Fact Sheet

Expert Testimony

• World Watch Institute:
  • Said that “The human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind virtually every major category of environmental damage now threatening the human future—deforestation, erosion, freshwater scarcity, air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social justice, the stabilization of communities and the spread of disease.“^[1] World Watch Magazine July-August 2004 via The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson · 2010, 57, Google Books, Accessed 2022-06-20
• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP);
  • Called meat the “world’s most urgent problem,”^[2]UNEP Article 2018, “Tackling the world’s most urgent problem: meat,” Accessed 2022-05-21
  • Said that “our use of animals as a food-production technology has brought us to the verge of catastrophe,”^[3]UNEP Article 2018, “Tackling the world’s most urgent problem: meat,” Accessed 2022-05-21
  • Said that “a substantial reduction of [harmful environmental] impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal products.” ^[4]UNEP Analysis 2010, Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Consumption and Production Accessed 2022-05-20

Further Reading

• The Truth or Drought Website is an excellent source of cited facts covering the impact of animal agriculture on the environment.

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