Competition between Animals and Humans for Cultivated Crops: Livestock Production and Our Food Supply

Worldwide, people die because afªuent individuals consume foods of animal origin (meat, milk). Feeding animals is wasteful; using food and our scarce land resources that could be used to produce food for people. Ultimately, consumption of animal products constitutes misuse of the earth’s resources and leads to abuse not only of animals, but also of starving humans worldwide.