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  1. I said from the very first post "A vegetarian family* can easily live on a few acres, being say 90% self sufficient."

     

    In my last post ..."between a family of 4 that is a 3.372 acre plot of land which is more than enough to be self sustaining"

     

    I've just had to repeat the same facts a number of times, make things more plain etc

     

    I don't know any sick vegans eating a plant based diet.

     

    I know of a number of vegans who post blood results every so often just as further proof of their health.. to the "shock of their doctors" who have believed all the nonsense drilled into them at universities funded by pharmacological + agri industry.

     

    Let us not mention the 100 million killed by the SAD.

     

    We are told all humans are the same hm?

     

    Apparently when it comes to diet we are all different excuses though.

     

    Allowed is an interesting word when you are killing another creature to feed on.


  2. Average population density of Earth: 44.0 persons per square kilometer (5.62 acres per person)

     

    Livestock covers 45% of the earth’s total land.

    Thornton, Phillip, Mario Herrero, and Polly Ericksen. “Livestock and Climate Change.” Livestock Exchange, no. 3 (2011).https://cgspace.cgia...IssueBrief3.pdf

     

    Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture.

    30% of the Earth’s entire land surface is used by the livestock sector.

     

    Versterby, Marlow; Krupa, Kenneth. “Major uses of land in the United States.” Updated 2012. USDA Economic Research Service.http://www.ers.usda....px#.VAoXcl7E8dt

     

    If the land is fertile enough to produce cows/ crops for "livestock" it should be fertile enough for humans to successfully cultivate into small vegan/ vegetarian organic permaculture farms (no reason native plants can't be encouraged either with wildlife corridors) ... so lets say 30% of 5.62 acres per person .. = 1.686 acres per person... even if you want to half that... 0.843 acres per person... 15% of the entire land surface available for permaculture...

     

    between a family of 4 that is a 3.372 acre plot of land which is more than enough to be self sustaining

     

    Urban Agroecoloy: 6,000 lbs of food on 1/10th acre - Urban Homestead - Urban Permaculture

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCmTJkZy0rM

     

     

    I can give a number of examples of vegan professional athletes, Olympic gold medalists, world arm wrestling champion, ultra-marathon champions, cyclists, martial artists, world strong man etc

     

    In a study on longevity...50 healthiest peoples in the world... all practice 95% vegan/vegetarian diet.

     

    Vegetarians live longer and have a considerable lessening of all diseases. For example "one study showed that vegetarians under the age of 65 were 45% less like to suffer a heart attack than were meat eaters."

     

    7 Reasons Vegetarians Live Longer

    http://time.com/9463/7-reasons-vegetarians-live-longer/

     

     

    There's plenty of evidence showing that vegetarian diets are great for your heart and waistline and even protect against cancer. But a new study of more than 73,000 Americans showed that it can help you live longer too. People with a plant-based diet in the study had a 20 percent lower mortality rate than meat eaters.

     

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    "Based on this study and other recent research, on average, vegetarians and semi-vegetarians tend to add about 10 years to their lives," says Sam Soret, coauthor of the study and associate dean of Loma Linda University School of Public Health. "This doesn't mean that every individual can automatically extend his life by going vegetarian because, besides diet, the genetic lottery plays a role in longevity. But having these results from such a huge group of people makes it undeniable that diet is a critical component impacting [lifespan]."

     

    Read more: http://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/health/go-vegetarian-live-longer-20140717#ixzz3Tl0jHwGR

     

     

    It is the optimal human diet... only difference is people unwillingness / lack of will power/ mind/ blood-lust... being slaves to their stomachs they find all types of excuses.

     

    Many peoples bodies are riddled with parasites that feed on decaying flesh, they create a lot of the cravings/ desire people have through bio-chemical communication... and the "need" for animal flesh etc.


  3. I was speaking to a lady who works with children who have been damaged by vaccines / "minor brain damage" ... one of the possible side-effects...

    One of her clients had 3 children with adverse reactions... they finally made the connection... didn't vaccinate their 4th child...that child is healthy.

    There are a number of factors that contribute toxicity overload.

    Breastfed babies for example are less inclined to have strong negative reactions as the breast milk works to counter the damage... formula fed babies don't have this added protection.

    Who is to say the general population hasn't had their natural IQ potential dropped by 5 to 10 or more points?

    Even cutting the cord early on a newborn baby can cause brain damage...

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  4. Dairy: Breast and Prostate Cancer

    http://www.pcrm.org/.../health-concerns-about-dairy-products

    The danger of dairy product consumption as it relates to prostate and breast cancers is most likely related to increases in insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), which is found in cow’s milk.22 Consumption of milk and dairy products on a regular basis has been shown to increase circulating levels of IGF-1.23,24 Perhaps the most convincing association between IGF-1 levels and cancer risk is seen in studies of prostate cancer. Case-control studies in diverse populations have shown a strong and consistent association between serum IGF-1 concentrations and prostate cancer risk.25 One study showed that men with the highest levels of IGF-1 had more than four times the risk of prostate cancer, compared with those who had the lowest levels.26 In the Physicians Health Study, tracking 21,660 participants for 28 years, researchers found an increased risk of prostate cancer for those who consumed ≥2.5 servings of dairy products per day as compared with those who consumed ≤0.5 servings a day.19 This study, which is supported by other findings,27,28 also shows that prostate cancer risk was elevated with increased consumption of low-fat milk, suggesting that too much dairy calcium, and not just the fat associated with dairy products, could be a potential threat to prostate health.
    In addition to increased levels of IGF-1, estrogen metabolites are considered risk factors for cancers of the reproductive system, including cancers of the breasts, ovaries, and prostate. These metabolites can affect cellular proliferation such that cells grow rapidly and aberrantly,29 which can lead to cancer growth. Consumption of milk and dairy products contributes to the majority (60-70 percent) of estrogen intake in the human diet.

