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From: abulsari@abo.fi (Abhay Bulsari VT)
Subject: Number of people who could be fed if Americans reduced meat by 10% ?
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Organization: Abo Akademi University
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 1994 07:15:38 GMT
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I  don't remember  where  I picked this from, but these statistics are
originally from EarthSave.


Human population of United States: 243,000,000
Number of Human beings who could be fed by the grain and soybeans eaten 
	by U. S. livestock: 1,300,000,000
Sacred food of Native Americans:  Corn
Percentage of corn grown in United States eaten by human beings: 20
Percentage of corn grown in United States eaten by livestock: 80
Percentage of oats grown in United States eaten by livestock: 95
Percentage of protein wasted by cycling grain through livestock: 90
Percentage of carbohydrate wasted by cycling grain through livestock:99
Percentage of dietary fiber wasted by cycling grain through livestock:100
How frequently a child dies of starvation:  Every 2 seconds
Pounds of potatoes that can be grown on 1 acre of land:  20,000
Pounds of beef that can be produced on 1 acre of land: 165
Percentage of U.S. agricultural land used to produce beef: 56
Pounds of grain and soybeans needed to produce 1 pound of feedlot
	beef: 16
Pounds of protein fed to chickens to produce 1 pound of protein as
	chicken flesh:  5 pounds
Pounds of protein fed to hogs to produce 1 pound of protein as hog
	flesh:  7.5 pounds
Number of children who starve to death every day:  40,000
Number of pure vegetarians who can be fed on the amount of land needed
	to feed 1 person consuming meat-based diet: 20
Number of people who will starve to death this year:  60,000,000
Number of people who could be adequately fed by the grain saved
	if Americans reduced their intake of meat by 10%:  60,000,000

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