Aug02

Vegetarian or meat eater

In 2012, the USDA estimated that Americans ate an average of 52.3 pounds of beef, 57.4 pounds of chicken, and 43.5 pounds of pork, per person. Vegetarians, about 5% of the US population, do not eat meat (including poultry and seafood). Vegetarians say that eating meat can harm you, waste resources, cause deforestation, and create pollution. They of …