ENVIRONMENTAL

Factory Farming’s Environmental Impact

Factory farming’s damaging impact on the environment has been well documented. 

Animal agriculture requires large amounts of land and water while also contributing to high rates of greenhouse gas emissions. A vegan diet has an impactful role to play in enacting climate solutions as vegan diets result in 75% fewer climate-heating emissions than animal-heavy diets. Stanford University biochemistry professor Patrick Brown argues, “Reducing or eliminating animal agriculture should be at the top of the list of potential climate solutions.” This page offers a collection of resources on the relationship between factory farming and climate change.

Referenced Sources

• Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows | The Guardian

• What foods create the most & least greenhouse gas emissions? | Center for Science in the Public Interest

• Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator – Calculations and References | US EPA

Further Reading

• We Are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer

• Animal Factory by David Kirby