•  Orchards  
•  Gardens  
•  Solar electric power  
•  Solar water heaters  205
Fruiticulture•  Rainwater catchment tank and pond  
•  Gray water recycling  
•  Plant and fruit tree nursery  
•  Greenhouse  
•  Caretaker house  
•  Guest house  
•  Conference room / Yoga studio
Please Visit Hua-Nui.com and Contact Dr. David KleinFor full details, please visit www.hua-nui.com.If you are excited about Hua Nui and would like to discuss your visions for a healthy and 
sustainable world, and how you can participate in the creation, sustenance, and co-habi-tation of Hua Nui, Dr. David Klein would love to hear from you via the contact form at  
www.hua-nui.com, or:
Phone: 808-572-0861 (Maui, Hawaii)  
Skype: drdaveklein  
Email: dave@digestionperfection.com
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FruiticultureAppendix B
Earth Regeneration Centers
by Don Weaver
It was journalist/author Wes “Scoop” Nisker Who said:  “If you don’t like the news, go out 
and make some of your own. ”  
I say:  “If you don’t like the “mass media” news about ongoing local-and-global pollution, 
soil erosion and deforestation, destructive weather and climate change, forced migra-tion, malnutrition, starvation, violent conflict, poverty, social and economic injustice, wars, etc., here is a “radical” (meaning “to the root”) idea: start an Earth Regeneration Center. ”  
Regenerate: “To bring new and more vigorous life to (an area or institution);  
revive. ”  That is one good short definition and can be applied to the environment, eco -
nomics, human mental-moral-physical-spiritual health, and so on. To start an Earth Regeneration Center, simply realize that you are one “center” of the 
Universe and that “regeneration starts with me. ”  As we each willingly embrace the re -
sponsibility of living more regeneratively, we should see opportunities to extend our sphere of regeneration outward, to touch and help others do the same. That reminds me of the great saying: “The best exercise for the heart is reaching down and lifting others u p.”
I encourage you and others who wish to enjoy the regenerative life with you to find any 
amount of land to work with and start a garden, remineralize and replen-ish the soil, and quickly find out how different you may feel when di-rectly eating fresh, min-eralized garden produce. 207
FruiticultureYou might learn that living a “garden-to-hand-to-
mouth” existence has been underrated! It’s a wonderfully enriching enterprise to engage 
symbiotically with a living, verdant part of the Earth. You can start planting fruit and nut trees that are adapted to your climate zone. With a vari-ety of fruits, nuts, and succulent vegetables planted on generously rock-dusted and compost-enriched soil, you will be on your way to a great diet while regenerating the Earth within your caring reach. For those of us aspiring and able to create an Earth Regeneration Center that is a model for the world at large, some other key components could include:
 •  Tree and plant nurseries
 •  Greenhouse for propagation/production
 •  Rock grinder powered by wind, solar, or biofuels
 •  Complete composting systems including composting toilets
 •  “Green” building materials and integrated living/growing/recycling systems
 •  To honor the full human life-and-death cycle, where permitted, a green burial area in 
a forest or re-forestation zone
 •  A comprehensive book and audio-visual library for all to learn from
 •  Farm tours and workshops
 •  Establishing a resear ch/testing lab alliance for testing soil and produce qualities as 
remineralization and composting effects proceed
 •  Pond or lake creation where appropriate
 •  Establishing outdoor and indoor r ecreation and fitness facilities
 •  If more people continue to choose veganic growing and eating, there may be a need 
for more animal sanctuaries on your land
208
FruiticultureWhat else would you like to see as 
part of an Earth Regeneration Center? Let’s learn from what current 
