One-third of all of the world's output of grain goes to feed cattle and livestock. The water used to produce just 10 pounds of steak equals the household consumption of a family for one year. The water that goes into producing one 1,000 pound steer would float a battleship. Seventy percent of all water consumed goes to agriculture-to grow food and feed. The freshwater reserves of the planet are severely threatened by a combination of droughts, overcultivation and over-grazing, and water is being drawn from our underground aquifers in the U.S. at astounding rates.
Aquifers are unrenewable water sources.
Cattle in the U.S. alone produce nearly one billion tons of organic waste per year. The organic waste created by a 10,000 head feedlot is equivalent to the human waste generated by a city of 110,000 people. Most of the organic waste generated by feed lots becomes runoff.