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Eating Our Way to Extinction

A significant reasonwhy livestock production has been havingsuch a huge impacton...

[dramatic musical sting] [Mr. De Schutter]
A significant reason
why livestock production has been having
such a huge impact
on greenhouse gas emissions is because of the large surfaces of forests
that have been destroyed in order to make room
for pastures and for the growth of soybean and maize
for feedstock production

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[Mr. De Schutter] A significant reason why livestock production
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has been having such a huge impact on greenhouse gas emissions
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is because of the large surfaces
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of forests that have been destroyed
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in order to make room for pastures and for the growth
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of soybean and maize for feedstock production.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:18
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Broxstar Productions

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Movie Summary

Globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists open the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about: the damaging effects of factory farming.
[Kate Winslet] Our forests were once full of the most incredible life. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
[Kate Winslet] Our forests were once full of the most incred...
In more recent years, we began to grow an insatiable appetite - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:11
In more recent years, we began to grow an insatiable appetit...
So we slashed and burned our way through the pristine forests, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:11
So we slashed and burned our way through the pristine forest...
As these animals weren't allowed to roam free - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:25
As these animals weren't allowed to roam free
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The green land is used for human crops. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
The green land is used for human crops.
And yet the land we use for animal agriculture, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:12
And yet the land we use for animal agriculture,
Almost all the Earth's surface has-- now bears the mark - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
Almost all the Earth's surface has-- now bears the mark
Agriculture has transformed the planet like nothing else. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
Agriculture has transformed the planet like nothing else.
To produce milk, we farm an area about the size of Brazil. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
To produce milk, we farm an area about the size of Brazil.
To produce beef, we farm an area about the size of Canada, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:13
To produce beef, we farm an area about the size of Canada,
To produce eggs, we farm an area the size of Sweden. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
To produce eggs, we farm an area the size of Sweden.
To produce aquaculture feed, an area about the size of the UK. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
To produce aquaculture feed, an area about the size of the U...
A plant-based diet would reduce the amount of land required - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:08
A plant-based diet would reduce the amount of land required
That's an area the size of the entire African continent. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
That's an area the size of the entire African continent...
[Kate Winslet] The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
[Kate Winslet] The Amazon is the world's largest tropic...
This ancient and richly biodiverse world - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
This ancient and richly biodiverse world
It is often assumed that much of the soy - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
It is often assumed that much of the soy
In fact, less than six percent of the soy - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
In fact, less than six percent of the soy
The vast majority is grown to create - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:05
The vast majority is grown to create