Today, more info on world hunger and why you’re contributing to overconsumption of resources  eating high on the food chain:

Number of people whose food energy needs can be met by the food produced on 2.5 acres of land, if the land is producing . . .

Cabbage                     23 people

Potatoes                      22 people

Rice                               19 people

Corn                             17 people

Wheat                         15 people

Chicken                         2 people

Milk                                 2 people

Eggs                                  1 person

Beef                               1 person

Grain needed to adequately feed every person on the planet who dies of hunger annually: 12 million tons

Amount Americans would have to reduce their beef consumption to save 12 million tons of grain: 10 percent

Amount of fish caught per person, worldwide, sold for human consumption (1996): 16 kg

Amount of marine life that was hauled up with the fish and discarded, per person (1996): 200 kg

Amount of world’s fish catch fed to livestock: 50%, more than the combined weight of the U.S. human population

Newsweek quote: “The amount of water that goes into a 1,000 pound steer would float a (Naval) destroyer.”