Help The Planet By Eating More Veggie Meals

Here's some interesting information from the UK Vegetarian Society:

• According to the United Nations 18% of world global greenhouse gas emissions come from livestock production, whereas 13.5% comes from transport.
• A typical diet requires up to 2.5 times the amount of land compared to a veggie diet and 5 times that of a vegan diet. 
• Estimates of the water required to produce a kilo of beef vary, from 13,000 litres right up to 100,000 litres. The water required to produce a kilo of wheat is somewhere between 1,000-2,000 litres.
• By feeding grain and vegetables directly to people (rather than livestock) we can increase the amount of food available to everyone.
• It has been estimated that eating a kilogram of beef represents roughly the same greenhouse emissions, per passenger, as flying 100 kilometers of a flight.