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Have you seen the news today? It was announced that by the year 2050, the human population may have to become a vegetarian.

According to the Stockholm International Water Institute, “There will not be enough water available on current croplands to produce food for the expected 9 billion population in 2050 if we follow current trends and changes towards diets common in western nations.”

The article writes,”Nine hundred million people already go hungry and 2 billion people are malnourished in spite of the fact that per capita food production continues to increase. With 70% of all available water being in agriculture, growing more food to feed an additional 2 billion people by 2050 will place greater pressure on available water and land. So vegetarianism, the scientists say, is one option to combat the water shortage.”

Hate to say I told ya so, but… “A move towards vegetarian diets could help free up large portions of arable land to human food production. A third of current farmland is used to grow crops that feed animals. Additionally ‘animal protein-rich food consumes five to 10 times more water than a vegetarian diet. The world’s water situation is already grave. According to the World Water Council, 1.1 billion people now live without clean drinking water. And the United States is experiencing its worst drought in a generation, punishing farmers and burning up the nation’s corn crop. ”

Guess those omni “concerns” about if the world went vegetarian overnight or the starving children in Africa don’t really hold up anymore, huh? I’d also like to point out that all the babies born because their mother didn’t have access to 💊 birth control or the right to choose, are going to be thirsty as hell…. #vegansofig

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