they say knowledge is power so you need
to notice one simple choice you make has
the power to reduce pollution save
resources combat world hunger improve
your health and create a kinder world
want to know how then keep watching what
contributes more to climate change than
all of the world's planes trains and
automobiles combined farm animals
according to the UN raising animals for
food is one of the largest contributors
to greenhouse gas emissions and that's
only the beginning as demand for animal
products has grown animal agriculture
has gobbled up more and more water
energy crops and land over recent
decades vast expanses of native habitat
around the world have been cleared to
grow crops to feed animals most of them
in factory farms animals are fed about
six kilograms of plant protein to
produce just one kilogram of animal
protein the numbers just don't add up
factory farms use more food than they
produce which leaves less food for
everyone else
time when globally nearly 1 billion
people are suffering from malnutrition
1/3 of the world's edible cereal harvest
is being fed to farm animals but Syria
would be enough to feed about 3 billion
people everyone from leading water and
climate scientists to Oxfam and World
Vision and even the United Nations agree
that by eating less meat we can reduce
pollution save resources and combat
world hunger but it's not just others
who see the benefits leaving health
experts agree that we need to reduce the
amount of animal products we need to
reduce our risk of obesity heart disease
stroke and some types of cancer and
ultimately the choices we make at the
dinner table affect someone else as well
root a critical point in human history
our choices no longer have just a local
impact their effects are felt globally
on animals people and the environment by
choosing to eat fewer animal products or
going meat free you can protect the
planet your health and save living
beings both human and animal from
suffering the power to change the world
for the better is in our own hands
together we can make it possible