BBC Says World Must Eat Less Meat Hungry world 'must eat less
meat' By Alex Kirby, BBC News Online environment correspondent
Livestock needs a lot of water. World water supplies will not be
enough for our descendants to enjoy the sort of diet the West
eats now, experts say. The World Water Week in Stockholm will be
told the growth in demand for meat and dairy products is
unsustainable. Animals need much more water than grain to
produce the same amount of food, and ending malnutrition and
feeding even more mouths will take still more water. Scientists
say the world will have to change its consumption patterns to
have any realistic hope of feeding itself. Losing the Race The
World Water Week conference is held annually in the Swedish
capital, and is organized by the Stockholm International Water
Institute, Siwi. This year's (2004) conference runs from 15th to
21st of August. It's going to be almost impossible to feed
future generations the kind of diet we have now in western
Europe and North America, Anders Ber