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VebothVeganismVeganism is a social justice movement dedicated to creating a world in which animals are not exploited for food, clothing, entertainment, or any other purpose. While concern for animals is fundamental to veganism, it has many other benefits. Plant-based agriculture is a more efficient use of the world's scarce resources, can feed more people, is better for the environment, and is beneficial to our health.

Animals are important

Many of us enjoy keeping animals as pets. We care for them and understand their personalities and needs. We form emotional bonds with them, even considering them part of our family. Most of us truly care about them. While we would do our best to care for a dog or cat, most of us have a completely different relationship with the animals we eat, such as cows, pigs, chickens, and fish. However, all animals are capable of feeling emotions, such as joy and pain, bondage and loss. Most of us agree that unnecessary violence against animals is unacceptable, so why do we eat, wear, and otherwise exploit animals?

Dividing other animals into those we love and those we eat has been described as cognitive dissonance, moral schizophrenia, and sensualism. Each of these terms attempts to describe how and why those who care about animals justify using them for food, clothing, entertainment, and so on. Once we realize how our history and culture have shaped us in this way, we know that humans have no need to kill or exploit animals, and thus we are well on our way to becoming vegan.
The animal agriculture industry tries to give us the impression that the animals we eat live well-fed lives on small, family farms. The reality is that animals are treated as mere commodities, most living in horrific conditions on factory farms. So-called "humanely raised" animals are treated little differently than those on factory farms. They still suffer many of the same painful conditions and are transported to the same slaughterhouses in the same way. Eating so-called "happy" animals is not a moral choice. They are not happy to be exploited and killed for our pleasure. Whether or not all animal products are produced on factory farms, they inevitably involve injustice and suffering.

Cows bred for their milk are taken away soon after birth and are destined to die soon after, and when they can no longer produce much milk, they are killed.
Chickens raised for eggs are kept in tiny cages or crowded sheds. They are bred to lay eggs at an unnatural rate, and their bodies quickly become exhausted and killed before their normal lifespan.
Sheep, raised for their wool, are also treated as property, bred and enslaved as human products. Being treated as a product means little regard for the sheep's lives and interests. Similarly, sheep are genetically bred to produce more wool, thereby maximizing farmers' profits. Dewooling sheep increases the frequency of injuries. Lambs undergo painful mutilation without anesthesia, which also leads to parasite infestations. When sheep no longer produce wool, they are transported to slaughterhouses. Like chickens, they are killed after their "productivity" declines.

Help the environment
Livestock production is a major cause of environmental damage, including global warming. The damage inflicted on the world's environment by the billions of animals we raise and kill each year is immense, with the animal industry now being identified as "one of the most significant contributors to today's most serious environmental problems," including global warming, species extinction, freshwater loss, rainforest destruction, desertification, air and water pollution, acid rain, soil erosion, and habitat loss. Vast areas of forest are cleared to grow crops to feed livestock. The methane produced by these animals is the single largest contributor to global warming, greater than all global transportation combined. The vast amounts of waste produced by the livestock industry leak into rivers and oceans as pollution.
Freshwater has become a scarce resource and is largely used to produce animal products. Freshwater scarcity is a major cause of disease, especially among the world's poor. If we ate plants directly, it would be much more efficient and less harmful to the environment than growing crops to feed animals we then eat. This would feed five times the population, provide vast quantities of fresh water, help reverse global warming, reduce fossil fuel use, and allow for the reforestation of vast tracts of land.
Meat production uses a lot of energy and water, and the conversion of plant protein into animal protein is very inefficient. Ruminants also produce large amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that is much more potent than carbon dioxide, contributing to global warming.
These days, most people recognize the importance of considering the environment by conserving water and energy, driving fuel-efficient cars, and using renewable energy. However, one of the simplest yet most important choices we can make to reduce our environmental impact is to switch to a vegan diet. A vegan diet is a system of organic farming that avoids the use or exploitation of animals whenever possible. It's also a way to help the planet recover by replicating the biodiversity found in nature.
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1. It takes 20 times more water to produce one kilogram of beef (50,000 to 100,000 liters) than rice (about 2,500 liters), fruit, or vegetables.

2. It takes an average of 800 liters of water to produce one liter of milk, almost four times as much as one liter of soy milk.

3. The world's livestock consume enough food to feed 8.7 billion people, more than the entire human population.

4. Livestock production consumes more protein and calories than it produces.

5. Livestock farming is the leading cause of species loss worldwide.

6. Vegetarian diets use much less energy than diets based on animal products and therefore contribute much less to air pollution, acidification, oil spills, habitat destruction, and global warming.

7. By choosing to be vegan, you will not only help the environment, but also all the animals that inhabit the earth.

For humanity
Every day, 40,000 children die from lack of food. While we overeat, we are feeding grains to animals for meat. This year, over 20 million people will die due to malnutrition, and approximately 1 billion people, mostly rural women and children, suffer from chronic hunger. Instead, much of the food currently used to feed animals could be used directly to feed hungry people worldwide. Producing just one kilogram of beef protein requires at least seven kilograms of grain and other plant proteins. If crops grown for livestock were used for human consumption instead, more than ten times the population could be fed. 80% of hungry children live in countries with actual food surpluses, yet these children remain hungry because farmers use the surplus grain to feed animals. Even worse, sometimes, animals raised in developing countries are sold to wealthy countries because this is more profitable than growing fruits, vegetables, and grains that could feed local people. Albert Einstein once said, "Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."

Good for health
A well-planned 100% plant-based diet is healthy. A plant-based diet is not only as healthy as any diet containing animal products, but in many ways, it is also more beneficial to human health. Vegan diets are both healthy and nutritious, suitable for people of all ages. Animal-based alternatives, such as nuts, seeds, legumes, and tofu, increase dietary variety and provide valuable, affordable protein and other nutrients. Those following a strict vegetarian or vegan diet should meet their nutrient and energy needs by consuming an appropriate variety of plant-based foods throughout the day to ensure adequate iron and zinc intake and optimize the absorption of iron, zinc, and calcium. Nuts and seeds are high in energy and nutrients. In addition to protein and dietary fiber, they contain high amounts of unsaturated fatty acids and are rich in polyphenols, plant sterols, and micronutrients, including folate, several valuable vitamins E, selenium, magnesium, and other minerals. They are nutritious alternatives to meat, fish, and eggs and play an important role in plant-based, vegetarian, and vegan foods and diets.
A vegan diet can help lower your risk of disease. A plant-based diet can help lower your risk of disease and provide you with all the protein, minerals, and vitamins your body needs. A vegetarian diet based on vegetables, legumes, whole grains, fruits, nuts, and seeds can help lower your risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and certain cancers.
Currently, more and more people are advocating vegetarianism, and vegetarian products will become popular bestsellers.