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How America’s Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis | As dinner tables and snack menus feature far more chicken and cheese, farms are expanding where water is scarce. (www.nytimes.com)

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These transformations are tied to the changing American diet. Since the early 1980s, America’s per-person cheese consumption has doubled, largely in the form of mozzarella-covered pizza pies. And last year, for the first time, the average American ate 100 pounds of chicken, twice the amount 40 years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stop eating animals. Its really not hard.

[–] StunningGoggles 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Most people aren't going to stop eating meat, that's an unrealistic expectation. If you're telling people that eating chicken over beef isn't good enough they will shrug their shoulders and go right back to beef.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Guys please don't drink gasoline.