Drought-tolerant eating

The drought in California has been making national headlines the past few weeks, and accompanying it, statistics on how much water almond growers use. But, uh, where’s the beef data? Keegan Kuhn, director of the documentary Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, said that while almond production uses 10 percent of California's water for 82 percent of the world’s supply of almonds, animal agriculture uses 15 percent of the state's water just to grow the feed for the animals. The Pacific Institute found that 47 percent of California's water footprint water goes toward producing dairy and meat, which Kuhn said is the “leading cause of deforestation, water consumption and pollution.” Cowspiracy claims it takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of beef. Solutions? Meatless Mondays or weekday vegetarianism for all and checking out the film at www.cowspiracy.com is a start.