Saying 'no' to fish
Clearly, it is grossly inefficient to feed our crops to animals so that we can eat meat.
But many people may be led to believe that replacing land animals with farmed fish is an effective way to fight world hunger.
Unfortunately, fish farming is just as bad for the world's hungry as other forms of animal agriculture.
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How Factory Farming Pollutes Water and Soil
This excessive use of water can create stresses for already depleted water sources in some communities where factory farms locate.
It is also lowering the levels in aquifers -- the Ogallala aquifer, which is the largest aquifer in the United States and supplies water from Texas up to South Dakota, is not recharging itself as fast as water is being extracted.
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How Factory Farming Pollutes the Air
Factory dairy farms produce dusts that may pose a greater risk than other types of dust.
The dust from dried manure from dairies is agricultural organic dust, which can contain microorganisms, endotoxins, and aero-allergens. Inhalation of these can lead to several disease conditions in humans.
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How Factory Farming Contributes to Global Warming
When the gases carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide are released into the air they blanket the earth, trapping heat inside the atmosphere.
This is what we call the greenhouse effect, since it keeps Planet Earth at the right temperature for life to grow and thrive, much as a greenhouse does for our plants.
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Eating meat contributes to world hunger
There is more than enough food in the world to feed the entire human population.
So why are more than 840 million people still going hungry?
Our meat-based diet is partly to blame, as land, water, and other resources that could be used to grow food for human beings are being used to grow crops for farmed animals instead.
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