10. A Solution to World Hunger More than 925,000,000 don’t have food to eat. Even though we produce enough grain and corn to feed everyone in the world twice over, annually. So what’s the deal? Well most of our grain and corn are used to feed livestock. It takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce just one pound of edible meat. According to the USDA and the United Nations, using an acre of land to raise cattle for slaughter yields 20 pounds of usable protein. That same acre would yield 356 pounds of protein if soybeans were grown instead, more than 17 times as much! 
So there you have it, being vegan is so much more than just choosing to save animals, it’s also about choosing to save the planet, for future generations to come. High five, vegans! (source: veganhousewives.com)
