There are at least 3 million vegetarians in the UK - 5% of the adult population.

7 million people in the UK no longer eat red meat.

In the last ten years, the number of vegetarians in the UK has practically doubled.

Whether it's overuse of resources, water or air pollution, or soil erosion, raising animals for food is wreaking havoc on the Earth. In fact, raising animals for food requires more water than all other uses of water combined, causes more water pollution than any other activity.

Many environmental groups, including the National Audubon Society and the Union of Concerned Scientists, have recognized that raising animals for food has a worse effect on the planet than just about anything else we can do.

There is no such thing as a meat-eating environmentalist!

Just one pound (0.45kg) of beef requires 5,200 gallons (236 392 litres) of water per pound to produce-compared to only 25 gallons (113.6 litres) for a pound of wheat.

A totally vegetarian diet requires 300 gallons of water per day, while a meat-eating diet requires more than 4,200 gallons of water per day.

Roughly 2 of every 5 tons of grain produced in the world are fed to livestock, poultry, or fish; decreasing consumption of these products, especially of beef, could free up massive quantities of grain and reduce pressure on land."

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