at the age of eight my parents packed up
our Ford f-150 and we moved out to a
small town called Seward Nebraska the
one thing I remember the most about
growing up in the countryside was the
corn my cousins and I used to run up and
down the rows of corn stalks that seemed
to go on forever as I grew older it
always surprised me to hear news reports
of children going hungry at night I was
surprised because I have seen the huge
amounts of food being grown nearly
year-round so surely there should be
enough to feed the world right well
maybe these thoughts are as a result of
never truly letting go my childhood
imagination or perhaps it’s because I
wasn’t wrong after all come to find out
world hunger and the multitude of
environmental problems our planet faces
share a common instigator animal
agriculture this is the leading cause of
everything
climate change deforestation species
extinction ocean dead zones water
pollution obesity heart disease it’s
time to meet the truth no pun intended
here are some of the fast facts of the
agriculture industry now which of these
would you imagine produces the most
greenhouse gas emissions well you might
be surprised according to new study by
the world watch Institute animal
agriculture is responsible for a
whopping 51 percent of greenhouse gas
emissions that is more than all of the
combined emissions from transportation
and these emissions are projected to
increase to nearly 80% by 2050 and not
only do we have to consider climate
change now we have to worry about how
animal agriculture hogs our freshwater
as reported by food geographer George
Boram it takes too
thousand five hundred gallons of water
just to produce one pound of beef and
one thousand gallons of water to produce
just one gallon of milk this is the
equivalent to more than 50 bathtubs full
of water whereas it only takes 25
gallons of water to produce one pound of
wheat this is equal to less than one
bathtub of water and now we have to
consider how animal agriculture is also
the leading cause of water pollution the
Academy the project the Academy of
Protection estimates that now we are
seeing the 7 million pounds of poop that
are produced worldwide every minute by
animals raised for livestock and the US
has to go somewhere so it is stored in
large open-air lagoons that churn
pepto-bismol pink and the colonizing
bacteria this eventually leaks into our
groundwater contaminating it with
livestock related eco bacteria such as
ecoli not only this but animal
agriculture is the leading cause of
deforestation the National Institute of
Amazonian research has determined that
nearly 7 football fields worth of land
are bulldozed worldwide every minute to
create more room for farmed animals this
is causing the species to disappear the
UN is estimating and up is estimating up
to a hundred plant and animal species
that are disappearing every day and
while we’re dining on our mass-produced
genetically modified hormone injected
meat eggs and fish there is an estimated
1 in 9 suffering from chronic
undernourishment the World Bank
currently found that 82% of starving
children live in countries where the
food is fed to the animals and the
animals
in my western countries a professor of
ecology David Pimentel found that in all
the grain currently fed to livestock
were fed directly to the people the
number of people who could be fed would
be nearly 800-million that means we
could feed every single one of the
hungry what was most disturbing for me
was learning about the abuse and cruelty
that goes on in this industry
these animals are looked at as it’s
things not as valuable beings that can
think play and for relationships
just as our dogs and cats do now before
I move on to the next section of my talk
viewer discretion is advised the
following images may be disturbing to
some audiences these animals grow up in
cramped spaces they walk and sleep in
their own feces they live in decrepit
conditions without any kind of adequate
care and babies are not spared from this
whore one day old male chicks are ground
up alive because they are considered as
not useful to the industry and baby pigs
and calf’s are torn from their mother’s
side immediately after birth how could
this not concern you when I learned all
this I was concerned
but I thought to myself how could I
possibly solve all these problems
propagated by the animal agriculture
industry
one word veganism a vegan does not eat
any animal products such as meat dairy
eggs or fish if you can also tries to
abstain from using products made from
ore that have been tested
animals every day a vegan who eats a
vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water
45 pounds of grain 30 square feet of
forest land and 20 pounds co2 equivalent
and one animal’s life every day these
benefits are outstanding but that’s not
all now I know most of you are probably
wondering how could you live without
bacon but the real question is how could
I not killing animals is killing us it
is illogical and unethical to breed
billions of living beings caused them
suffering and then slaughter them just
to create a product that is bad for
human health the Academy of Nutrition
and Dietetics states that Eakins enjoy
lower rates of heart disease lower rates
of type 2 diabetes lower mass indexes
and lower rates of overall cancer rates
and now of course you’re probably
wondering yeah but what about your
protein where do you get and don’t you
need to drink milk to have strong bones
well turns out there are tons of
plant-based sources of protein such as
kale lentils beans nuts even Tomatoes
have way more protein per calorie than
in meat and the dairy council tells us
you need to drink milk to have strong
bones when in fact there’s no evidence
to support that this is even true I mean
if you think about it the human body has
no more need for cow’s milk than it does
for dogs milk horses milk or drafts milk
in fact hip fracture rates an indicator
of osteoporosis are actually highest in
countries with the highest intakes of
meat and dairy products and if all this
hasn’t convinced you yet then I can give
you my personal testimony of being vegan
for four years now
and I feel stronger than ever and I
think others would agree body builders
actors parents and teenagers like me are
all recognizing the benefits of a vegan
lifestyle and no we don’t just eat tofu
and salads every day here is a little
bit of what I eat on an average day now
you can’t tell me that this doesn’t look
delicious
now that I have empowered you with this
information it’s up to you to choose
what you would do with it as our world
population continues to grow I think it
is now more important than ever to
change the silo norms so I challenge you
to take the 30 day vegan challenge
starting right now
that means 30 days of no animal products
don’t be a coward just try it together
we can make a difference and shape a
better future it is up to us to end the
leading cause of everything thank you
you
[Music]
