On April 22, 1970, Earth Day emerged as a voice to the growing consciousness that our earth was in peril; by all accounts, it was the catalyst for the modern environmental movement.
Farm Sanctuary

Happy 50th Anniversary, Earth Day!

On April 22, 1970, Earth Day emerged as a voice to the growing consciousness that our earth was in peril; by all accounts, it was the catalyst for the modern environmental movement.

Since then, science has confirmed that the production and consumption of meat and other animal products causes profound ecological harm, leading to land degradation, deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, and biodiversity loss.

Factory farming and the environment,
by the numbers

Earth Day Infographic
*sources below

Want to learn more? Read this blog post by Farm Sanctuary President and Co-founder Gene Baur for a deeper dive on the ecological impacts of eating animal products. Then, forward this email to help us raise awareness.

*Infographic sources
Box 1: farm land use: Science and World Resources Institute
Box 2: deforestation: Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Box 3: manure: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Box 4: greenhouses gases: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

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