{"id":1359,"date":"2015-04-22T18:49:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T23:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2015-04-22T18:58:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T23:58:14","slug":"earthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/22\/earthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Sjaak&#8217;s Vegan Chocolate Quiz &#8211; Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the Vallejo Earth Day, the BAVeg table focused on water usage and food choices, and distributed information about factory farming, nutrition and recipes, and animal rights. \u00a0For fun, participants were asked a randomly selected question related to food and the environment. \u00a0As a &#8220;thank you&#8221; for participating, they were gifted with an organic vegan chocolate bite donated by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjaaks.com\">Sjaak&#8217;s Organic Chocolates<\/a>. \u00a0We will\u00a0have a longer post soon with photographs. \u00a0Thank you to our volunteers who made this possible:\u00a0Debbie, Tonia, Jamie, and Tammy<\/p>\n<p>Here are the questions that were used:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 1:\u00a0 HOW MUCH WATER IS NEEDED TO PRODUCE ONE POUND OF BEEF? <\/strong>(IN GALLONS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:\u00a0 HOW MUCH WATER DOES A DAIRY COW DRINK EACH DAY? <\/strong>(IN GALLONS)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 3:\u00a0 HOW MUCH MILK DOES A COW GIVE PER DAY?\u00a0<\/strong>(IN GALLONS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 4:\u00a0 HOW MUCH WATER IS NEEDED TO PRODUCE 1 GALLON OF MILK? <\/strong>(IN GALLONS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 5:\u00a0 IN THE U.S., HOW MUCH WATER IS CONSUMED BY PRIVATE HOMES VS. FOR ANIMAL AGRICULTURE? <\/strong>(AS A PERCENTAGE)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Q 6:\u00a0 HOW MUCH WATER IS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A SINGLE HAMBURGER? <\/strong>(IN GALLONS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Q 7:\u00a0 HOW MUCH LAND IS REQUIRED TO FEED A VEGAN FOR ONE YEAR? <\/strong>(IN ACRES)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 8:\u00a0 HOW MUCH MORE LAND IS REQUIRED TO FEED A MEAT EATER VERSUS A VEGAN FOR ONE YEAR?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 9:\u00a0 HOW MUCH WATER IS SAVED PER DAY BY EATING A VEGAN DIET? <\/strong>(IN GALLONS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 10:\u00a0 FOR FARMS IN THE USDA JURISDICTION, HOW MUCH ANIMAL WASTE IS PRODUCED <em>EVERY MINUTE<\/em> IN THE UNITED STATES?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 MILLION POUNDS<\/li>\n<li>3 MILLION POUNDS<\/li>\n<li>5 MILLION POUNDS<\/li>\n<li>7 MILLION POUNDS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Q 11:\u00a0 HOW MUCH OF CALIFORNIA&#8217;S WATER SUPPLY GOES TOWARD PRODUCING MEAT AND DAIRY FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION? <\/strong>(AS A PERCENTAGE)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Q 12:\u00a0 ANIMAL AGRICULTURE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW MUCH OF AMAZON RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION?\u00a0<\/strong>(AS A PERCENTAGE)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 13:\u00a0 HOW MUCH OF THE EARTH&#8217;S LAND IS COVERED BY LIVESTOCK? <\/strong>(AS A PERCENTAGE)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 14:\u00a0 HOW MUCH IS ANIMAL AGRICULTURE RESPONSIBLE FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS VS. ALL FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION? <\/strong>(AS A PERCENTAGE)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 15 :\u00a0 <em>TRUE OR FALSE<\/em>:\u00a0 FOR THE AMOUNT OF WATER USED TO PRODUCE 1 POUND OF BEEF, YOU COULD TAKE 37 SHOWERS&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 16:\u00a0 <em>TRUE OR FALSE:<\/em>\u00a0 FOR THE AMOUNT OF WATER USED TO PRODUCE 1 POUND OF BEEF, YOU COULD DO 45 LOADS OF LAUNDRY&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 17<em>:\u00a0 TRUE OR FALSE:\u00a0 <\/em>FOR THE AMOUNT OF WATER USED TO PRODUCE 1 POUND OF BEEF, YOU COULD WATER THE LAWN A WEEK&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q 18:\u00a0 <em>TRUE OR FALSE<\/em>:\u00a0 ONE DAIRY COW PRODUCES THE\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/region9\/animalwaste\/problem.html\"><strong>SAME AMOUNT OF WASTE IN ONE DAY<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0AS TEN TO FIFTEEN HUMAN BEINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Test yourself! \u00a0And then\u00a0read the <a href=\"%20https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/22\/earthdayanswers\/\">next post <\/a>for questions &amp; answers combined, along with the sources used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Vallejo Earth Day, the BAVeg table focused on water usage and food choices, and distributed information about factory farming, nutrition and recipes, and animal rights. \u00a0For fun, participants were asked a randomly selected question related to food and the environment. \u00a0As a &#8220;thank you&#8221; for participating, they were gifted with an organic vegan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1366,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions\/1366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bayareaveg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}