1_1_2_2_Beef

1_1_2_2_Beef

1. Cow (cattle)

   • Water
     • It takes 1670 L of water to produce a pound of beef (0.45 g), 11 times more than the amount required for pork or chicken.
   • Food
     • Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
       • 1/3 of the worlds grain harvest is used for livestock production
     • 75kg-300kg of dry matter (grass/grain) for 1 kg of protein
     • Largest component of beef’s water footprint is the huge volume of virtual water consumed by cattle through their feed, in this case both forage and grain
   • Land
     • Degredation
       • Rainforest damage and loss (for example brazil, where forest is destoryed new rangeland)
       • 1.5 acres of rainforest worldwide are lost each second, with clearing for cattle pasture being the major contributer
     • Desertification
     • 28 times more land intensive than pork or chicken.
     • Fertilizer applied to soil generates nitrous oxide, which has 300 times the warming effect of carbon dioxide
   • Immunisations
     • medical companies
   • Slaughter
     • Transportation
       • To the butchers
         • Tools
           • steel and aluminium production
             • energy
         • Packaging
           • synthetic plastic production
           • Canned product
           • Approximately 23 percent of the energy used in our food production system is allocated to processing and packaging food.
         • Waste
           • Disposal packaging
             • Plastic use
           • Incineration
             • Air pollution through release of harmful pollutants
             • Water pollution through byproduct release to water bodies
               • Hindering biodiversity in water bodies
           • Water usage to clear excess waste
             • Water footprint
           • Net fishing of waste may affect other ecological systems
           • Half of every butchered cow is not consumed
           • Animal Fat
       • Refridgeration
       • Roads and Infrastructure
       • Trucks
       • Fuel Production
       • Grain-fed beef requires 35 fossil fuel calories for every 1 calorie produced (including transport)
       • 55-150 liters of water are required per day based on different type of beef in transportation.
       • For cattle travelling more than 1000km the transport component costs $150 per head.
     • unused meat recycling
       • The rendering process simultaneously dries the material and separates the fat from the bone and protein. A rendering process yields a fat commodity and a protein meal.
     • Half of every butchered cow is not consumed.
   • Transportation
     • Cattle Yards
       • Infrastructure
   • Waste
     • Manure
     • California’s 1.4 million dairy cows produce as much waste as 28–56 million people
   • Hormones

2. From animal to beef

   • Abattoir
     • Infrastructure
       • Cold Room
         • Storage
           • Air conditioning
             • Electrical energy
             • CFC's/ Carbon Dioxide
               • Beef production accounts for 500% more climate warming emissions than pork and chicken.
       • tools
       • construction
   • slaughter

3. Shops

   • Money
   • Transportation
     • Home
       • Waste
         • Beef represents the largest contribution to post-consumer GHG emissions embodied in food waste
   • Plastic Bags
     • Manufacturing
       • crude oil
       • gas
     • waste
       • Landfill waste
         • Area no longer available for growth of ecologival system
           • Harmful release of gases to the atmosphere
   • Receipts / Dockets
     • Factory
       • forestry
       • water use
       • transport
         • infrastructure
   • Marketing
     • Independant firms
       • TV
       • Radio
       • Catalogues and other print media
         • paper
           • wood
             • foresty
         • ink
         • water
         • waste
         • recycling
           • water
       • Headquarters
         • Building
           • Utilities
           • Concrete
           • steel
         • wokers
           • Transport to work
       • Billboards
   • Fastfood industry
     • Fat intensive food
       • Public health problems

4. Cooking

   • BBQ
   • Fry Pan
     • steel
       • manufacturing
         • utilities
   • utilities
   • Human body
     • Dioxin (Cancer causing)
     • Alzheimer's disease
     • Cardiovascular disease
     • Heart disease
     • Dementia
     • Obesity
   • Amercians eat 122kg of beef per year (global average is 36kg per person

5. The ratio of energy input to food-energy output for beef is 40:1

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