Meat · Lesson 1 · 4:55

The Amount Of Water To Make A Burger

You've seen the headline: one burger takes thousands of litres of water. This lesson opens up that number and shows what's really inside it. Over 93% of beef's water footprint is green water, rain that falls on the pasture whether cattle are there or not. The scary burger figure is mostly rain on grass.

In this lesson you'll learn

• Green, blue and grey water, and why the difference matters
• Why over 93% of beef's water footprint is rain that falls anyway
• Why water shortages come down to blue water, and how little beef uses
• Why grass-fed beef uses less blue and grey water than grain-fed beef

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