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“As an unreconstructed carnivore, I am
painfully aware how much land and water
go into the raising and slaughter of poultry
and livestock compared to growing fruits
and vegetables, and I also know how
much our meat industries contribute to the
destruction of the Chesapeake Bay. Every
year I hear from vegetarians about the public
environmental and private health benefits of
giving up meat, and they're right.”
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—Senator Jamie Raskin, Maryland State Senator,
District 20
Reports the Natural Resources Defense
Council, “Factory farms, which mass-
produce animals in assembly-line fashion,
have harmed aquatic life, human health and
ecosystems across the nation. As industrial-
sized farms stagger under the vast burden of
manure they are generating, environmental
disasters are inevitable.”
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