    In a large study including 1,893 women from the Life After Cancer Epidemiology Study who had been diagnosed with early-stage invasive breast cancer, higher amounts of high-fat dairy product consumption were associated with higher mortality rates. As little as 0.5 servings a day increased risk significantly. This is probably due to the fact that estrogenic hormones reside primarily in fat, making the concern most pronounced for consumption of high-fat dairy products.

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    Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in American men, other than skin cancer. About 1 man  in 7 will get prostate cancer during his lifetime. Prostate cancer is  the second leading cause of cancer death in men, behind only lung  cancer. About 1 man in 38 will die of this disease. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/overviewguide/prostate-cancer-overview-key-statistics

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  5. type into google images vaccine reactions... that image ralis posted looks similar.

    Within my extended family 3 people work at hospitals... last winter all three got influenza vaccines... all three had influenza after the injection

    I went to visit them, greeted them all and hugged them goodbye... I insisted to prove the health of my immune system ... eating a vegan diet (high fruit and vegetables) ... never got anything.

    The vaccines are causing disease.  http://nsnbc.me/2013/05/08/bill-gates-polio-vaccine-program-caused-47500-cases-of-paralysis-death/
     

     

    “In 1976, Dr. Jonas Salk, creator of the killed-virus vaccine used in the 1950s, testified that the live-virus vaccine (used almost exclusively in the U.S. from the early 1960s to 2000) was the ‘principal if not sole cause’ of all reported polio cases in the U.S. since 1961 [44]. (The virus remains in the throat for one to two weeks and in the feces for up to two months. Thus, vaccine recipients are at risk, and can potentially spread the disease, as long as fecal excretion of the virus continues [45].) In 1992, the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an admission that the live-virus vaccine had become the dominant cause of polio in the United States [36]. In fact, according to CDC figures, every case of polio in the U.S. since 1979 was caused by the oral polio vaccine [36]. Authorities claim the vaccine was responsible for about eight cases of polio every year [46]. However, an independent study that analyzed the government’s own vaccine database during a recent period of less than five years uncovered 13,641 reports of adverse events following use of the oral polio vaccine. These reports included 6,364 emergency room visits and 540 deaths (Figure 3) [47,48]. Public outrage at these tragedies became the impetus for removing the oral polio vaccine from immunization schedules [36:568;37;38].”

     

    Good nutrition and a clean environment = excellent health

    More info @ http://vactruth.com/2015/02/19/vaccine-injury-compensation/?utm_source=The+Vaccine+Truth+Newsletter&utm_campaign=080e55aa44-02_19_2015_vaers&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ce7860ee83-080e55aa44-408239277

    Vactruth.com




     

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  6. Found these stats we can work with:

     

    Total land area of North America (including Central America and the Caribbean): 24,486,305 km² (6,050,697,738 acres)Total population of North America: 514,144,046

     

    Average population density of North America: 21.0 persons per square kilometer (11.77 acres per person)

     

    Total land area of Earth: 148,939,100 km² (36,803,653,121 acres)

    Total population of Earth: 6,553,289,000

     

    Average population density of Earth: 44.0 persons per square kilometer (5.62 acres per person)

     

    Source:

     

    North America at http://en.wikipedia..../North_Ameri...

    Earth at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth

    Population Clock at http://www.census.go...ww/popclock....

     

    6,050,697,738 / 514,144,046 = 11.7684 acres per person.

     

    Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year:

    Vegan: 1/6th acre

    Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan

    Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan

     

    “Our food our future.” Earthsave.

     

    http://www.earthsave...df/ofof2006.pdf

     

    Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture. [xiii]

    30% of the Earth’s entire land surface is used by the livestock sector.

     

    Versterby, Marlow; Krupa, Kenneth. “Major uses of land in the United States.” Updated 2012. USDA Economic Research Service.http://www.ers.usda....px#.VAoXcl7E8dt

     

    1.5 acres can produce 37,000 pounds of plant-based food.1.5 acres can produce 375 pounds of meat.

     

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

     

    A person who follows a vegan diet PRODUCES 50% less carbon dioxide, 1/11th oil, 1/13th water, and 1/18th land compared to a meat-eater for their food.

     

    CO2: “Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK.” Climactic change, 2014.http://link.springer...1/fulltext.html

     

    Oil, water: “Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment.”

    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003.http://ajcn.nutritio.../78/3/660S.full

     

    Land: “Our food our future.” Earthsave.http://www.earthsave...df/ofof2006.pdf

     

    Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal’s life. [xiv]

     

    “Water Footprint Assessment.” University of Twente, the Netherlands.

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  7. Found these stats we can work with:

     

    Total land area of North America (including Central America and the Caribbean): 24,486,305 km² (6,050,697,738 acres)Total population of North America: 514,144,046

     

    Average population density of North America: 21.0 persons per square kilometer (11.77 acres per person)

     

    Total land area of Earth: 148,939,100 km² (36,803,653,121 acres)

    Total population of Earth: 6,553,289,000

     

    Average population density of Earth: 44.0 persons per square kilometer (5.62 acres per person)

     

    Source:

     

    North America at http://en.wikipedia..../North_Ameri...

