--it takes 23 gallons of water to produce a pound of tomatoes, it takes
5,214 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef.
true, but the water given to the cattle isn't totally wasted or destroyed.
Eventually it evaporates and comes down as rain to feed the tomatoes.
BTW, what are Moby's
--it takes 23 gallons of water to produce a pound of tomatoes, it takes
5,214 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef.
true, but the water given to the cattle isn't totally wasted or destroyed.
Eventually it evaporates and comes down as rain to feed the tomatoes.
BTW, what are Moby's
At 04:19 PM 04/04/2000 -0400, you wrote:
The water question is not so simple, especially in states like California
that are naturally dry. When I was there a couple of months ago driving up
the main interstate that runs through the agribusiness Central Valley, I
saw signs every few miles urging
--in the past 20 years approximately 1 million species have disappeared
from the world's tropical forests.
--from 1960-1985 over 40% of the Central American rainforests were
destroyed to create grazing land for cattle.
--the United States imports over 100,000 tons of beef from Central America
