• 8 pounds of grain are needed to produce one pound of beef
  • 2,464 gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef
  • 40 percent of grain is fed to livestock, poultry, or fish
  • China’s grain consumption increased by 40 million tons between 1990 and 1995 — and 33 million of those tons were fed to livestock
  • meat consumption has increased 400 percent in developing nations since 1965
  • 220 million acres of U.S. land have been cleared for livestock production

Sources:
1-5 — National Wildlife Federation
6 — 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth