U.N. urges meat and dairy free diets

     http://hpjmh.com/2011/07/31/u-n-urges-global-move-to-meat-and-dairy-free-diet/

     If you needed more reasons to change to a vegan diet, please read the above link.   A report by UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) states that as the global population grows to 9.1 billion people by 2050, diets rich in meat and dairy are unsustainable.  Unfortunately, as developing nations become more affluent they opt to eat more meat and dairy, as we do.
     Did you know that agricultural water use accounts for about 75% of total global water consumption; industrial use accounts for about 20%, and the remaining 5% is used for domestic purposes.  Most of those crops being irrigated are to be fed to animals.
     I have read that the average American uses 106 gallons of water a day; however if they eat a quarter pound hamburger that day, they use 3106 gallons of water!
     If health reasons haven't caused you to decrease or cease your animal product consumption, maybe the environment will.  You can't call yourself an environmentalist and eat animal products.