What goes into the production of a quarter pound burger? According to J.L. Capper in The Journal of Animal Science, 6.7 pounds of feed, 52.8 gallons of drinking water, 74.5 square feet of grazing, and the equivalent amount of energy it takes to run a microwave for 18 minutes. The average American eats approximately 271 pounds of meat a year - or three, quarter pounder burgers a day. Meat is a tasty part of culture; it's a part of our special holidays and our daily meals, but is the product worth the cost? Pacific Lutheran University's Ruth Anderson Public Debate asks, is it right to eat animals? Chime in Thursday.
RUTH ANDERSON PUBLIC DEBATE: MEAT, 7 p.m., Xavier Hall, 201, Pacific Lutheran University, 12180 Park Ave. S., Tacoma, free admission, 253.535.7411
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