California Governor’s Water-Saving Advice: Eat Veggie Burgers

Published by Lindsay Pollard-Post.
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Discussing California’s historic drought at the University of Southern California on Tuesday night, Gov. Jerry Brown shared some sage water-saving advice: “If you ask me, I think you should be eating veggie burgers,” he said.

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Is PETA’s message finally getting through to Gov. Brown? We’ve sent letters, “cows,” and even bathing beauties to inform the governor that meat and dairy products are the state’s biggest water-wasters. It takes more than 1,800 gallons of water to produce just 1 pound of beef , and producing just two slices of cheese requires 55 gallons of water. Last year, the cows on California’s dairy farms alone required a whopping 4.79 trillion gallons of water. Let’s hope Gov. Brown’s veggie burger endorsement means that he realizes that pouring precious water into the meat and dairy industries is all wet.

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