Water Usage in Beef Production: A Comparison

*This is a re-release of Episode 2, Does Beef Waste Water?*

We’ve all heard that beef is a water hog, often enough that it’s considered common knowledge. Caroline goes to the source - a UNESCO study - to see what we can unpack about that claim. Holes are poked, rants are ranted, and nuance is added.

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Beef & water footprint:

https://www.watercalculator.org/news/articles/beef-king-big-water-footprints/

https://www.watercalculator.org/water-footprint-of-food-guide/

https://waterfootprint.org/en/water-footprint/product-water-footprint/water-footprint-crop-and-animal-products/

https://www.waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/Report-48-WaterFootprint-AnimalProducts-Vol1.pdf

Irrigation in the US:

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-practices-management/irrigation-water-use/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%202017%20Census,20%20percent%20of%20harvested%20cropland.