Chick-Fil-A's Cow Says " Eat More Chicken

But maybe they should say:    "Eat More Vegetables". 

          At the "World Water Day 2012"  held just a few days ago in Italy, the slogan that was used allot was:


      "The World Is Thirsty Because We Are Hungry."



                      



         According to an article from UNwater.org, it takes about 1500 liters of water to produce 1 kg of wheat BUT it takes 10 times more water to produce 1 kg of beef.  It is estimated that we eat about 37 kg of meat per person per year and our demand for meat goes higher each year, which means that much more of food for animal consumption will need to be grown and which means much more potable water will be needed to water and process our livestock.

         Are there solutions to these seemingly impossible problems? I would say Yes! definitely! I began this project believing this to be a problem that was over there...... but have found that maybe the water problems over there........ are coming over here.... faster than any of us care to think much about.  The money I have raised will definitely go to Blood:Water Mission for the building and restoring of wells in the African Nation because that is where my heart hurts, but that is just not good enough anymore.  As an individual I need to do my part in caring for the water that I come into contact with every day and so should you. We should stand up when individuals or corporations are mishandling our water sources, become educated about best water practices.  Here is an interesting video with some possible solutions you might like:

Fish harvesting from our rivers has increased about 6% each year since 1970.  Fish require a healthy environment to thrive in. ( I cooked my guppies one time because the water heater malfunctioned.) The importance of maintaining ecologically sound water sources are far reaching......

Fish, Meat, Vegetable

Genesis 1:28-30  God blessed (Adam and Eve) them and said to them,   "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue (manage)  it.  Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground. "  Then God said, "I give you every seed bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it.  They will be yours for food.  And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground, everything that has the breath of life in it , I give every green plant for food." And it was so.

Have we been good stewards of what God has given us to manage?