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Appetite for destruction

Vegetarian Times, April, 2006

Animal agriculture--already the world's largest user of land threatens to consume even more of the world's acreage as Asian countries shift from their traditional plant-based diets to Westernized meat-based ones. But this land won't be used for grazing, the December 9, 2005 issue of the journal Science reports.

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It will be used to grow feed crops for cattle, hogs and poultry confined in concentrated animal feeding operations. As the world's population adopts a Western diet, researchers from Stanford University's Center for Environmental Science and Policy predict that over 6 billion acres--two-thirds more than presently used for livestock farming--will be needed.

Appetite for destruction

Vegetarian Times, April, 2006

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