2. Please Look At This Food Inc trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0 Healthy Planet, Healthy People. Go Meatless on Mondays!
3. True or False Transportation has a higher environmental impact than meat?
4. False According to U.N. report (29 November, 2006) 18% of Greenhouse gases comes from meat 13% comes from all the world’s transportation Changing what’s on your plate can make the biggest difference
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6. True or False When I eat a burger I could be contributing to the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest?
7. TRUE!! Sounds strange right. How can this be? Burgers come from cows. Many cows are raised on factory farms & fed soy. Soy is grown in the Amazon Rainforest (Brazil). Trees are cut down to make room for the soy. Environmental Impact: Habitat loss, wild animals are displaced, ecosystem breakdown, soy and beef travel around the world, enormous water use during production, cows produce methane, pollution from manure, waterways damaged… And you thought it was just a simple burger.
17. TRUE or FALSE If I don’t eat meat I will not get enough proteins.
18. This is a common misconception about eating less meat. We actually eat much more meat than recommended. According to USDA, in USA, men consume up to 190%or their daily recommended allowance of protein and women 160% FALSE!!
19. You can also get proteins from many other food sources such as beans lentils grains nuts fruits vegetables
26. Please show if you have time. Food Matters http://www.foodmatters.tv/ Meatless Monday www.meatlessmonday.com Healthy Planet, Healthy People. Go Meatless on Mondays!