    Earth at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth

    Population Clock at http://www.census.go...ww/popclock....

     

    6,050,697,738 / 514,144,046 = 11.7684 acres per person.

     

    Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year:

    Vegan: 1/6th acre

    Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan

    Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan

     

    “Our food our future.” Earthsave.

     

    http://www.earthsave...df/ofof2006.pdf

     

    Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture. [xiii]

    30% of the Earth’s entire land surface is used by the livestock sector.

     

    Versterby, Marlow; Krupa, Kenneth. “Major uses of land in the United States.” Updated 2012. USDA Economic Research Service.http://www.ers.usda....px#.VAoXcl7E8dt

     

    1.5 acres can produce 37,000 pounds of plant-based food.1.5 acres can produce 375 pounds of meat.

     

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

     

    A person who follows a vegan diet PRODUCES 50% less carbon dioxide, 1/11th oil, 1/13th water, and 1/18th land compared to a meat-eater for their food.

     

    CO2: “Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK.” Climactic change, 2014.http://link.springer...1/fulltext.html

     

    Oil, water: “Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment.”

    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003.http://ajcn.nutritio.../78/3/660S.full

     

    Land: “Our food our future.” Earthsave.http://www.earthsave...df/ofof2006.pdf

     

    Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal’s life. [xiv]

     

    “Water Footprint Assessment.” University of Twente, the Netherlands.

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  8. linfen.jpg


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    The Grasberg mine, owned by US company Freeport-McMoRan funding genocide and illegal occupation in Indonesian occupied West Papua

    A gaping wound in the heart of West Papua, which was once a beautiful and sacred mountain, capped by a glacier, is visible from space.


    Free West Papua Campaign here: freewestpapua.org/ and here: http://freewestpapua.org/take-action/

     

    Conorado-Feeders-Dalhart-Texas_900.jpg

    Factory farms, birds eye view... http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/11/5-haunting-photos-birds-eye-view-of-what-factory-farms-are-doing-to-us-land/


     


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    Moving away from this...

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    thelerner, on 06 Mar 2015 - 01:39, said:

    eye of the storm, a billion or two people moving from this: a City (w/ highrise living) spreading out into this beautiful cabin (wood burning?) with 10 idealyic acres would be horrible for the planet.  Strangely enough city life, having 400 people living in one tall building is probably more ecological responsible then 100 cabins taking up a few squaire miles.   Wood burning is horribly inefficient and polluting.  Without modern farming we'd probably kill all wild life within a few years, not to mention finishing the job of deforesting the earth.   We are 7 billion people and counting.

     

    High-rise more ecologically responsible?
     

    Where do people who live in cities get food, fuel, electricity, building material etc from? Cities are dead space vacuums sucking the life out of the planet.
     

    A vegetarian family* can easily live on a few acres, being say 90% self sufficient.. even growing their own timber on 1/2 to 1 acre supplying everything they need…  1/2 an acre of hemp for food and fuel also?

    Everything would be locally grown organic. No shipping, fuel etc much less materials needed to build cars, trucks, roads… nor people having to travel daily to generally miserable jobs for the most part simply to feed themselves (with poor quality GMO food from supermarkets) + basic shelter.

    Vast amounts of forests, rivers, oceans are being destroyed to support these cities.
     

    Permaculture / Forest farming family gardens would increase biodiversity + an abundance of super vital food … opposed to vast amounts of land being used for animal consumption/ corporate mono-crops turning the world into a desert etc.
     

    *Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year:
     

    Vegan: 1/6th acre
    Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan
    Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan


     

    “Our food our future.” Earthsave.

    http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/ofof2006.pdf

     





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    Some stats from http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/
     

    Animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than all transportation combined. 

    Fao.org. Spotlight: Livestock impacts on the environment.

    http://www.fao.org/ag/magazine/0612sp1.htm

     

    Transportation is responsible for 13% of all greenhouse gas emissions.

    Greenhouse gas emissions from this sector primarily involve fossil fuels burned for road, rail, air, and marine transportation.

    Environmental Protection Agency. “Global Emissions.”

    http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/global.html

     

    Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.

    Goodland, R Anhang, J. “Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change were pigs, chickens and cows?”

    WorldWatch, November/December 2009. Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, USA. Pp. 10–19.

    http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294
     

    Methane is 25-100 times more destructive than CO2.

    “Improved Attribution of Climate Forcing to Emissions.” Science Magazine.

    http://www.sciencemag.org/content/326/5953/716.figures-only

     

    Methane has a global warming power 86 times that of CO2.

    NASA. “Methane: Its Role as a Greenhouse Gas.” Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

    http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/pdfs/podest_ghg.pdf
     

    Livestock is responsible for 65% of all emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas 296x more destructive than carbon dioxide and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years.

    “Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2006.

    http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.htm

     

    Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) water use ranges from 70-140 billion gallons annually.

    “Draft Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources.” EPA Office of Research and Development. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2011.

    http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/HFStudyPlanDraft_SAB_020711.pdf

     

    Animal agriculture use ranges from 34-76 trillion gallons of water annually. [ii]

    Pimentel, David, et al. “Water Resources: Agricultural And Environmental Issues.” BioScience 54, no. 10 (2004): 909-18.

    http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/54/10/909.full

    Barber, N.L., “Summary of estimated water use in the United States in 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009–3098.”

    http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3098/

     

    Agriculture is responsible for 80-90% of US water consumption.

