rio grande valley zeitgeist movement zday 2014: veganism

EARTH IS WHAT WE EAT

Video: McDonald's, the meat

industry, and chickens (from

Food, Inc) http://youtu.be/a3P5tmkjHa8

Impacts of Meat Industry Today

Environmental

Health

World Hunger

Labor Rights

Ismael Melendez @IsmaelRGV

Emilia Alvarez Gamboa @ealvarezz10

Karina Torres @ktorr27

Jackie Joy @kalekrazyforyou

EARTH IS WHAT WE EAT

Environmental Impact

A 2006 report from the Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that livestock were

responsible for about 18% of human-caused greenhouse gases. –Time

About 30% of the world's total ice-free surface — is used not to raise grains, fruits and

vegetables that are directly fed to human beings, but to support the chickens, pigs and

cattle that we eventually eat. –Time

UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet –The Guardian

Here’s the beef –NYT

This feed lot in in California can accommodate up to 100,000 head of cattle.

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

Your Diet and Health

Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet

Vegetarians have lower rates of heart disease and some forms of cancer than non-

vegetarians –Brown University Health Services

Heart disease

Colorectal, ovarian, and breast cancers

Diabetes

Obesity

Hypertension

Lower body mass index*

Cholesterol* –*Nutrition in Clinical Practice

WHO EATS?

World Hunger

An additional 4 billion people in the world could be fed if land currently used to grow

crops for livestock were given over to crops for human consumption, according to a new

study.

36 percent of the calories produced by the world’s crops are being used for animal feed

… and only 12 percent of those calories ultimately contribute to the human diet

–Daily Kos

FOOD PREP

Labor Rights

Meatpacking work has extraordinarily high rates of injury. Workers injured on the job may

then face dismissal.

Meatpacking work has extraordinarily high rates of injury. Workers injured on the job may

then face dismissal.

Immigrant workers who are undocumented, as many are, risk deportation if they seek to

organize and to improve conditions

--Human Rights Watch

Earth friendly diet

Meat industry is affecting our environment and our health

Nothing will benefit human

health and increase chances for

survival of life on Earth as much

as the evolution to a vegetarian

diet

Albert Einstein