Permaculture and intentional commu-nities are doing around the world, as well as David’s Hua Nui center that is planned to be an Earth Regeneration Center for the Hawaii bio-region, and invite mutual support with them. It would be great if some Earth 
Regeneration Centers could be com-bined with a fasting/health Natural Hygiene Centers such as TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, California. Can you imagine how such centers 
could effect the problems noted above and offer living solutions that could transform individual, societal and planetary health? If so, I hope you will find the inspiration and means to begin sharing these solu-tions and enjoying a more regenera-tive life with many others around the world! I will be grateful to hear what ideas 
you have and what progress you’re making, and offer any assistance that I can. I and co-workers are also seek -
ing land on which to co-create Earth Regeneration Centers in California, Hawaii and else -
where worldwide. Contact: earthdon@yahoo.com
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FruiticultureAppendix C
Statistics Compiled by EarthSave and 
Cowspiracy
Food Choices and Y our Health  
http://www.earthsave.org/healthy.htm
There is overwhelming scientific evidence that what we eat has a profound influence on 
our well-being. The medical community is in agreement: for optimal health, they recom -
mend diets rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables and legumes, and low in fat, especially animal fat. Despite this, millions of North Americans continue to eat in ways that severe -
ly compromise their health. Please consider these realities:
More than 2,500 Americans die each day from heart disease, the number one killer of 
both women and men. People eating no meat have 24% less heart disease than meat-eaters. People eating no 
meat and dairy have 57% less heart disease. Physicians are able to reverse existing heart disease in more than 70% of patients by pre -
scribing a low-fat vegetarian diet.More than 1.2 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer each year, and more than 
500,000 die from the disease. A study of more than 11,000 people found that those eating a vegetarian diet have 40% 
less chance of contracting cancer than people who eat meat. Health & NutritionSixty-eight percent of all diseases in the U.S. are diet related. [1]ObesityThere’s been a 40 percent increase in obesity since 1966. [2]Nearly 30 percent of the adult population (24 million people) is considered obese. [3]Eleven percent of American children between 6 and 17 are considered severely over -210
Fruiticultureweight. [4]
Americans each consumed an average of 140 pounds of sugar in 1991. [5]Diet and DiseaseTotal dollar costs and deaths from excess dietary fat far exceed costs and deaths from all 
forms of substance abuse, including tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs combined. [6]
Heart Disease is the most common cause of death in the U.S.[7]Nine hundred and twenty-five thousand Americans die each year from cardiovascular 
disease. [8]
Forty percent of all cancers in the U.S. are diet related. [9]
Disease    Health C are Costs   Americ ans with Disease  Ra te in Vegetarians  
Heart     $40.4 billion    6.2 million    50-75% low er 
High blood pressure  $12.5 billion    63 million    33-50% low er 
Cancer    $35.5 billion    1.2 million    25-50% low er 
Diabetes    $39.0 billion    7.3 million    90% low er 
Gallbladder surgery   $3.2 billion    0.5 million    75% low er[10]
CholesterolAmount of cholesterol in a 3 oz. serving of: T-bone steak 72 mg; Chicken 75 mg; Turkey 
76 mg; Salmon 74 mg; Shrimp 166 mg[11]
All foods derived from plants (fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds) 0 mgEvery time the blood cholesterol level rises one percent a corresponding risk of coronary 
heart disease rises two percent. [12]
A recent international conference of leading heart researchers concluded, “The optimal 
intake of cholesterol in the adult is probably zero. ”[13]