    “USDA ERS – Irrigation & Water Use.” United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. 2013.

    http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-practices-management/irrigation-water-use/background.aspx

     

    Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 56% of water in the US.

    Jacobson, Michael F. “More and Cleaner Water.” In Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-based Diet Could save Your Health and the Environment.
    Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 2006.

    http://www.cspinet.org/EatingGreen/pdf/arguments4.pdf
     

    One hamburger requires 660 gallons of water to produce – the equivalent of 2 months’ worth of showers. [iii]
     

    Catanese, Christina. “Virtual Water, Real Impacts.” Greenversations: Official Blog of the U.S. EPA. 2012.

    http://blog.epa.gov/healthywaters/2012/03/virtual-water-real-impacts-world-water-day-2012/

    “50 Ways to Save Your River.” Friends of the River.

    http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/site/PageServer?pagename=50ways

     

    2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef.

    Robbins, John. “2,500 Gallons, All Wet?” EarthSave

    http://www.earthsave.org/environment/water.htm

    Meateater’s Guide to Climate Change & Health.” Environmental Working Group.

    http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/interactive-graphic/water/

    “Water Footprint Assessment.” University of Twente, the Netherlands.

    http://www.waterfootprint.org

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print
     

    477 gallons of water are required to produce 1 pound of eggs; 900 gallons of water are needed for cheese.

    “Meateater’s Guide to Climate Change & Health.” Environmental Working Group.

    http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/interactive-graphic/water/

    1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk.

    “Water trivia facts.” United States Environmental Protection Agency.

    http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/drinkingwater/water_trivia_facts.cfm#_edn11

     

    5% of water consumed in the US is by private homes.
    55% of water consumed in the US is for animal agriculture.

    Jacobson, Michael F. “More and Cleaner Water.” In Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-based Diet Could save Your Health and the Environment. Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 2006. http://www.cspinet.org/EatingGreen/pdf/arguments4.pdf

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print.
     

    The meat and dairy industries combined use nearly 1/3 (29%) of all the fresh water in the world today. “Freshwater Abuse and Loss: Where Is It All Going?” Forks Over Knives.

    http://www.forksoverknives.com/freshwater-abuse-and-loss-where-is-it-all-go

     

    Livestock covers 45% of the earth’s total land.

    Thornton, Phillip, Mario Herrero, and Polly Ericksen. “Livestock and Climate Change.” Livestock Exchange, no. 3 (2011).https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/10601/IssueBrief3.pdf
     

    Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution [iv], and habitat destruction.

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. . Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

    “What’s the Problem?” United States Environmental Protection Agency.

    http://www.epa.gov/region9/animalwaste/problem.html “Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2006. http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.htm

    “Fire Up the Grill for a Mouthwatering Red, White, and Green July 4th.” Worldwatch Institute.

    http://www.worldwatch.org/fire-grill-mouthwatering-red-white-and-green-july-4th

    Oppenlander, Richard A. “Biodiversity and Food Choice: A Clarification.” Comfortably Unaware. 2012

    http://comfortablyunaware.com/blog/biodiversity-and-food-choice-a-clarification/

    “Risk Assessment Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Research and Development. 2004.

    http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=901V0100.txt

     

    Every minute, 7 million pounds of excrement are produced by animals raised for food in the US. This doesn’t include the animals raised outside of USDA jurisdiction or in backyards, or the billions of fish raised in aquaculture settings in the US. [v]

    “What’s the Problem?” United States Environmental Protection Agency.

    http://www.epa.gov/region9/animalwaste/problem.html

    “How To Manage Manure.” Healthy Landscapes.

    http://www.uri.edu/ce/healthylandscapes/livestock/how_manure_overall.htm

     

    335 million tons of “dry matter” is produced annually by livestock in the US.

    “FY-2005 Annual Report Manure and Byproduct Utilization National Program 206.”
    USDA Agricultural Research Service. 2008.

    http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/programs/programs.htm?np_code=206&docid=13337

     

    A farm with 2,500 dairy cows produces the same amount of waste as a city of 411,000 people. [vi] “Risk Assessment Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Research and Development. 2004.

    http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=901V0100.txt

     

    3/4 of the world’s fisheries are exploited.

    “Overfishing: A Threat to Marine Biodiversity.” UN News Center.

    http://www.un.org/events/tenstories/06/story.asp?storyid=800

    “General Situation of World Fish Stocks.” United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

    http://www.fao.org/newsroom/common/ecg/1000505/en/stocks.pdf

     

    90 million tons of fish are pulled from our oceans each year. [vii]

    “World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture.” UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO). 2012.

    http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i2727e/i2727e01.pdf

     

    For every 1 pound of fish caught, an average of 5 pounds of unintended marine species are caught and discarded as by-kill. [viii]

    “Discards and Bycatch in Shrimp Trawl Fisheries.”
    UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO).

    http://www.fao.org/docrep/W6602E/w6602E09.htm

     

    As many as 40% (63 billion pounds) of fish caught globally every year are discarded.

