- For every 7 pounds of grain and soybeans fed to livestock, we average a return of only one pound of meat.
- we eat way more protein than our body needs: (translation: WASTE!)
- Soybeans and corn (stuff raised for livestock) causes more erosion than most other crops (i.e., our natural resources necessary for production of food are being wasted)
- Combining plant foods can create a protein equal to that of animal protein!!
- A lot of our government aid to third world countries doesn't actually go towards helping the poor.
Something important to think about, that Frances talks about. Democracy doesn't necessarily always go perfectly hand in hand with capitalism, and socialism doesn't necessarily go hand in hand with totalitarianism. (speaking of isms there are way too many). If we put things into boxes without understanding the elements (good and bad) that comprise it, we are cheating ourselves out of discovering better ways to live. She says that looking at how power is distributed is more important than the type of government they fall under.
"we product so much food that 20 percent is wasted"--page 100
