If We're Running Out Of Water, Meat Is To Blame

It takes 5.4 gallons to produce a head of broccoli.

It takes 3.3 gallons to grow a single tomato.

It takes 2,000 gallons to make one pound of beef.

Do you want to lower your "water footprint"? If you change your diet to replace 50 percent of animal products with edible plants like legumes, nuts and tubers you will reduce your food-related water footprint by 30%. Going vegetarian reduces that water footprint by almost 60%.