Environment Quote by Sven-Erik Jacobsen

“Meat yields higher energy per gram eaten than does vegetation.”

— Edward O. Wilson

It takes the farmer 10 kgs of vegetation to feed the animal in order to produce 1 kg of meat. In other words a…

— Amala Akkineni

Meat is undoubtedly an environmentally expensive food. Large animals have inherently low efficiency of converting feed to muscle, and only modern broilers can be…

— Vaclav Smil

Meat is undoubtedly an environmentally expensive food.

— Vaclav Smil

Meat is complicated. We have to be thoughtful about the ecosystem that we're living in and not to destroy it because of the instant…

— Dominique Crenn

Meat consumption is a part of our evolutionary heritage; meat production has been a major component of modern food systems. Carnivory should remain, within…

— Vaclav Smil

Most of the food crops raised in the world today are fed to livestock destined for slaughter for us to eat, and most of…

— Sharon Gannon

“The world does produce enough to feed its inhabitants – in fact we waste vast quantities of grain and soybeans by feeding them to animals,…

— Peter Singer

Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian…

— Nicholas Stern

“It magnifies your carbon footprint. If you cut back your animal food intake, you can make a big impact on planet Earth. Each year…

— Sharon Palmer

So much of today's food is based on the exploitation of animals and the environment. Yes, it's cheap, but at what cost?

— Steve Ells

Meat is an inefficient way to eat. An acre of land can yield 20,000 pounds of potatoes, but that same acre would only graze…

— Alexandra Paul