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Main Argument:

About how much has meat consumption gone up? According to the “Worldwatch Institute” meat consumption has increased 20% in the last 10 years. Meat consumption has increased because most meat is not expensive anyone can afford it in today’s economy. The consumption of meat has gone up rapidly from 2011-2012 it went up about 4.0 billion. Meat production increase can be a big factor of the reason why meat consumption has risen as well. Meat consumption has risen not by hundreds but by billions in the last couples decades.

Link Analysis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMhzVsS_oLA

This video discusses the meat consumption and how bad it has gotten. They believe that meat consumption is still rising because of the low prices on them and how anyone can afford them. Personally I believe this is true because meat in not expensive unless you want a specific rare meat.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H30omwRHZKo

 

This video discusses meat consumption is increasing in China and India. They believe that it is increasing because their economy is getting better. They also believe that the humans are slowly rising out of poverty because of the meat consumption.

 

Visual Argument:

Meat consumption has gone up 4.2 billion from the year 2011-2012. Meat consumption has gone up in the passed 51 years from 1961-2011. In 1961 meat consumption was about 52.0 million ton and in 2011 it was 300.0 million tons of meat consumed. This shows that meat consumption has gone up not by a few but by about 248 million in the last 50 years. Meat consumption has raised rapidly.

Significant Quotes:

“Much of the vigorous growth in meat production is due to the rise of industrial animal agriculture, or factory farming”(Worldwatch).

This quotes states that meat production has increased and may be a factor of the increase in meat consumption. This quote is significant because this could have to do a lot with the reason why meat consumption has risen.

“Factory farms pollute the environment through the heavy use of inputs such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers used for feed production”(Worldwatch).

The meat production has also affect the environment because they are polluting it. All the chemicals they put of the fee production is not only affecting the increase in meat consumption but also hurting the environment.

Conclusion:

Meat consumption has risen rapidly in the past decades. Meat consumption should not be rising more and more every year. The consumption of meat should drop because is can cause health issues, hurt the environment, and help stop torturing the animals. Dropping the meat consumption rate can benefit a lot of people. Therefore, we should help drop the increase in meat production by cutting down on eating meat. From eating meat everyday to twice per week. This will slow down meat production because super markets will have to much meat in stock.

Work cited:

Tepper, Rachel. "Global Meat Production And Consumption Slows Down, Drought, Disease And Rising Costs To Blame." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 24 Oct. 2012. Web. 15 Apr. 2014. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/24/global-meat-production-consumption- slows_n_2008871.html>.

"Global Meat Production and Consumption Continue to Rise." Worldwatch Institute. N.p., 11 Oct. 2011. Web. 15 Apr. 2014. <http://www.worldwatch.org/global-meat-production-and- consumption-continue-rise-1>.