Vegan vs Omnivore Land Usage

Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year:
Vegan: 1/6th acre
Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan
Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan

Popular Source

This statistic was popularised by Cowspiracy from whence the above quote was taken.

Primary Sources

EarthSave

Eishel, Gordon, et al. “Land, irrigation water, greenhouse gas, reactive nitrogen burdens of meat, eggs and dairy production in the United States”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 111 No. 33 June 2014

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