Animal agriculture is one of the most resource-intensive industries on the planet and is currently responsible for 51 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. At our current world population of seven billion, we are already expending 70 percent of the world’s freshwater and 45 percent of arable land resources for the livestock system.
Animal agriculture contributes to massive emissions of green greenhouse gases, furthering climate change. This business also sends a massive amount of runoff waste into waterways, eventually reaching coral reef communities and doing a mountain of harm.