Today, more than half of the cultivated land in the U.S. and Canada is planted for animal consumption. This means that more people could be fed if the land were planted with crops for direct human consumption.

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This statement is true. According to a report by the World Watch Institute, "Livestock and their byproducts actually account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions." The report also states that if the land currently used to produce animal feed were instead used to grow crops for direct human consumption, it could feed an additional 4 billion people.

Today, More Than Half of the Cultivated Land in the U.S