The Good News About CholesterolThe human body makes all the cholesterol it needs. By changing their eating habits 
now, today’s children can save themselves from elevated cholesterol and saturated fat levels that would have caused 1.5 million heart attacks and 500,000 needless premature deaths by 2030. [14]211
FruiticultureFood Safety
Annually E. coli-tainted hamburger is the leading cause of at least 7,500 children con-
tracting a severe disease, Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. [17]
500 deaths and 20,000 illnesses are caused by E. coli every year. [18]An estimated 325,000 Americans contract food-borne illnesses from eating fish each 
year. [19]
The food-borne illnesses in 1992 afflicted up to 7.13 million people and cost $6 billion. The majority of these come from animal products. [20][21][22]
Protein RequirementsThe World Health Organization of the United Nations recommends only 4.5% of daily 
calories be provided as protein. [23]  
The National Research Council says 8-10%. [24]The average North American consumes four times the minimum daily requirement of 
protein and this leads to a host of overconsumption problems. Excess protein cannot be stored by the body and it must be broken down and excreted as waste material. Animal ProteinOsteoporosis[25] and kidney disease[26] are linked to excess animal protein 
consumption. Tens of millions of cases of osteoporosis[27] and kidney disease[28] exist in the United 
States. Female meat eaters at age 65 experience an average measurable bone loss of 35%. [29]The Good News About Vegetable ProteinFemale vegetarians at age 65 experience an average measurable bone loss of 18%. [30]Frances Moore Lappe, who popularized the concept of combining proteins, provided 
updated research that protein combining is unnecessary in a healthy, varied vegetarian diet. [31]212
FruiticultureThe Good News About Plant-Based Diets 
A low-fat diet free of animal products can prevent, improve and/or cure: [32][33] 
Arthritis, Diverticulosis, Osteoporosis, Obesity, Diabetes, Impotence, Kidney Disease, Strokes, Hypoglycemia, Prostate Cancer, Salmonellosis, Constipation, Peptic Ulcers, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Asthma, Gallstones, Heart Disease, Trichinosis
References[1] The Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health, Pub. #88-50210, Washington, DC: 
U.S.Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1988. [2] President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, as cited in Madu Dillingham, “Off 
the Scales, ” E Magazine, July/Aug 1995. [3] Ibid. [4] “Kids’ weight has ballooned since 1980, U.S.survey says, ” Washington Post, Oct 3, 1995. [5] Environmental Nutrition, Sep. 1995. [6] Attwood, Charles, MD, Dr. Attwood’s Low-Fat Prescription for Kids, Viking, New York, 
1995, p. 48. [7] Roy Walford, Maximum Life Span, New York: Norton, 1983, 8. [8] Peggy Eastman, “Healthier Habits, Science Curbing Heart Disease, ” AARP Bulletin, Sep 
1995. [9] National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Annual Cancer Statistics 
Review, 1989. [10] Preventive Medicine,1995, 24, p. 646-655; Physicians Committee for Responsible 
Medicine, “Recommended Revisions for Dietary Guidelines for Americans, ” January 31, 1995. [11] Jean Pennington, Food Values, 15th edition, Perennial Library Press, 1989. [12] MJ Martin et al, “Serum cholesterol, blood pressure, and mortality, implications from 
a cohort of 361, 662 men, ” Lancet 1986; 2:933-6. [13] S. Moncada, JF Martin, A. Higgs, Symposium on regression of atherosclerosis, 213
FruiticultureEuropean Journal of Clinical Investigation 1993; 23:385-98. [14] Charles Attwood, op. cit. p. 156. [15] Phillip Kapleau, To Cherish All Life, Harper and Row, San Francisco, 1981, p. 59. [16] McDougall, The McDougall Plan, op. cit. p. 7. [17] Fact Sheet from Lois Joy Galler Foundation, Melville, NY 1995. [18] Susan Meeker-Lowry, “Challenging the Meat Monopoly, ” Z Magazine, March 1, 1995. [19] Centers for Disease Control cited in “Is our Fish Fit to Eat?” , Consumer Reports, Feb. 
