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Let's talk about food
• Meat and milk consumption increasing rapidly
Meat Consumption and CO2 Emissions
According to a report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, livestock generates 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. The problem is expected to grow, as developing countries increase their consumption of meat and byproducts.
Meat production
350 million tons
300
250
200
150
100
50
Developing countries
Developed countries
Projection
70 '85 '00 '15 30
50
Food consumption in developing countries
+200%
+150
+100
+50
0
62 70
Meat
'80
Milk
Cereal
Roots and tubers '90
03
CO, produced
Pounds of CO, per pound of product
1
Milk
Cheese
Chicken
Pork
Salmon
Shrimp
Beef (only meat)
Oat flakes
Flour, wheat Carrots Tomatoes, greenhouse
Source: "Livestock's Long Shadow," by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 2006; Lantmannen
1.8
4.9
6
10.7 10.5
10.2
2.7
10.8
12
20
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