The livestock and meat industries now rank in the top three worst environmental criminals in the world; on both global and local levels. Experts say that eating a vegetarian diet, instead of one rich in meat products, could help alleviate some of the pollution in our water and air, as well as decrease some of the damage being done to the rain forest; also slowing the rate of global warming. Although some reports say that a good part of rain forest demolition is due to clearing of land to grow soy, a great majority of the crops being grown in this region, such as corn, soy, and wheat, is used by the meat industry to feed its' ever growing population of meat puppets. Click below to read more.