1. They help conserve water. It takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of meat. The average water consumption of a large-scale chicken farm is approximately 100 million gallons per day.
2. Vegetarians could potentially solve our world hunger crisis. 90% of corn, 75% of soy, 65% of barley, and 90% of oats grown in the United States are used as animal feed. More people could be fed with these grains than with the meat produced by them.
3. They help reduce pollution. In the United States, the meat industry is responsible for one third (35%) of the methane emissions and a whopping two-thirds (65%) of the nitrous oxide emissions, both considered greenhouses gases.
4. A vegetarian diet could free up land for the production of food. 170 pounds of beef can be produced on an acre of land; the same area would be able to produce 20,000 pounds of potatoes.
5. Vegetarians are just plain sexy.
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