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TODAY'S VEGAN STREET MEME  TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2014 NEXT MAIN MENU PREVIOUS Here is how we arrived at the number above... US annual per capita consumption in pounds + amount of water to produce each pound = total amount of water to produce per capita consumption ÷ 365 (avg days in a year)             Pounds/year        Gal. of water 4   Gal. /year    Gal./day Beef                58.4 1            2500             146,000        400        Milk/Cream    189 2               1000 5           189,000        518 Cheese           23.6 2              896                21,146         58 Butter               5.5 2            2044                11,242         31 Pork               46.9  1           1630                76,447        209 Chicken          56.1 1              815                45,722        125 Eggs              28* 3                573                16,044         44 Total per capita daily water consumption: 1385 gal. x family of 4 = 5,540 gal. *Per capita 256 eggs per person – avg. medium egg weighs 1.75 oz6 = 28 lbs. Sources: 1 beefusa.org 2 usda.gov 3 unitedegg.org 4 treehugger.org (same numbers as waterfootprint.org, but converted to US sizes) 5 waterfootprint.org 6 sizes.com Vegan Street uses compelling storytelling, images and tools help build and strengthen the vegan community, and to make it easier and more desirable to adopt and maintain a vegan diet and lifestyle. Each week, we create original Vegan Street Memes, essays, recipes, home and bodycare tips, interviews, reviews of books, products, films and much, much more. We are able to continue to dedicate our time to this work thanks to the encouragement of allies from the larger advocacy community who see the value of our work. If you think our work makes an important contribution and is worthy of support, please consider shopping at the Vegan Street Store to help us be able to dedicate our time to promoting veganism. © 2014 Vegan Street