    Goldenberg, Suzanne. “America’s Nine Most Wasteful Fisheries Named.” The Guardian.

    http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/20/americas-nine-most-wasteful-fisheries-named

     

    Scientists estimate as many as 650,000 whales, dolphins and seals are killed every year by fishing vessels.Goldenberg, Suzanne. “America’s Nine Most Wasteful Fisheries Named.” The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/20/americas-nine-most-wasteful-fisheries-named
     

    100 million tons of fish are caught annually.

    Montaigne, fen. “Still waters: The global fish crisis.” National Geographic.

    http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/global-fish-crisis-article/

    Fish catch peaks at 85 million tons.

    “World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture.” UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO). 2012.

    http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i2727e/i2727e01.pdf

     

    Animal agriculture is responsible for 91% of Amazon destruction.

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. . Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

    Margulis, Sergio. Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Rainforest. Washington: World Bank Publications, 2003.

    https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15060

     

    The leading causes of rainforest destruction are livestock and feedcrops.

    “Livestock impacts on the environment.” Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations (fao). 2006.http://www.fao.org/ag/magazine/0612sp1.htm
     

    110 plant, animal and insect species are lost every day due to rainforest destruction.

    “Rainforest statistics and facts.” Save the amazon.

    http://www.savetheamazon.org/rainforeststats.htm

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print.
     

    26 million rainforest acres have been cleared for palm oil production. [ix]

    “Indonesia: palm oil expansion unaffected by forest moratorium.” USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. 2013.http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/highlights/2013/06/indonesia/
     

    136 million rainforest acres cleared for animal agriculture.

    “AMAZON DESTRUCTION.” MONGA BAY.

    http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html

    Cows produce 150 billion gallons of methane per day. [xi]

    Ross, Philip. “Cow farts have ‘larger greenhouse gas impact’ than previously thought; methane pushes climate change.” International Business Times. 2013.

    http://www.ibtimes.com/cow-farts-have-larger-greenhouse-gas-impact-previously-thought-methane-pushes-climate-change-1487502

     

    130 times more animal waste than human waste is produced in the US – 1.4 billion tons from the meat industry annually. 5 tons of animal waste is produced for every person. [xii]

    Animal agriculture: waste management practices. United States General Accounting Office.

    http://www.gao.gov/archive/1999/rc99205.pdf

     

    2-5 acres of land are used per cow.

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. 

    Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print.
     

    The average American consumes 209 pounds of meat per year.

    Haney, Shaun. “How much do we eat?” Real agriculture. 2012. (276 lbs)

    http://www.realagriculture.com/2012/05/how-much-meat-do-we-eat/
    “US meat, poultry production & consumption” American Meat Institute. 2009. (233.9 lbs)

    http://www.meatami.com/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/48781

    Bernard, Neal. “Do we eat too much?” Huffington Post. (200 lbs)

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neal-barnard-md/american-diet-do-we-eat-too-much_b_805980.html

     

    Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture. [xiii]
    30% of the Earth’s entire land surface is used by the livestock sector.

    Versterby, Marlow; Krupa, Kenneth. “Major uses of land in the United States.” Updated 2012. USDA Economic Research Service.http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/sb-statistical-bulletin/sb-973.aspx#.VAoXcl7E8dt
     

    “Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns.”

    UN News Centre, 2006.http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?newsID=20772
     

    1/3 of the planet is desertified, with livestock as the leading driver.

    “UN launches international year of deserts and desertification.”

    UN news centre, 2006.http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17076#.VAodM17E8ds

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.
     

    70 billion farmed animals are reared annually worldwide. More than 6 million animals are killed for food every hour. A well-fed world. factory farms.http://www.awfw.org/factory-farms/

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.
     

    Throughout the world, humans drink 5.2 billion gallons of water and eat 21 billion pounds of food each day. Based on rough averages of 0.75 gallons of water and 3 lbs of food per day.

    Worldwide, cows drink 45 billion gallons of water and eat 135 billion pounds of food each day.

    Based on rough average of 30 gallons of water and 90 lbs of feed per day.
     

    Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year:

    Vegan: 1/6th acre
    Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan
    Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan

     

    “Our food our future.” Earthsave.

    http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/ofof2006.pdf

     

    1.5 acres can produce 37,000 pounds of plant-based food.
    1.5 acres can produce 375 pounds of meat.

     

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.
     

    A person who follows a vegan diet PRODUCES 50% less carbon dioxide, 1/11th oil, 1/13th water, and 1/18th land compared to a meat-eater for their food.
     

    CO2: “Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK.” Climactic change, 2014.

    http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-014-1169-1/fulltext.html

    Oil, water: “Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment.”
    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003.

    http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/78/3/660S.full

    Land: “Our food our future.” Earthsave.

    http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/ofof2006.pdf
     

    Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal’s life. [xiv]

    “Water Footprint Assessment.” University of Twente, the Netherlands.


     

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  10. eye of the storm, a billion or two people moving from this: a City (w/ highrise living) spreading out into this beautiful cabin (wood burning?) with 10 idealyic acres would be horrible for the planet.  Strangely enough city life, having 400 people living in one tall building is probably more ecological responsible then 100 cabins taking up a few squaire miles.   Wood burning is horribly inefficient and polluting.  Without modern farming we'd probably kill all wild life within a few years, not to mention finishing the job of deforesting the earth.   We are 7 billion people and counting.

     

    High-rise more ecologically responsible?

     

    Where do people who live in cities get food, fuel, electricity, building material etc from? Cities are dead space vacuums sucking the life out of the planet.

