1. Dr. Michael C. MorrisBay of Plenty Polytechnic

2. Dont Shoot the Messenger How does the scene from MacBeth show the way we react to news we dont like?Rachel Carson published silent spring in 1962The industry reacted by personal attacks. Rachel Carson is an embittered spinster, or a Lesbian (therefore by implication ignorant) 3. The Food and Agriculture Organisation published livestocks long shadow in 2006.Here is Federated Farmers intelligent, measured and scientific responseit must be written by a vegan (and therefore by implication wrong) 4. So vegans are the Lesbians of the 2000s! 5. The Elephant in the room 6. Environmental degradation hasbeen blamed on... Population Transport Industrial growth Capitalism Lack of capitalism Communism Lack of communism Government corruption Gods wrathEtc... 7. But what about our SAD diet 8. Ecology 101For every step up the food chain, the amount of resources (land, water, fuel, energy etc.) goes up by a factor of tenSo passing food through a cow before eating it is very inefficient 9. Agriculture is responsible for 50% of global warming in New Zealand. More than any other industry This is caused by methane from cow burps (not farts)and nitrous oxide from animal waste Worldwide, livestock accounts for 18% of all greenhouse gases. More than transport. 10. RatsRats with wings!!! Locusts with tits! 11. Source: Eshel and Martin 2006 12. Conclusion from Eshel and MartinstudyA vegan in a SUV has the same effect as a red- blooded American (or Kiwi) meat eater in a Prius 13. 1kg of meat requires 10,000 L of water 14. Photo: David Hamilton, Waikato University 15. Photo David Hamilton 16. Christchurch and theEaster IslandCanterbury Plains 17. Photo: Nzescape.com 18. Illegal Amazonian Deforestation for Soybeanproduction 19. KahikateaforestPhoto: Gilbert vanReenan 20. Hauraki PlainsPhoto: Environment Waikato 21. Some factsLand clearance for farms is a leading cause of sedimentbuild up and coral reef destructionLand clearance for meat is the leading cause ofAmazonian deforestationAlmost all of New Zealands lowland Kahikatea foresthas goneNew Zealand is a biodiversity hotspotImport of Palm kernel is contributing to rain forestdestruction in Borneo 22. Some figures 90% of Waikato streams are too polluted to swim in Farming in the Waikato contributes more to streampollution than the Hamilton and Ngarawahia sewageworks A piggery of 16,000 pigs produces as much untreatedsewage as a city of 23,000 Reids piggery in Carterton and the Kuku Beach Roadpiggery have been convicted for pumping raw sewageinto the rivers 23. Fertiliser ship unloading inTaurangaPhoto: Western Sahara Watch 24. Photo: Republic of Nauru 25. Some FactsNew Zealand fertiliser use has doubled in the last 10 yearsMost of this finds its way into streamsNaurus fishery has been totally destroyed by phosphate miningPresent phosphate in New Zealand comes fromdisputed territory in the Western Sahara 26. Population that could be fed if everyone shared thedietary preferences and food system efficiencies of:Livestock agriculture cannot feed the world Source: Bender, W.H. 1997. How much food will we need in the 21st Century? Environment. 39: 6-11, 27-28. 1 The actual world population in 1990 was 5.3 billion. 27. Population that could be fed if everyone shared thedietary preferences and food system efficiencies of: USA 2.3 billion New Zealand 3 billion Europe 4.1 billion Japan 6.1 billion Bangladesh 10.9 billion Subsistence only 15 billionSource: Bender, W.H. 1997. How much food will weneed in the 21st Century? Environment. 39: 6-11, 27-28.1 The actual world population in 1990 was 5.3 billion. 28. Eating low on the food chain prevents Adult onset diabetes Kidney Stones Breast prostrate and pancreatic cancer 29. There are 90 million broiler chickens in NewZealand. Antibiotics are imported by thetruck load to prevent these very sickindividuals from dying before we are readyto kill them The source of the swine flu epidemic hasbeen traced to a factory piggery in Mexico Bird flu outbreaks start in factory farms 30. Layer hensPhoto: Wellington Animal Rights Network 31. Photo: Open Rescue Coalition 32. Broiler chickens (NZ)Photo: Auckland Animal Action 33. Pigs 34. mulesing 35. Vivisection 36. Some myths about meat Myth 1: Human canines show humans are designed to eat meat The truth: Have a look at the skulls in the next slides 37. Baboons and Mandrills 38. Chimpanzee 39. Gorilla 40. Homo SapiensBiggest Canine Joke in the Animal Kingdom! 41. Myth 2: Meat is necessary for proteinThe truth: Have a look at the protein tables below 42. Protein composition and price of eggs and various plant sources. Food composition data comes from the New Zealand Food Composition Tables, 6th Edition (Ministry of Health/Crop and Food Research, 2003). Price data comes from Woolworths online (www.woolworths.co.nz, accessed 23 June 2006).Food sourceProtein in 100gCost (NZD)Cost per 100gproteinEgg, whole, raw12.0g$7.36 (battery$4.17eggs, size 7, 30pack (approx.1.470kg))Peas, frozen 5.4g $2.00/kg (Watties) $3.70Sunflower seeds, kernel, 22.8g$7.90/kg $3.47driedCheese, Edam 26.7g$8.10/kg (Basics$3.03brand)Peanuts, raw 24.3g$6.90/kg$2.84Rolled oats, raw 13.5g$3.82/1.8kg $1.57(Basics brand) 43. Myth 3: Meat eating is what gave humans their brain powerThe truth: Genetic studies show human brain power is more to do with the ability to digest starch. There are several copies of the amylase gene in humans. 44. Myth 4: God wants us to eat meat.The truth: Adam and Eve and all the animals were vegan before the fall. Gen. 1:29 45. Other rationalisationsOur ancestors ate meatResponse. Our ancestors also lived in caves, spoke in grunts, had poor hygiene and did not own cell phones. Most of us have moved on since then. 46. Meat tastes nice.Response: Since when has pleasure been a basis for moral decision making. Maybe children taste nice too! 47. Animal eat other animalsResponse. Most animals dont eat other animals. And why should we base our morality on the few that do. 48. Conclusion something to thinkaboutCan you be an environmentalist and continue to...Drive a SUVChop down treesPour pollutants into streamsTake food from the poorOrEat high on the food chain