1992. [20] Preventive Medicine, 1995, 24 p. 646-655. [21] Food and Nutrition Board, Vegetarian Diets, National Academy of Sciences, 
Washington, DC, 1974, p. 2. [22] G. Bell, Textbook of Physiology and Biochemistry, 4th ed. Williams and Wilkins, 
Balentine, 1954, p. 167-170. [23] “Protein Requirements, ” Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health 
Organization Expert Group, United Nations Conference, Rome, 1965: C. Pfeiffer, Mental 
and Elemental Nutrients, New Canaan, CT: Keats, 1975. [24] National Research Council, Recommended Dietary Allowances, 9th ed., Washington, 
DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1989. [25] L. Allen, “Protein-induced Hypercalcuria: A Longer-term Study. ” American Journal 
of Clinical Nutrition,1979, 32:741; J. Brockis, “The Effects of Vegetable and Animal Proteins on Calcium, Urate, and Oxalate Excretion. ” BR J. Urology, 1982, 54:590; V. Barzel, Osteoporosis. New York: Grune and Stratton. 1970. [26] B. Brenner, “Dietary Protein Intake and the Progressive Nature of Kidney Disease: The 
Role of Hemodynamically Mediated Glomerular Injury in the Pathogenesis of Progressive Glomerular Sclerosis in Aging, Renal Ablation and Intrinsic Renal Disease. ” New England Journal of Medicine,1980. 307:652; G. Maschio, “Effects of Dietary Protein and Phosphorus Restriction on the Progression of Early Renal Failure. ” Kidney Int., 1982, 22:371. [27] Same as note 16.214
Fruiticulture[28] Same as note 17. [29] Same as note 15. [30] Ibid. [31] Lappe, Frances Moore, Diet for a Small Planet, tenth anniversary edition, Ballantine 
Books, New York, 1982. 17, 162. [32] For complete documentation, refer to: John McDougall, MD and Mary A. McDougall, 
The McDougall Plan, Piscataway, NJ: New Century, 1983; John McDougall, MD, McDougall’s Medicine, A Challenging Second Opinion. Clinton, NJ: New Win Publishing, 1985), 75; John Robbins, Diet for a New America, Walpole, NH: Stillpoint, 1987. [33] For complete documentation, refer to: John Robbins, Diet for a New America, 
Walpole, NH: Stillpoint, 1987; John McDougall, MD and Mary A. McDougall, The 
McDougall Plan, Piscataway, NJ: New Century, 1983; John McDougall, MD, McDougall’s 
Medicine, A Challenging Second Opinion. Clinton, NJ: New Win Publishing, 1985, 75. Food Choices and the Planet  
http://www.earthsave.org/environment.htm
The toll exacted on human health by a diet laden with saturated fat and cholesterol is 
devastating, and thoroughly documented. What is this same diet doing to our planet? It takes 2,500 gallons of water, 12 pounds of grain, 35 pounds of topsoil and the energy 
equivalent of one gallon of gasoline to produce one pound of feedlot beef. Because of over-consumption of fish, all 17 of the world’s major fishing areas have reached or ex -
ceeded their natural limits. One-third of the world’s fish catch is fed directly to livestock. Seventy percent of U.S. grain production is fed to livestock.Five million acres of rainforest are felled every year in South and Central America alone 
to create cattle pasture. Roughly 20% of all currently threatened and endangered species in the U.S. are harmed 
by livestock grazing. Animal agriculture is a chief contributor to water pollution. America’s farm animals pro -215
Fruiticultureduce 10 times the waste produced by the human population. The Good News About the Environment and Our Food ChoicesMany farmers are rediscovering the farming methods of their grandfathers and aug-
menting this with new knowledge of sustainable techniques. These are achieving the same or greater yields without the use of costly, harmful and soil-depleting petrochemi -
cal fertilizers and pesticides. Ultimately, it is consumer demand that has brought us to this juncture of depleted and 
polluted soils, seas and freshwater supplies through the desire to have a “cheap” food supply. Only a profound change in consumer demand can prevent a total collapse of the seas and the soils. By eating a varied plant-based diet, you can easily get all the nutrients you need to lead 
a healthy active life. Besides being easy, delicious, economical, fun and healthful, follow -
ing a plant-based diet transforms your fork into a powerful tool for environmental pro -
tection and restoration. Land Utilization and Soil ErosionOne-half of the Earth’s land mass is grazed by livestock. [1]More than 60% of the world’s rangelands were damaged by overgrazing during the past 
half century. [2]
