The water footprint of animal agriculture

In this episode: Withdrawal vs. consumption, and what green, blue, and grey water footprint actually mean 98% of livestock's water footprint is growing feed Where AI and data centers really sit, and the two things that beat both New News UK prisons must now treat vegan beliefs as protected under the Equality Act, with a guaranteed vegan main-menu option and The Vegan Society consulted on the rules The Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein and Imperial College London launched a future food accelerator Tufts researchers found people are far more receptive to "cultivated," "cultured" and "cellular" than "lab-grown", and more willing to buy from brands they already know Bite-Sized Coaching From a Reddit AMA: staying consistent when your period wrecks the week. Anticipate the schedule, prep low-friction food ahead of it, and commit to one thing in the gym before you're allowed to decide you're not feeling it Chapters 0:00 News and Water Basics 3:49 Scaling Future Foods 5:37 Lab Grown Meat Marketing 7:56 Water Footprints Defined 16:22 Global Water Numbers 24:40 AI and Water Use 29:46 Lawns, Laundry, and Water 32:27 Why Beef Uses So Much 36:45 Dairy Water Footprint 39:51 Pork and Poultry 44:11 Egg Production Costs 44:47 Aquifers and Runoff 51:11 Manure and Dead Zones 56:12 Reducing Your Water Impact 1:05:21 Bite-Sized Coaching Sources Global water withdrawals by sector (FAO AQUASTAT) Livestock water footprint, green/blue/grey split (Mekonnen & Hoekstra 2012) Tofu, wheat gluten, beans, lentils and almond footprints (Water Footprint Report 47) Soy milk footprint (Ercin, Mekonnen & Hoekstra, University of Twente) Feed-conversion efficiency (Our World in Data) US data center water use, and the golf course comparison (CBS News, citing Lawrence Berkeley National Lab 2023 data) Global animal slaughter numbers (Faunalytics) Over a third of US food is never eaten (EPA) Related from us TVP recipes, if you're swapping out beef Bean recipes worth keeping in rotation A beginner's guide to micronutrients if you're cutting animal products How to Get In Touch ⭐️ Deficient Vegans Discord ⭐️ Deficient Vegans Website Instagram <a href=