USDA 's newsletter suggesting employees forgo meat once a week caused uproar . Ben Grossman - author : Meat industry , people hate USDA , so it backs off . We found that the emissions reductions from this tiny step alone would be the equivalent of taking 3.7 million cars off the road for a year . It takes huge amounts of land , water , coal , oil to produce meat , he writes . He says that less meat reduces use of resources and ensures everyone gets fed .
USDA 's newsletter suggesting employees forgo meat once a week caused uproar . Ben Grossman - author : Meat industry , people hate USDA , so it backs off . It takes huge amounts of land , water , coal , oil to produce meat , he writes . He says that less meat reduces use of resources and ensures everyone gets fed .