Monday, July 15, 2013

Self-described "Vegetarian Hippie Chick" Leilani Münter suggests that if Americans reduced their meat consumption by 10%, six million children under the age of 5 wouldn't starve each year

Vegetarian Hippie Chick Leilani Münter Drives Change with Her Race Car (Interview) : Discovery News
If Americans alone reduced their meat consumption by just 10%, it would free up enough land to grow 12 million tons of grain – enough to save the six million children under the age of 5 that die every year as a result of hunger. One acre of land can produce 165 pounds of beef OR 20,000 pounds of potatoes. An inconvenient truth for meat eaters, indeed.

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