As much as 85% of rangeland in the western U.S. is being degraded by overgrazing. [3]Overgrazing is by far the most pervasive cause of desertification. [4]Thiry-five pounds of topsoil are lost in the production of one pound of grain-fed beef. [5]Sixty-four percent of U.S. cropland produces livestock feed. [6]Only 2% of U.S. cropland produces fruits and vegetables. [7]Pounds of edible product that can be produced on an acre of prime land: Apples 20,000; 
Carrots 30,000; Potatoes 40,000; Tomatoes 50,000; Beef 250. [8]
Water ConsumptionThe number of gallons of water needed to produce one pound of edible product: Apples 216
Fruiticulture49; Carrots 33; Potatoes 24; Tomatoes 23; Beef 2,500. [9,10]
Endangered SpeciesAt least 100 animals are added to the endangered species list each year. [11]Between 19 and 22 percent of all threatened and endangered species are harmed by 
livestock grazing. [12]
Rainforest DestructionFive million acres of rainforest are felled every year in South and Central America to cre -
ate cattle pasture. [13]Cattle ranching has destroyed more Central American rainforest than any other activity. [14]
Seventy percent of cleared forests in Panama and Costa Rica are now in pasture. [15]PollutionManure produced by all farm animals in the U.S. annually is roughly 10 times the waste 
produced by the human population. [16]
Factory farms are the biggest contributors to polluted rivers and streams in the US. [17]At least 1,785 water bodies were impaired by feedlot pollution in 39 states in 1993. [18]About 60,000 miles of streams in the U.S. have fisheries impaired by feedlot pollution. [19]
More soot is emitted from the grills in Los Angeles fast food restaurants than all the city 
buses. [20]
Pesticides & Food ContaminationSince 1945, when pesticides made from petrochemicals became popular, the following 
changes have occurred:[21,22,23]
Percentage Increase  
 Three thousand, three hundred percent overall pesticide use  
 Twenty percent overall crop losses due to insects  
 One hundred thousand per cent pesticides applied per acre of corn217
FruiticultureThe drinking water in nearly every midwestern city south of Chicago is contaminated 
with agricultural weed killers. [24]
Meat, poultry and dairy products contain the major source of pesticide residues in the 
western diet. [25]
Ninety-five percent of human exposure to the potent carcinogen dioxin comes from 
consuming meat, poultry and dairy. [26]
The EPA issued more than 1,000 warnings against eating fish from chemically-contami-
nated waters in 1994. [27]
Nearly half of all fish sampled by Consumers Union was contaminated with bacterial 
from human or animal feces. [28]
Ninety-nine percent of U.S. non-vegetarian mother’s milk has significant levels of DDT. [28]
Only eight percent of U.S. vegetarian mother’s milk has significant levels of DDT. [29]Resource DistributionResources used in the production of livestock:
 33% of world’s fish catch[30]
 38% of the wor ld’s grain harvest{31]
 50% of all the wa ter used in the U.S.[32]
 60% of Brazil ’s grain harvest[33]
 70% of U.S. grain harvest[34]
 80% of U.S. corn harvest[35]
 Almost half of all energy expended in U.S. agriculture[36]
Fourteen percent of all cattle are fed back to cattle as part of protein-fortified feed[37]Approximately 8 million pounds of poultry manure are fed annually to California’s beef 
cattle. [38]
Fifty-five percent of all the antibiotics used in the U.S. are fed to animals, and 80% of 218
Fruiticulturethem are used to promote growth, not to treat disease. [39]
Twelve to sixteen pounds of grain and soy are needed to produce one pound of grain-
fed beef. [40]
All 17 of the worlds major fishing areas have reached or exceeded their natural limits due 
to overfishing. [41]
$3.7 billion subsidized animal feed grains in 1995. They are the U.S. ’s most heavily subsi -
dized crop. [42]World HungerFive million children in the U.S. go hungry every month. [43]Approximately 40,000 people die each day worldwide due to hunger or hunger-related 
causes. [44]
If Americans reduced their intake of meat by merely 10%, 100,000,000 people could be 
fed using the land, water and energy that would be freed up from growing livestock feed. [45]
Ten billion people could be sustained from present croplands if all ate a vegetarian diet. [46]
References[1] Lester Brown, et al., Vital Signs 1994, Washington, DC : Worldwatch Institute, 1994, pg. 32. [2] Robert Repetto “Renewable Resources and Population Growth, ” Population and 
Environment 10:4, Summer 1989) pg. 228-29 cited in Rifkin, Beyond Beef (New York: Dutton Press, 1992. [3] Myra Klockenbrink, “The New Range War Has the Desert as Foe, ” New York Times, Aug. 
