Joanna and her colleagues fed themselves with beefs, chickens, mutton and pork. At the end of the dinner, there were a lot of vegetables left. As the vegetables were unnoticed the whole night, the workers had to throw them away as it is no longer fresh. Joanna saw them throwing it away. She begun to wonder, why do people enjoyed eating meat rather than vegetables?
After she took a hot shower, she went online to do some research; trying to find out the ratio of people preferred eating meat to vegetables. Instead of getting what she was looking for, she found an inconvenient truth about meat. The shocking fact is, it takes sixteen pounds of grain just to produce one pound of meat or commonly known as protein.
Besides that, it requires more water to rear livestock compare to vegetables. By the decreasing the number of livestock, we are actually saving water. If the number of vegetarian increased, the demand for vegetable will increased. Hence, there will be an increase in the number of vegetable plantation and at the same time decreasing the number of livestock. In short, if we are to eat vegetables more than meat, we are able to save a noticeable amount of water. By saving water, we are indirectly saving the environment.
Joanna read on and found out that rearing livestock actually contribute to the increase in natural pollution as the livestock generates much more waste comparing to plants.
After reading the article, she decided to be a vegetarian. By doing this, she can help to rescue the environment. Even her contribution is negligible but her effort should be honored. She is not doing this for her own advantages but it is for the generation to come.
Come back next week to find out more from Joanna on ways to save the environment.
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