Did+You+Know?

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 * 43% of the world’s beef is raised on factory feedlots, and more than half of the world’s pork and poultry is raised on factory farms

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 * Animals raised in feedlots accumulate Omega 6 fatty acids (the bad fats), which have been linked with cancer, diabetes, obesity, and immune disorders

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 * In 1995, 25 million gallons of hog waste spilled from an 8-acre lagoon into a river in the United States, killing 10 million fish

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 * An estimated 70% of all antibiotics in the U.S. are fed to pigs, poultry, and cattle merely to promote growth and compensate for the unsanitary and confined conditions on the factory farms. By volume, livestock in the country consume 8x more antibiotics than humans do

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 * A diet high in grain-fed meat can require two to four times more land than a vegetarian diet

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 * Each pound of beef produced in the U.S. requires 360 gallons of water and about ¼ of a gallon of gasoline

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