20, 1991, pg. C4. [4] Ibid., pg. 3. [5] Ibid., pg. 3. [6] U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics. 1989; p. 390, table 554, “Crops: 219
FruiticultureArea, Yield, Production and Value, United States, 1986-99” , Washington, DC: GPO, 1989. [7] Ibid. [8] Tom Aldridge and Herb Schlubach, “Water Requirements for Food Production, ” Soil 
and Water, no. 38, Fall 1978), University of California Cooperative Extension, 13017; Paul and Anne Ehrlich, Population, Resources, Environment, San Francisco: Freemna, 1972, pg. 75-76. [9] Ibid., pg. 13-17. [10] Georg Borgstrom, presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, 1981, cited in John Robbins, Diet for a New America  
(Walpole, NH: Stillpoint, 1987), pg. 367. [11] Losos, et al., The Living Landscape, Washington, DC: Wilderness Society and 
Environmental Defense Fund, 1993), pg. 20. [12] Ibid, pg. 10. [13] Norman Myers, The Primary Source: Tropical Forests and Our Future, 1992, cited in 
Brown et al. as per note 7. [14] Lewis Scott, The Rainforest Book, Venice, CA: The Living Planet Press, 1990). [15] Alan During and Holly Brough, Taking Stock, Worldwatch Paper #103, Washington, 
DC: Worldwatch Institute, 1991, pg. 25. [16] Jim Mason, “Fowling the Waters, ” E Magazine, Sep/Oct 1995, pg. 33. [17] EPA workgroup report 1994, cited in Jim Mason, note 15. [18] Natural Resources Defense Council and International Alliance for Sustainable 
Agriculture, Hog Wash: Factory Farm Giveaways in Clean Water Act Proposals , July 1995. [19] Ibid. [20] San Jose Mercury News, Sept. 6, 1994. [21] Pimental, et al., Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture, 2nd ed., Boca Raton, FL: 
CRC Press, 1990. [22] David Pimental, Cornell University, as quoted by Lisa Y. Lefferts and Roger Blobaum, 220
Fruiticulture“Eating as if the Earth Mattered, ” E Magazine, Jan/Feb 1992, pg. 32. [23] Ibid. [24] Environmental Working Group and Physicians for Social Responsibility, “Tap Water 
Blues, ” Oct. 1994. [25] Lewis Regenstein, How to Survive in America the Poisoned (Herndon, VA: Acropolis 
Books, 1982), pg. 173. [26] EPA study cited in USA Today, Sept. 13, 1994. [27] Rachel’s Environment and Health Weekly, #450, July 13, 1995. [28] Ibid. [29] “A Brief Review of Selected Environmental Contamination Incidents with a 
Potential for Health Effects, ” prepared by the Library of Congress for the Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate, Aug., 1980, pg. 173-174. [30] Carl Safina, “The World’s Imperiled Fish, ” Scientific American, Nov. 1995. [31] Lester Brown and Gary Gardner, State of the World 1996,W.W. Norton & Company, 
New York, 1996 pg. 93
[32] Frances Moore Lappe, Diet for a Small Planet, 10th Anniversary edition, New York: 
Ballantine Books, 1982, pg. 69. [33] Brown, Lenssen and Kane, Vital Signs 1995, Worldwatch Institute, 1995, pg. 137. [34] USDA, Economic Research Service, “World Agricultural Supply and Demand 
Estimates, WASD-256, ” July 11, 1991, tables 256,-7, -16, -19, -23. [35] USDA, Agricultural Statistics 1989; pg. 31, table 40, “Corn: Supply and Disappearance 
US, 1974-1988. ”
[36] USDA, Economic Research Service, “World Agricultural Supply and Demand 
Estimates, WASD-256, ” July 11, 1991, pg. 17. [37] Amended Petition Requesting the Food and Drug Administration to Halt the 
Feeding of Ruminant Animal Protein to Ruminants, The Foundation of Economic Trends, Washington, DC, June 3, 1993.221
Fruiticulture[38] James W. Oltjen, “Potential Sources of Water Contamination from Confined and 