     

    A vegetarian family* can easily live on a few acres, being say 90% self sufficient.. even growing their own timber on 1/2 to 1 acre supplying everything they need…  1/2 an acre of hemp for food and fuel also?

     

    Everything would be locally grown organic. No shipping, fuel etc, much less materials needed to build cars, trucks, roads… nor people having to travel daily to generally miserable jobs for the most part simply to feed themselves (with poor quality GMO food from supermarkets) + basic shelter.

    Vast amounts of forests, rivers, oceans are being destroyed to support these cities.

     

    Permaculture / Forest farming family gardens would increase biodiversity + an abundance of super vital food … opposed to vast amounts of land being used for animal consumption/ corporate mono-crops turning the world into a desert and so on.

     

    *Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year:

     

    Vegan: 1/6th acre

    Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan

    Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan

     

     

    “Our food our future.” Earthsave.

    http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/ofof2006.pdf

     

     

     

    //

     

    Some stats from http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/

     

    Animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than all transportation combined. 

    Fao.org. Spotlight: Livestock impacts on the environment.

    http://www.fao.org/ag/magazine/0612sp1.htm

     

     

    Transportation is responsible for 13% of all greenhouse gas emissions.

    Greenhouse gas emissions from this sector primarily involve fossil fuels burned for road, rail, air, and marine transportation.

    Environmental Protection Agency. “Global Emissions.”

    http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/global.html

     

     

    Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.

    Goodland, R Anhang, J. “Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change were pigs, chickens and cows?”

    WorldWatch, November/December 2009. Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, USA. Pp. 10–19.

    http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294

     

    Methane is 25-100 times more destructive than CO2.

    “Improved Attribution of Climate Forcing to Emissions.” Science Magazine.

    http://www.sciencemag.org/content/326/5953/716.figures-only

     

     

    Methane has a global warming power 86 times that of CO2.

    NASA. “Methane: Its Role as a Greenhouse Gas.” Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

    http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/pdfs/podest_ghg.pdf

     

    Livestock is responsible for 65% of all emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas 296x more destructive than carbon dioxide and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years.

    “Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2006.

    http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.htm

     

     

    Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) water use ranges from 70-140 billion gallons annually.

    “Draft Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources.” EPA Office of Research and Development. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2011.

    http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/HFStudyPlanDraft_SAB_020711.pdf

     

     

    Animal agriculture use ranges from 34-76 trillion gallons of water annually. [ii]

    Pimentel, David, et al. “Water Resources: Agricultural And Environmental Issues.” BioScience 54, no. 10 (2004): 909-18.

    http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/54/10/909.full

    Barber, N.L., “Summary of estimated water use in the United States in 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009–3098.”

    http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3098/

     

     

    Agriculture is responsible for 80-90% of US water consumption.

    “USDA ERS – Irrigation & Water Use.” United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. 2013.

    http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-practices-management/irrigation-water-use/background.aspx

     

     

    Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 56% of water in the US.

    Jacobson, Michael F. “More and Cleaner Water.” In Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-based Diet Could save Your Health and the Environment.

    Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 2006.

    http://www.cspinet.org/EatingGreen/pdf/arguments4.pdf

     

    One hamburger requires 660 gallons of water to produce – the equivalent of 2 months’ worth of showers. [iii]

     

    Catanese, Christina. “Virtual Water, Real Impacts.” Greenversations: Official Blog of the U.S. EPA. 2012.

    http://blog.epa.gov/healthywaters/2012/03/virtual-water-real-impacts-world-water-day-2012/

    “50 Ways to Save Your River.” Friends of the River.

    http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/site/PageServer?pagename=50ways

     

     

    2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef.

    Robbins, John. “2,500 Gallons, All Wet?” EarthSave

    http://www.earthsave.org/environment/water.htm

    Meateater’s Guide to Climate Change & Health.” Environmental Working Group.

    http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/interactive-graphic/water/

    “Water Footprint Assessment.” University of Twente, the Netherlands.

    http://www.waterfootprint.org

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print

     

    477 gallons of water are required to produce 1 pound of eggs; 900 gallons of water are needed for cheese.

    “Meateater’s Guide to Climate Change & Health.” Environmental Working Group.

    http://www.ewg.org/meateatersguide/interactive-graphic/water/

     

    1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk.

    “Water trivia facts.” United States Environmental Protection Agency.

    http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/drinkingwater/water_trivia_facts.cfm#_edn11

     

     

    5% of water consumed in the US is by private homes.

    55% of water consumed in the US is for animal agriculture.

    Jacobson, Michael F. “More and Cleaner Water.” In Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-based Diet Could save Your Health and the Environment. Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 2006. http://www.cspinet.org/EatingGreen/pdf/arguments4.pdf

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

     

    The meat and dairy industries combined use nearly 1/3 (29%) of all the fresh water in the world today. “Freshwater Abuse and Loss: Where Is It All Going?” Forks Over Knives.

    http://www.forksoverknives.com/freshwater-abuse-and-loss-where-is-it-all-go

     

     

    Livestock covers 45% of the earth’s total land.

    Thornton, Phillip, Mario Herrero, and Polly Ericksen. “Livestock and Climate Change.” Livestock Exchange, no. 3 (2011).https://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/10601/IssueBrief3.pdf

     

    Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution [iv], and habitat destruction.

