Some interesting points from the report:
Page 12: JBS SA is the world’s largest beef producer, and “its worldwide capacities can slaughter 85,000 head of cattle, 70,000 pigs, and 12 million birds. Every day.
Page 13: Revenue of top 3 meat companies in the world (JBS/Tyson/Cargill): $104.5 billion combined. The rest of the top 10: $85.3 billion combined.
Page 14: Between 1967 and 2010, the number of slaughterhouses in the United States fell from almost 10,000 to less than 3,000.
Page 15: in 2011, China ate 11.5 billion animals. Based on the 2011 population of 1.346 billion people, that’s 8.5 animals per year per person. In 2011, the US ate 9 billion animals. Based on the 2011 population of 312 million people, that’s 29 animals per year per person.
Page 25: Sixty percent of beef cattle raised in the world are of three breeds: Angus, Hereford, and Simmental.
Page 28: It takes about 1,850 gallons of water to produce one 16 oz. steak.
Page 41: Only Australians eat more chicken per capita than the US. Chickens “are the world’s most numerous bird species.”
Page 46: Per capita meat consumption in the US fell by 9% between 2007-2012.
Page 56: About 5% of the US population is vegan or vegetarian.
Page 59: Edible percentage of animals: Crickets 80%, Poultry 55%, Pigs 55%, Cattle 40%.
A very interesting report and the full version can be found here.
Credit: Friends of the Earth Europe