It takes tons of water to put meat on Americans’ plates. But most meat companies don’t ensure conservation in their supply chains.
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It takes tons of water to put meat on Americans’ plates. But most meat companies don’t ensure conservation in their supply chains.

ByMidwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Water is critical to America’s meat habit. Cows, pigs and chickens drink it. Farmers clean barns and cool animals with it. Meatpackers sanitize plants and wash their product with it. But, most importantly, water grows the crops needed to feed the millions of animals raised and slaughtered each year that end up on Americans’ tables….