Grazing Animal Operations, ” Animal Agriculture: Impacts on Water Quality in California, University of California, Davis, October 1994, pg. 10. [39] Gurney Williams III, “Swearing Off the Miracle, ” Vegetarian Times, Feb., 1994. [40] USDA figures as cited in Frances Moore Lappe, op. cit. note 35, pg. 70. [41] Lester Brown, op. cit, note 1. [42] “Eating into the deficit, ” U.S. News and World Report, March 6, 1995, pg. 73-78. [43] Colin Greer, “Something is Robbing Our Children, ” Parade Magazine, March 5, 1995[44] Patricia Allen, “The Human Face of Sustainable Agriculture, ” Issue Paper No. 4, Nov. 
1994, University of California, Santa Cruz, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. [45] Lester Brown, as quoted by Resenberger, “Curb on U.S. Waste Urged to Help the 
World’s Hungry, ” New York Times, 14 Nov. 1974, adjusted using 1988 figures from USDA, Agricultural Statistics 1989, table 74, “High Protein Feeds, ” and table 75, “Feed Concentrates Fed to Livestock and Poultry. ”
[46] Council for Science and Technology, How Much Land Can Ten Billion People Spare for 
Nature?, Feb. 1994, pg. 13. The Facts
http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts
Greenhouse GasesAnimal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than the 
combined exhaust from all transportation. [1] 
Transportation exhaust is responsible for 13 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. [2]Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO
2) 
per year, or 51 percent of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. [3]Methane is 25 to 100 times more destructive than CO
2 on a 20-year time frame. [4]
Methane has a global warming potential 86 times that of CO2 on a 20-year time frame. [5]222
FruiticultureLivestock is responsible for 65 percent of all human-related emissions of nitrous oxide—a green-
house gas with 296 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide, and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years. [6]
Emissions for agriculture are projected to increase 80 percent by 2050. [7]Energy related emissions are expected to increase 20 percent by 2040.[8]U.S. methane emissions from livestock and natural gas are nearly equal. [9]Cows produce 150 billion gallons of methane per day. [10]Converting to wind and solar power will take 20+ years and roughly 43 trillion dollars. [11]Even without fossil fuels, we will exceed our 565 gigatons CO
2 equivalent limit by 2030, all from 
raising animals. [12]Reducing methane emissions would create tangible benefits almost immediately. [13]WaterAnimal agriculture water consumption ranges from 34 to 76 trillion gallons annually. [14]Agriculture is responsible for 80 to 90 percent of U.S. water consumption. [15]Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 56 percent of water in the U.S. [16]Californians use 1,500 gallons of water per person per day. Close to half of that is associated 
with meat and dairy products. [17]
Two thousand five hundred gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef. [18] One thousand gallons of water are required to produce one gallon of milk. [19]Five percent of water consumed in the U.S. is by private homes. Fifty-five percent of water con-
sumed in the U.S. is for animal agriculture. [20]
Animal agriculture is responsible for 20 to 33 percent of all fresh water consumption in the 
world today. [21]  
LandLivestock or livestock feed occupies one-third of the Earth’s ice-free land. [22]Livestock covers 45 percent of the Earth’s total land. [23]223
FruiticultureAnimal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, 
and habitat destruction. [24] 
Livestock operations on land have created more than 500 nitrogen flooded dead zones around 
the world in our oceans. [25]
We are in the midst of the largest mass extinction in 65 million years. [26]Two to five acres of land are used per cow. [27]Nearly half of the contiguous U.S. is devoted to animal agriculture. [28] One-third of the planet is desertified, with livestock as the leading driver. [29]WasteEvery minute, 7 million pounds of excrement are produced by animals raised for food in the 
