Animal Agriculture's Impact On The Environment

Animal agriculture has an impact impact on the environment. It is estimated it accounts for 75% of greenhouse gas emissions in the developing world(walsh). About two thirds of agricultural land is used to feed livestock(Brooks). This is pretty bad I mean we could be using this land to feed the world; but instead we are using it for what? Bacon.
One of the major issues in animal agriculture is greenhouse gas emissions. Despite the fact that seventy percent of meat is made under the fair trade agreement(Grandin) animal agriculture brings about more greenhouse gases than transport. It also generates sixty five percent of human related nitrous oxide . Nitrous oxide has two hundred sixty five the global warming potential as co2(matthews). …show more content…
People have to water the animal clean the stall give it space to roam and people have to feed it. Over one point three billion tons of are consumed by farm animals(walsh). In poverty stricken areas cows eat up to ten times the feed of richer areas(walsh) which takes even more land. Two thirds of all farmland is being used to feed livestock(brooks). Which to give people an idea is forty percent of the world’s land surface(walsh). Not to mention the the deforestation that goes on from the country the food is from(brooks). Not to mention that meat production is projected to double by two thousand and twenty(brooks). Live stock is estimated to use thirty percent of land space(matthews). Almost thirty three percent of arable land is used for livestock feed(matthews). On top of that twenty percent of pastures are considered lessened because of overgrazing(matthews). Animal agriculture also creates ocean dead zones(brooks). Animal agriculture overall is a bad thing because of land useage. Plus there are not enough people with animal agriculture degrees to put in good environmental legislature(grandin). In animal agriculture the government does very little practical research(grandin). So even though it’s estimated that eighty percent of tax revenue comes from exported grain(grandin) which is one of the main ingredients in animal feed. So even though that it provides that much tax revenue. It is not worth it. Our …show more content…
Whatever people think about when people eat. I hope at least some of it is the environmental effects. There is also the fact that one little cheeseburger creates seven to twenty megajoules of energy used to feed, kill and freeze the cow, make the flour for the bread happen for bread, and even the pickles take energy(Sindicich). Plus there is the transportation of the cheeseburger(Sindicich). so next time people are at mcdonalds people do not have to change the order just think about the effect of the order whether it is ethical environmental or health related. Just think about it. Over one cow’s lifetime it will produce two hundred and twenty kilograms of methane(Sindicich). It is known that people can do this. It is one small way to make a huge impact. Next time people are ordering think about what people are taking. All that can happen is someone can inform people. Utmentally people have to make their own decisions. Please just consider being kind to the animals the planet and your body. The chaseburger effect is real. Again this is one small thing I hope people can do it. I like the environment and this is something I can do to help. Hopefully people can