Meat Atlas

/ Tuesday, May 13 /

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Some interesting points from the report:

Page 12: JBS SA is the world’s largest beef producer, and “its worldwide capacities can slaughter 85,000 head of cattle, 70,000 pigs, and 12 million birds. Every day.

Page 13: Revenue of top 3 meat companies in the world (JBS/Tyson/Cargill): $104.5 billion combined. The rest of the top 10: $85.3 billion combined.

Page 14: Between 1967 and 2010, the number of slaughterhouses in the United States fell from almost 10,000 to less than 3,000.

Page 15: in 2011, China ate 11.5 billion animals. Based on the 2011 population of 1.346 billion people, that’s 8.5 animals per year per person. In 2011, the US ate 9 billion animals. Based on the 2011 population of 312 million people, that’s 29 animals per year per person.

Page 25: Sixty percent of beef cattle raised in the world are of three breeds: Angus, Hereford, and Simmental.

Page 28: It takes about 1,850 gallons of water to produce one 16 oz. steak. 

Page 41: Only Australians eat more chicken per capita than the US. Chickens “are the world’s most numerous bird species.”

Page 46: Per capita meat consumption in the US fell by 9% between 2007-2012.

Page 56: About 5% of the US population is vegan or vegetarian.

Page 59: Edible percentage of animals: Crickets 80%, Poultry 55%, Pigs 55%, Cattle 40%. 

A very interesting report and the full version can be found here.

Credit: Friends of the Earth Europe

 
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