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How meat

producing half a pound of hamburger for


someone's lunch a patty of meat the size of two
decks of cards releases as much greenhouse gas
into the atmosphere as driving a 3,000-pound car
nearly 10 miles

Contributes

to global
warming

CAFOs contribute directly to global warming


by releasing vast amounts of greenhouse
gases into the atmospheremore than the
entire global transportation industry. The air
at some factory farm test sites in the U.S. is
dirtier than in Americas most polluted
cities, according to the Environmental
Integrity Project.

Global methane emmisions

Farming

41%

Fossil Fuels

29.6%

House hold

4.8%

forest destuction
Water Waste
Site sourc: http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/2326.html

6.6%
18%

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