2. Eat Less Feedlot Beef
Most conventional meats are resource intensive, but feedlot beef is particularly wasteful. Producing one pound of feedlot beef in California, for example, requires five pounds of grain and over 2,400 gallons of water. It also results in the erosion of five pounds of topsoil.
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If you want to go vegetarian or switch to organic, free-range meat, great! But you can have a measurable impact by simply replacing one steak, plate of spaghetti and meatballs, beef lasagna or a trip to the local fast food joint with a nice vegetarian meal once a week.
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For every 1,000 of us who take this action, we will save over 70,000 pounds of grain, 70,000 pounds of topsoil and 40 million gallons of water each year!