our Ford f-150 and we moved out to a
small town called Seward Nebraska the
one thing I remember the most about
growing up in the countryside was the
corn my cousins and I used to run up and
down the rows of corn stalks that seemed
to go on forever as I grew older it
always surprised me to hear news reports
of children going hungry at night I was
surprised because I have seen the huge
amounts of food being grown nearly
year-round so surely there should be
enough to feed the world right well
maybe these thoughts are as a result of
never truly letting go my childhood
imagination or perhaps it’s because I
wasn’t wrong after all come to find out
world hunger and the multitude of
environmental problems our planet faces
share a common instigator animal
agriculture this is the leading cause of
everything
climate change deforestation species
extinction ocean dead zones water
pollution obesity heart disease it’s
time to meet the truth no pun intended
here are some of the fast facts of the
agriculture industry now which of these
would you imagine produces the most
greenhouse gas emissions well you might
be surprised according to new study by
the world watch Institute animal
agriculture is responsible for a
whopping 51 percent of greenhouse gas
emissions that is more than all of the
combined emissions from transportation
and these emissions are projected to
increase to nearly 80% by 2050 and not
only do we have to consider climate
change now we have to worry about how
animal agriculture hogs our freshwater
as reported by food geographer George
Boram it takes too
thousand five hundred gallons of water
just to produce one pound of beef and
one thousand gallons of water to produce
just one gallon of milk this is the
equivalent to more than 50 bathtubs full
of water whereas it only takes 25
gallons of water to produce one pound of
wheat this is equal to less than one
bathtub of water and now we have to
consider how animal agriculture is also
the leading cause of water pollution the
Academy the project the Academy of
Protection estimates that now we are
seeing the 7 million pounds of poop that
are produced worldwide every minute by
animals raised for livestock and the US
has to go somewhere so it is stored in
large open-air lagoons that churn
pepto-bismol pink and the colonizing
bacteria this eventually leaks into our
groundwater contaminating it with
livestock related eco bacteria such as
ecoli not only this but animal
agriculture is the leading cause of
deforestation the National Institute of
Amazonian research has determined that
nearly 7 football fields worth of land
are bulldozed worldwide every minute to
create more room for farmed animals this
is causing the species to disappear the
UN is estimating and up is estimating up
to a hundred plant and animal species
that are disappearing every day and
while we’re dining on our mass-produced
genetically modified hormone injected
meat eggs and fish there is an estimated
1 in 9 suffering from chronic
undernourishment the World Bank
currently found that 82% of starving
children live in countries where the
food is fed to the animals and the
animals
in my western countries a professor of
ecology David Pimentel found that in all
the grain currently fed to livestock
were fed directly to the people the
number of people who could be fed would
be nearly 800-million that means we
could feed every single one of the
hungry what was most disturbing for me
was learning about the abuse and cruelty
that goes on in this industry
these animals are looked at as it’s
things not as valuable beings that can
think play and for relationships
just as our dogs and cats do now before
I move on to the next section of my talk
viewer discretion is advised the
following images may be disturbing to
some audiences these animals grow up in
cramped spaces they walk and sleep in
their own feces they live in decrepit
conditions without any kind of adequate
care and babies are not spared from this
whore one day old male chicks are ground
up alive because they are considered as
not useful to the industry and baby pigs
and calf’s are torn from their mother’s
side immediately after birth how could
this not concern you when I learned all
this I was concerned
but I thought to myself how could I
possibly solve all these problems
propagated by the animal agriculture
industry
one word veganism a vegan does not eat
any animal products such as meat dairy
eggs or fish if you can also tries to
abstain from using products made from
ore that have been tested
animals every day a vegan who eats a
vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water
45 pounds of grain 30 square feet of
forest land and 20 pounds co2 equivalent
and one animal’s life every day these
benefits are outstanding but that’s not
all now I know most of you are probably
wondering how could you live without
bacon but the real question is how could
I not killing animals is killing us it
is illogical and unethical to breed
billions of living beings caused them
suffering and then slaughter them just
to create a product that is bad for
human health the Academy of Nutrition
and Dietetics states that Eakins enjoy
lower rates of heart disease lower rates
of type 2 diabetes lower mass indexes
and lower rates of overall cancer rates
and now of course you’re probably
wondering yeah but what about your
protein where do you get and don’t you
need to drink milk to have strong bones
well turns out there are tons of
plant-based sources of protein such as
kale lentils beans nuts even Tomatoes
have way more protein per calorie than
in meat and the dairy council tells us
you need to drink milk to have strong
bones when in fact there’s no evidence
to support that this is even true I mean
if you think about it the human body has
no more need for cow’s milk than it does
for dogs milk horses milk or drafts milk
in fact hip fracture rates an indicator
of osteoporosis are actually highest in
countries with the highest intakes of
meat and dairy products and if all this
hasn’t convinced you yet then I can give
you my personal testimony of being vegan
for four years now
and I feel stronger than ever and I
think others would agree body builders
actors parents and teenagers like me are
all recognizing the benefits of a vegan
lifestyle and no we don’t just eat tofu
and salads every day here is a little
bit of what I eat on an average day now
you can’t tell me that this doesn’t look
delicious
now that I have empowered you with this
information it’s up to you to choose
what you would do with it as our world
population continues to grow I think it
is now more important than ever to
change the silo norms so I challenge you
to take the 30 day vegan challenge
starting right now
that means 30 days of no animal products
don’t be a coward just try it together
we can make a difference and shape a
better future it is up to us to end the
leading cause of everything thank you
you
[Music]
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