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    Statistic sources clockwise from top:


    [1] Brooks, C. 2010. New report reveals the environmental and social impact of the 'livestock revolution'. Stanford University http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/march/livestock-revolution-environment-031610.html
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    [3] Smithsonian Institution, 2002. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/01/020115075118.htm

    [4] Interagency Agricultural Projections Committee. 2014. USDA Agricultural Projections to 2023. Office of the Chief Economist, World Agricultural Outlook Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/projections/

    [5] Pollan, Michael 2008. Interview on Bill Moyers Journal. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2008/11/michael_winship_michael_pollan.html

    [6] Weber, Christopher L. and Matthews, H. Scott 2008. Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States.http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es702969f

    [7] Moll, Lucy 1995. The Vegetarian Times Complete Cookbook.

    [8] Comerford, Dr. John 2009. Telling the Grass-Fed Beef Story. http://extension.psu.edu/animals/beef/grass-fed-beef/articles/telling-the-grass-fed-beef-story

    [9] Tepper, Fabien 2014. Meat-eaters versus carnivores: Is your diet killing wolves? The Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0110/Meat-eaters-versus-carnivores-Is-your-diet-killing-wolves
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    [11] Wilcove, D. S., D. Rothstein, J Dubow, A Phillips, E. Losos. 1998. Quantifying threats to imperiled species in the United States: assessing the relative importance of habitat destruction, alien species, pollution, overexploitation and disease. BioScience 48(8): 610.

    [12] Gerber, P.J., Steinfeld, H., Henderson, B., Mottet, A., Opio, C., Dijkman, J., Falcucci, A. & Tempio, G.
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    [13] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Ruminant Livestock, Frequent Questions. http://www.epa.gov/rlep/faq.html

    [14] Vesterby, Marlow and Krupa, Kenneth S. 2001. Major Uses of Land in the United States. http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/sb-statistical-bulletin/sb-973.aspx Energy Inputs and the Environment.

    [15] Pimentel David. 2004. Livestock production and energy use. Pages 671-676 in: Cleveland CJ, ed. Encyclopedia of Energy.

    [16] Robbins, John 2001. The Food Revolution.

    [17] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

    [18] Congressional Legislative Information (OCIR) 1998. Legislative Hearings and Testimony: Statement of Michael Cook before the subcommittee on livestock, dairy, and poultry and the subcommittee on forestry, resource conservation, and research of the committee on agriculture U.S. House of Representatives. http://www.epa.gov/ocirpage/hearings/testimony/105_1997_1998/051398.htm

     

 

           

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