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* According to a report from from the United Nations, the World Bank, and others, and signed by 58 nations (the IAASTD report), the calories that are lost by feeding soy, vegetables, and grains to animals, instead of using them directly as human food, could feed an additional 3.5 billion people. (2008) http://www.globalagriculture.org/report-topics/meat-and-animal-feed.html, https://www.gwp.org/globalassets/global/toolbox/references/the-environmental-crisis.-the-environments-role-in-averting-future-food-crises-unep-2009.pdf
 
* According to a report from from the United Nations, the World Bank, and others, and signed by 58 nations (the IAASTD report), the calories that are lost by feeding soy, vegetables, and grains to animals, instead of using them directly as human food, could feed an additional 3.5 billion people. (2008) http://www.globalagriculture.org/report-topics/meat-and-animal-feed.html, https://www.gwp.org/globalassets/global/toolbox/references/the-environmental-crisis.-the-environments-role-in-averting-future-food-crises-unep-2009.pdf
 
   
 
   
* A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by two environmental scientists, a physicist, and a molecular biologist that "replacing all animal-based items with plant-based replacement diets can add enough food to feed 350 million additional people, more than the expected benefits of eliminating all supply chain food loss." https://www.pnas.org/content/115/15/3804
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* A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by two environmental scientists, a physicist, and a molecular biologist says that "replacing all animal-based items with plant-based replacement diets can add enough food to feed 350 million additional people, more than the expected benefits of eliminating all supply chain food loss." https://www.pnas.org/content/115/15/3804
  
 
* According to a peer-reviewed study published by the World Resources Institute in 2014, titled “Creating a Sustainable Food Future,” it takes on average 24 calories of plant feed to produce one calorie of food from animals. (average of figures on the graph on page 37) http://www.wri.org/sites/default/files/wri13_report_4c_wrr_online.pdf
 
* According to a peer-reviewed study published by the World Resources Institute in 2014, titled “Creating a Sustainable Food Future,” it takes on average 24 calories of plant feed to produce one calorie of food from animals. (average of figures on the graph on page 37) http://www.wri.org/sites/default/files/wri13_report_4c_wrr_online.pdf

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  • A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by two environmental scientists, a physicist, and a molecular biologist says that "replacing all animal-based items with plant-based replacement diets can add enough food to feed 350 million additional people, more than the expected benefits of eliminating all supply chain food loss." https://www.pnas.org/content/115/15/3804
  • A University of Minnesota study found that "36% of the calories produced by the world’s crops are being used for animal feed, and only 12% of those feed calories ultimately contribute to the human diet (as meat and other animal products)." http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ERL.....8c4015C

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This fact sheet was originally authored by Greg Fuller and copyedited by Isaac Nickerson. The contents may have been edited since that time by others.