
    you’ll feel, both physically and in the knowledge that you are
    doing something positive for the planet while helping the
    animals who are suffering so terribly on factory farms.

    Learn more about the many benefits of a plant-based diet for the environment, your
    health, and animals by ordering your free Vegan Starter Kit from In Defense of Animals.
    This booklet includes a wealth of nutritional information, as well as delicious and
    easy-to-prepare vegan recipes designed to make the transition to a meat-free diet
    smooth and enjoyable.

    www.idausa.org
    In Defense 3010 Kerner Blvd, San Rafael, CA 94901 Tel: (415) 388-9641
    of Animals Fax: (415) 388-0388 Email: ida@idausa.org

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