Many people do not understand the impact eating beef, pork, or other types of meat can make. Becoming a vegetarian can for sure help climate change, but is that possible for everyone? It's hard for a lot of us to stop eating meat and even though it hurts our environment, we still enjoy it. Raising animal for food consumes more than half of all the water used in the U.S. It takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce a pound of wheat. As you can see this definitely impacts climate change a lot. The first step to take is to start eating less and less meat, you don't need to have a burger every other day, try salad, plus its healthier.

I completely agree with you. Becoming a full on vegetarian can be challenging, so taking smaller steps to reduce your carbon footprint is an easier approach. In January, my family decided to reduce the amount of meat we eat and attempted to eat more vegetarian meals. So far, this has been going well and we have substantially decreased our carbon footprint by eating less meat each week. According to the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan, around 47.6% of all greenhouse gases that come from food consumption are meat. Beef has about 6.61 CO2e per serving, which is 4.61 units greater than the second highest, cheese. The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals states that a single cow drinks 50 gallons of water per day and it takes around 2,400 gallons to produce 1 pound of beef. In comparison, it takes around 244 gallons of water to produce a pound of tofu. The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that U.S factory farms produce about 500 million tons of manure each year, contributing to the mass amount of carbon emissions in our atmosphere . In addition to eating less meat, my family has also tried to buy food that is locally grown or produced. Eating locally grown food saves CO2 emissions from the vehicle transporting food from around the country, and supports local organizations. I agree that becoming vegetarian can help climate change, but it is hard for some people to change their diet completely. Doing smaller tasks such as consuming fewer meat products and eating locally grown food can help reduce your carbon footprint.

Sources:
http://css.umich.edu/factsheets/carbon- … -factsheet 
https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-use … vironment/

I also agree with you! Even though it can be hard for a meat lover to stop eating meat or become vegetarian, we can always just cut down on the beef, pork, and fish or whatever meat we are having to help save our earth's atmosphere from collapsing.
-Twin