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Sodaware on July 27, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Beyond Meat: Fake Meat So Good It Will Freak You O...

Aside from moral reasons, it will be interesting to see if creating fake meat is more energy efficient than existing farming methods.

amalag on July 27, 2012 [–]

According to the Water Education Foundation, it takes 2,464 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef in California. In contrast, only 25 gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of wheat.

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