Semi veg

Snapshot of World Meat Consumption2009

How did we come up with these numbers?Sources

• FAOStat, Food Balance Sheets 2009– http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/download/FB/*/E– Variable: “Per Capita Supply – Total – Kg/year”– By country and meat group

• Bovine Meat• Poultry Meat• Pigmeat

• WaterFootPrint.org– Gallons needed to produce 1 pound of each type of meat

• Feed Conversion Rate– Multiple sources

How did we come up with these numbers?MethodologyUnited States example, bovine meat (“beef”)

• We find that the average American consumes 39.8 kg of beef per year– This is equivalent to 0.24 lbs per day

• Foregoing 1 meal a day means a one-third reduction in daily consumption– This is equivalent to reducing 0.07 lbs of beef per day

• We apply this to the conversion ratios for beef…– 1,857 gallons of water per 1 pound of beef– 6.8 pounds of feed per 1 pound of beef

134 gallons back into the system per day0.49 lbs back into the system per day

• We pro-rate these #s to get yearly figures & adjust according to number of meals forgone