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Water Footprint of a Vegan versus a Meat Burrito

Posted on May 14, 2020 by The VRG Blog Editor

Throughout history scarcity of water has been a major problem in many parts of our world. We decided to look at the water footprint of a vegan versus a meat-based burrito. Thanks to VRG Research Advisor Jeanne Yacoubou, MS for compiling all the details.

Read the entire article explaining how much research had to be done to calculate the information: https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2017issue2/2017_issue2_burrito_plate.php

Share this graphic with others showing the Water Footprint of a Vegan versus a Meat Burrito: https://www.vrg.org/environment/BurritoOnMyPlate.pdf

To support this type of research, please donate to The Vegetarian Resource Group: www.vrg.org/donate   

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