Food shortages and famine can be halted by giving up meat, fish and dairy. - 15 Apr 2008  
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In the article titled “Why Vegans Were Right All Along,” prize-winning investigative journalist George Monbiot of the UK’s Guardian explains that raising animals for meat make very inefficient use of water and grain, with each pound of beef protein requiring 100,000 liters of water and 5.86 pounds of grain. As demand for meat increases, the animals and the grain needed to feed them goes up

exponentially.  Mr. Monbiot states, “Structural global famine will be avoided only if the rich start to eat less meat.” However, a further shift to a complete plant-based (vegan) diet without dairy and eggs is necessary to truly reduce resources consumed enough to avert famine. He concludes by stating: “Faced with these figures, it now seems plain that (eating vegan is) the only ethical response to what is arguably the world's most urgent social justice issue.”

Thank you, Mr. Monbiot, for helping us to see how our food choices contribute directly to the current global food crisis. We pray that everyone will soon choose from the wide array of delicious vegetarian (vegan) foods for the benefit of all world citizens.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/dec/24/christmas.famine, http://www.vivavegie.org/vv101/101.2005.htm