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. . Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

    “What’s the Problem?” United States Environmental Protection Agency.

    http://www.epa.gov/region9/animalwaste/problem.html “Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2006. http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a0701e/a0701e00.htm

    “Fire Up the Grill for a Mouthwatering Red, White, and Green July 4th.” Worldwatch Institute.

    http://www.worldwatch.org/fire-grill-mouthwatering-red-white-and-green-july-4th

    Oppenlander, Richard A. “Biodiversity and Food Choice: A Clarification.” Comfortably Unaware. 2012

    http://comfortablyunaware.com/blog/biodiversity-and-food-choice-a-clarification/

    “Risk Assessment Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Research and Development. 2004.

    http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=901V0100.txt

     

     

    Every minute, 7 million pounds of excrement are produced by animals raised for food in the US. This doesn’t include the animals raised outside of USDA jurisdiction or in backyards, or the billions of fish raised in aquaculture settings in the US. [v]

    “What’s the Problem?” United States Environmental Protection Agency.

    http://www.epa.gov/region9/animalwaste/problem.html

    “How To Manage Manure.” Healthy Landscapes.

    http://www.uri.edu/ce/healthylandscapes/livestock/how_manure_overall.htm

     

     

    335 million tons of “dry matter” is produced annually by livestock in the US.

    “FY-2005 Annual Report Manure and Byproduct Utilization National Program 206.”

    USDA Agricultural Research Service. 2008.

    http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/programs/programs.htm?np_code=206&docid=13337

     

     

    A farm with 2,500 dairy cows produces the same amount of waste as a city of 411,000 people. [vi] “Risk Assessment Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Research and Development. 2004.

    http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=901V0100.txt

     

     

    3/4 of the world’s fisheries are exploited.

    “Overfishing: A Threat to Marine Biodiversity.” UN News Center.

    http://www.un.org/events/tenstories/06/story.asp?storyid=800

    “General Situation of World Fish Stocks.” United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

    http://www.fao.org/newsroom/common/ecg/1000505/en/stocks.pdf

     

     

    90 million tons of fish are pulled from our oceans each year. [vii]

    “World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture.” UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO). 2012.

    http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i2727e/i2727e01.pdf

     

     

    For every 1 pound of fish caught, an average of 5 pounds of unintended marine species are caught and discarded as by-kill. [viii]

    “Discards and Bycatch in Shrimp Trawl Fisheries.”

    UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO).

    http://www.fao.org/docrep/W6602E/w6602E09.htm

     

     

    As many as 40% (63 billion pounds) of fish caught globally every year are discarded.

    Goldenberg, Suzanne. “America’s Nine Most Wasteful Fisheries Named.” The Guardian.

    http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/20/americas-nine-most-wasteful-fisheries-named

     

     

    Scientists estimate as many as 650,000 whales, dolphins and seals are killed every year by fishing vessels.Goldenberg, Suzanne. “America’s Nine Most Wasteful Fisheries Named.” The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/20/americas-nine-most-wasteful-fisheries-named

     

    100 million tons of fish are caught annually.

    Montaigne, fen. “Still waters: The global fish crisis.” National Geographic.

    http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/global-fish-crisis-article/

    Fish catch peaks at 85 million tons.

    “World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture.” UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO). 2012.

    http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i2727e/i2727e01.pdf

     

     

    Animal agriculture is responsible for 91% of Amazon destruction.

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. . Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

    Margulis, Sergio. Causes of Deforestation of the Brazilian Rainforest. Washington: World Bank Publications, 2003.

    https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15060

     

     

    The leading causes of rainforest destruction are livestock and feedcrops.

    “Livestock impacts on the environment.” Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations (fao). 2006.http://www.fao.org/ag/magazine/0612sp1.htm

     

    110 plant, animal and insect species are lost every day due to rainforest destruction.

    “Rainforest statistics and facts.” Save the amazon.

    http://www.savetheamazon.org/rainforeststats.htm

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

     

    26 million rainforest acres have been cleared for palm oil production. [ix]

    “Indonesia: palm oil expansion unaffected by forest moratorium.” USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. 2013.http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/highlights/2013/06/indonesia/

     

    136 million rainforest acres cleared for animal agriculture.

    “AMAZON DESTRUCTION.” MONGA BAY.

    http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html

     

    Cows produce 150 billion gallons of methane per day. [xi]

    Ross, Philip. “Cow farts have ‘larger greenhouse gas impact’ than previously thought; methane pushes climate change.” International Business Times. 2013.

    http://www.ibtimes.com/cow-farts-have-larger-greenhouse-gas-impact-previously-thought-methane-pushes-climate-change-1487502

     

     

    130 times more animal waste than human waste is produced in the US – 1.4 billion tons from the meat industry annually. 5 tons of animal waste is produced for every person. [xii]

    Animal agriculture: waste management practices. United States General Accounting Office.

    http://www.gao.gov/archive/1999/rc99205.pdf

     

     

    2-5 acres of land are used per cow.

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. 

    Minneapolis, MN: Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

     

    The average American consumes 209 pounds of meat per year.

    Haney, Shaun. “How much do we eat?” Real agriculture. 2012. (276 lbs)

    http://www.realagriculture.com/2012/05/how-much-meat-do-we-eat/

    “US meat, poultry production & consumption” American Meat Institute. 2009. (233.9 lbs)

    http://www.meatami.com/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/48781

    Bernard, Neal. “Do we eat too much?” Huffington Post. (200 lbs)

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neal-barnard-md/american-diet-do-we-eat-too-much_b_805980.html

     

     

    Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture. [xiii]

    30% of the Earth’s entire land surface is used by the livestock sector.

