The Secret Life of Beef (Video)

Do you know how much of an impact we can make on the environment by just changing our eating habits? If every American cut out meat one day of the week, it would be the equivalent of taking eight million cars off the road. Eight million cars! Just by swapping out meat for delicious vegetarian meals — one day of the week.

One of most effective actions we can take against climate change is to reduce our consumption of factory farmed beef. Why? As the engaging video from INFORM (posted below) points out:

Livestock production produces one-fifth of all global greenhouse gases, more than all transportation sources combined.
It takes seven pounds of grain and 2,500 gallons of water to produce one pound of hamburger.
Seventy percent of all antibiotic use in the U.S. is used in livestock production.

If cutting out beef sounds like too much of a sacrifice, watch the video and learn about alternative and more sustainable meat companies. Unveil the secrets and use your consumer power to improve the health of your body and your planet.

INFORM has other great videos in this series: “The Secret Life of Paper” and “The Secret Life of Cell Phones.” You can find links to them here.

Also get some meat-free inspiration in some of the following recipe posts:
10 Delicious Vegetarian Recipes
Vegetarian Soups and Stews for Fall
1,001 Vegetarian Recipes – Book Giveaway!

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Nimue P.

5:25PM PDT on Mar 22, 2012

I'm vegan :)

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Allison F.

9:10PM PDT on Jun 26, 2011

Thank you for sharing this.

Masha S.

4:32AM PDT on May 23, 2011

I like ostrich meat but have never seen any stats on it, how does it compare?

caterina c.

3:32AM PDT on May 18, 2011

**************AGAINST FACTORY FARM **************************

Jerry t.

4:14PM PDT on May 15, 2011

Wild Buffalo is so much better than beef.

John S.

2:29PM PDT on May 7, 2011

Thanks.

Elena A.

1:09AM PDT on May 7, 2011

Thx for sharing! Great video!

Shannon H.

12:48AM PDT on Apr 18, 2011

thanks for sharing!

Patrick W.

6:23AM PDT on Apr 14, 2011

indeed

Mari '.

7:43AM PST on Feb 19, 2011

Yep and most will not listen or care because you are hitting to close to home. Methane is very dangerous and more powerful than C02. Nothing but time removes methane from the atmosphere. We are killing ourselves. They must find a way to remove the methane or we will be doomed.