When cattle ranchers clear rain forests to raise beef to sell to fast-food chains that make hamburgers to sell to Americans, who have the highest rate of heart disease in the world (and spend the most money per GNP on health care), we can say easily that business is no longer developing the world. We have become its predator.
Paul Hawken
“The world holds enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for anyone’s greed.”
Mahatma Gandhi
The following are a list of links and articles which will tell you more about the habitats, plants and animals which concern you.
The list is by no means comprehensive and we welcome recommendations from you for additions. It will be regularly updated.
http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/
http://www.unep.org/pdf/unep-geas_oct_2012.pdf
http://www.landroots.org.uk/index.html
http://www.sustainabletable.org/265/environment
http://gracelinks.org/blog/634/scientists-point-to-pesticides-as-culprit-in-honeybee-die-of
http://www.sustainabletable.org/869/impacts-of-industrial-agriculture
http://www.ceeonline.org/greenguide/food/upload/environmenthealth.aspx
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100609094353.htm
http://science.time.com/2013/12/16/the-triple-whopper-environmental-impact-of-global-meat-production/
http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/food-medicine/how-are-food-and-environment-related
http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/industrial-agriculture/hidden-costs-of-industrial.html#.Vx-IUCiA12M
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?newsID=20772#.Vx-IzCiA12M
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jun/02/un-report-meat-free-diet
http://www.new-harvest.org/the_world_s_leading_driver_of_climate_change_animal_agriculture