    Versterby, Marlow; Krupa, Kenneth. “Major uses of land in the United States.” Updated 2012. USDA Economic Research Service.http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/sb-statistical-bulletin/sb-973.aspx#.VAoXcl7E8dt

     

    “Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns.”

    UN News Centre, 2006.http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?newsID=20772

     

    1/3 of the planet is desertified, with livestock as the leading driver.

    “UN launches international year of deserts and desertification.”

    UN news centre, 2006.http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17076#.VAodM17E8ds

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

     

    70 billion farmed animals are reared annually worldwide. More than 6 million animals are killed for food every hour. A well-fed world. factory farms.http://www.awfw.org/factory-farms/

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

     

    Throughout the world, humans drink 5.2 billion gallons of water and eat 21 billion pounds of food each day. Based on rough averages of 0.75 gallons of water and 3 lbs of food per day.

     

    Worldwide, cows drink 45 billion gallons of water and eat 135 billion pounds of food each day.

    Based on rough average of 30 gallons of water and 90 lbs of feed per day.

     

    Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year:

     

    Vegan: 1/6th acre

    Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan

    Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan

     

    “Our food our future.” Earthsave.

    http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/ofof2006.pdf

     

     

    1.5 acres can produce 37,000 pounds of plant-based food.

    1.5 acres can produce 375 pounds of meat.

     

    Oppenlander, Richard A. Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work. Minneapolis, MN : Langdon Street, 2013. Print.

     

    A person who follows a vegan diet PRODUCES 50% less carbon dioxide, 1/11th oil, 1/13th water, and 1/18th land compared to a meat-eater for their food.

     

    CO2: “Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK.” Climactic change, 2014.

    http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-014-1169-1/fulltext.html

    Oil, water: “Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment.”

    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003.

    http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/78/3/660S.full

    Land: “Our food our future.” Earthsave.

    http://www.earthsave.org/pdf/ofof2006.pdf

     

     

    Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal’s life. [xiv]

    “Water Footprint Assessment.” University of Twente, the Netherlands.

     

     

     

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  11. People do not choose a partner toward improving the quality of the human population.

    They do as individuals desiring healthy children unconsciously or consciously, which collectively would improve the human population... war, genocide, specifically targeting intellectuals/ natural leaders etc... + collective dysgenics... vaccines, medicated water, toxic air, toxic food etc... biological warfare, attacking genetics ... a possible "symptom" of vaccines is... "minor brain damage"... resulting in the opposite...
    + corruption of culture and education.


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    I said intelligent, emotionally well balanced and physically healthy... not wealthy :D

    Psychopaths have been self selecting to rule while destroying/controlling everyone else.

    I agree with

    chapter 57


    The more laws and restrictions there are,
    The poorer people become.
    The sharper men's weapons,
    The more trouble in the land.
    The more ingenious and clever men are,
    The more strange things happen.
    The more rules and regulations,
    The more thieves and robbers.

    Therefore the sage says:

         I take no action and people are reformed.
         I enjoy peace and people become honest.
         I do nothing and people become rich.
         I have no desires and people return to the good and simple life.

    Living in harmony with Nature...

    The current system is working against Nature.

    We all have to go back to living like this

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    Move away from this...

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  12. it is DYSGENICS being practiced... not eugenics...

    Eugenics (/juːˈdʒɛnɪks/; from Greek εὐγενής eugenes "well-born" from εὖ eu, "good, well" and γένος genos, "race, stock, kin") is the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population.

    the opposite of ^^^

    Nature practices eugenics.. everyone does when selecting a partner

    If you seek an intelligent, emotionally well balance, physically healthy person you are practicing eugenics.

    International Banks/ Gov/Corps want a one world slave race however, easy to control.

    THE BORG WANTS YOU!

    dfd93493a4424a16681982aafa879dcedffe472b

    Get your vaccines today!

    Free coffee with every vaccine!

    Join the Trans-Humanist Movement, Utopia Awaits!

    One World, One People. Workers of the World Unite!

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  13. Would not an enlightened person understand this? "Smarter to realize the preciousness of all this and go the other way - into caring very much, and giving away this supposedly "unimportant" existence into the service of all others."

    There is mention of a few Immortals... all being of superb health + intelligence...

    They seem to keep somewhat of a low profile

    If you can't heal yourself the realization must not be very great.

    I think we give some people too much credit... the expectation creates an illusion/ false idols.

    Supreme physical health is the true foundation of meditation.

    A Pure Living Temple.

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    Not one of death/ decay



     

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  14. I am curious why people are not able to desist for example in consuming animal flesh and blood... insane self destruction (alcohol, drugs, promiscuity etc) + environmental destruction... etc

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com.au/news/2014/10/141031-zombies-parasites-animals-science-halloween/

    Parasites That Mind-Control Their Hosts

    Like the Daoists I believe these bugs have physical and subtle/ astral manifestations

    Maybe you could say I have seen/ felt what it truly is to be human... I think it may be possible something wants this hidden to keep humans as a host...

    Perhaps the Daoist Immortals just imagined all these things though... ha... (as per original post)

    I agree with introspection, as with the Daoists... understanding the Self and world around... consequences of certain choices ... going beyond etc



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