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The statement that American should take on a quasi-vegan diet by the various authors should be adopted by all. Due to the benefits associated with this diet, which range from prevention of diseases, reduced water and air pollution, less health related disorders, reduced transmission of animal to human diseases, more efficient grain harvest, reduced land degradation and conservation of water. All these environmental benefit to the American people should be a good reason to them adopting a quasi-vegan diet. The argument presented in this paper supports adaptation of a quasi-vegan diet by Americans based on the environmental benefits that they would gain by adopting this diet.

Animals reared in industrial scale farms to meet the high market demand for human consumption are not given the best care due to the quantity. This together with the animals’ proximity to each other increases the rate of disease transmittion that, in turn contribute to animal human transmit ion. These diseases are suspected to be a cause of cancerous diseases, birth defects and many more diseases in humans (Fox, 1999). Some of these diseases are passed through the mass waste produced by the farm animals that contaminates water once it is exposed to the environment. Adopting this diet would ensure reduced diseases since industrial farm animals production would reduce drastically because the demand for meat would be less.

Production of animals in large scale consumes a lot of water compared to plant farming that uses less. This is due to growing the crops required to feed this animals combined by the water animals’ use. These crops are grown using irrigation since they are required throughout out the year to feed animals compared to grain farming that relies on rainfall. Grains once harvested they are stored and consumed for several months until the next harvest is obtained. In addition, the land is degraded by industrial animal farming because they do not give it a break but exhaust it with crops year after year. Unlike in grain farming which after harvesting the land is prepared for the next planting season when the rains are near hence the land is conserved. Adopting a quasi-vegan diet would reduce land degradation since no crops for feeding animals would be planted in large scale.

Adopting a quasi- vegan diet would lead to increased food production to sustain the population. All the crops and grains fed on animals would be used to feed people and the rest stored. The land would increase its fertility because it would be given more time to regain its nutrients since cultivation would not be continuous. Adopting this diet would ensure that Americans would access the nutrients from crops directly and in quantity rather than getting them from the animals whose conversation is low

Industrial animal farming which include crop farming contributes a lot to air and water pollution (Pojman, 2011). This animal agriculture emits greenhouse gases that contribute to almost half of the green gases emitted globally. Inn addition animal farming is known to produce nitrous oxide and methane that contributes to global warming. Adoption of a quasi- vegan diet would reduce air pollution and its effect on global worming. The waste from these animals contributes to water pollution when it is exposed to water.

In conclusion, adopting this type of diet would reduce environmental degradation and climate change (Engel & Jenni, 2010). Animal husbandry methods put in place to sustain the market for animal consumption has a high price to pay when conserving the environment. The most suitable solution would be for Americans to adopt a quasi-vegan diet due to its multiple benefits.

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Engel, M., & Jenni, K. (2010). The philosophy of animal rights: A brief introduction for students and teachers. New York, NY: Lantern Books.

Pojman, P. (2011). Food ethics. Australia: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

Fox, M. A. (1999). Deep vegetarianism. Philadelphia, PA: TempleUniversity Press.