PPT Slide

• Factory farms produce billions of pounds of manure a day, which ends up in lakes, rivers, and drinking water

• Of all the agricultural land in the U.S., 80 percent is used to raise animals for food and to grow the grain to feed them—that’s almost half the total land mass of the lower 48 states.

• Chickens, pigs, cattle, and other animals raised for food are the primary consumers of half the water in the U.S.

Previous slide

Next slide

Back to first slide

View graphic version