Beyond Beef The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture
Americans have a love affair with beef. The average American consumes the meat of seven 1,100-pound steers in a lifetime. But how many hamburger-lovers realize that a single boneless beefsteak requires up to 1,200 gallons of precious water to produce, that livestock now consume nearly one third of the world's grain, or that cattle play a central role in species extinction?
Business & EconomicsIndustriesAgribusinessNaturePolitical ScienceScience
RELEASED1992
PUBLISHERPlume
LENGTH353
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Beyond Beef The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture
Americans have a love affair with beef. The average American consumes the meat of seven 1,100-pound steers in a lifetime. But how many hamburger-lovers realize that a single boneless beefsteak requires up to 1,200 gallons of precious water to produce, that livestock now consume nearly one third of the world's grain, or that cattle play a central role in species extinction?
Business & EconomicsIndustriesAgribusinessNaturePolitical ScienceScienceEnvironmental ScienceSocial Science
RELEASED1992
PUBLISHERPlume
LENGTH353
LANGUAGEEN
