Food production as we know it today requires huge amounts of water in the whole production chain.
1 l of milk requires 1000 l of water.
1 kg of poultry requires 5000 l of water.
For 1 kg of pork 10000 l water.
For 1 kg beef 20000 l water.
For comparison, production of average car requires 150000 l water.
1 kg vegetable is loaded with 200 l water and 1kg fruit with 700 l water.
I borrowed and translated the following words from the respected Slovene ecologist Anton Komat: Global nutritional system is collapsing. ... We have to move the energy base of civilization back to the sun and reestablish the local food production with minimal costs.
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Sunday, 19 April 2009
what's wrong with what we eat
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And what we can do? Many things ... from little steps to bigger steps ... at least buy diary products, vegetables and fruits at the local farm; eat seasonable vegetables and fruits as it is most natural (you can save something for winter like cabbage, beet, spinach), prepare food by yourself with healthy and quality ingredients, from lasagne and sweets to bread and yoghurt (it takes much less time than you think), find proteins elsewhere than meat (grain, seeds, algae ...) ... eat local and forget supermarket. And forget meat, it's not what you think it is anyway.
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