APES Video Notes for 5.7 - Meat Production

What does CAFO stand for?

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  Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

• Christian Alliance for Orphans

Which of the following are consequences of CAFOs on environmental and human health? (pick 3)

• Runoff of animal waste into water

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  Use of a lot of grazing land

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  Air pollution

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  Increased antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria

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Overgrazing of grasslands can lead to reduced range quality. Two of the major effects of overgrazing are

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  higher fire potential and increased productivity

• erosion and desertification

• eutrophication and increased methane production

• higher primary productivity and ammonification

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Producing meat always requires more land than a vegetarian diet because

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  cows are larger than grasses

• of the 10% rule

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  CAFOs take up land

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  there are more calories in a steak than a salad

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