U.S.[30]
A farm with 2,500 dairy cows produces the same amount of waste as a city of 411,000 people. [31]
One hundred and thirty times more animal waste than human waste is produced in the U.S.—
1.4 billion tons from the meat industry annually. Five tons of animal waste is produced per per -
son in the US. [32]
OceansThree-quarters of the world’s fisheries are exploited or depleted. [33]We could see fishless oceans by 2048. [34]Ninety to one hundred million tons of fish are pulled from our oceans each year. [35]As many as 2.7 trillion animals are pulled from the ocean each year. [36]For every on pound of fish caught, up to five pounds of unintended marine species are caught 
and discarded as by-kill. [37]
As many as 40 percent (63 billion pounds) of fish caught globally every year are discarded. [38]Scientists estimate as many as 650,000 whales, dolphins and seals are killed every year by fish-
ing vessels. [39]224
FruiticultureFish catch peaks at 85 million tons. [40]
Forty to fifty million sharks are killed each year in fishing lines and nets. [41]RainforestAnimal agriculture is responsible for up to 91 percent of Amazon destruction. [42]One to two acres of rainforest are cleared every second. [43]The leading causes of rainforest destruction are livestock and feed crops. [44]Up to 137 plant, animal and insect species are lost every day due to rainforest destruction. [45]Twenty-six million rainforest acres (10.8 million hectares) have been cleared for palm oil produc -
tion. [46]One hundred and thirty-six million rainforest acres have been cleared for animal agriculture. [47]One thousand and one hundred land activists have been killed in Brazil in the past 20 years. [48]Ten thousand years ago, 99 percent of biomass (i.e. zoomass) was wild animals. Today, humans 
and the animals that we raise as food make up 98 percent of the zoomass. [49]
HumanityWorld Population[50]
 1812: 1 billion
 1912: 1.5 billion
 2012: 7 billion
 2018: 7.6 billion
70 billion farmed animals are reared annually worldwide. More than 6 million animals are killed 
for food every hour. [51]
We are currently growing enough food to feed 10 billion people. [52] Worldwide, at least 50 percent of grain is fed to livestock. [53] Eighty-two percent of starving children live in countries where food is fed to animals, and the 
animals are eaten by Western countries. [54]
The average American consumes 209 pounds of meat per year. [55]225
FruiticultureThe world’s population grows 228,000+ people every day. [56]
Land Required to Feed One Person for One Year[57]
 Vegan:  one-sixth of an acre
 Vegetarian:  three times as much as a vegan
 Meat Eater:  eighteen times as much as a vegan  
One and one-half acres can produce 37,000 pounds of plant-based food. One and one-half 
acres can produce 375 pounds of beef. [58]
A person who eats a vegan diet produces the equivalent of 50 percent less carbon dioxide, uses 
1/11th oil, 1/13th water, and 1/18th land compared to a meat-eater.59] 
Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 
square feet of forested land, 20 pounds CO2 equivalent, and one animal’s life. [60]
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Center for Food Safety  •  www.centerforfoodsafety.org  
David Blume  •  www.permaculture.com  
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About the Authors
David Klein, Ph.D., Naturorthopathic Doctor
A resident of Maui, Hawaii, Dr. David Klein is the 
Founder, Dean and Director of the online Vibrant Health & Wealth Academy. He is also the Director of the Colitis & Crohn’s Health Recovery Center based on Maui, Hawaii. A Naturorthopathic Doctor with a Ph.D. in Natural Health & Healing, David received his degrees from the University of Natural Health. David also holds a Nutrition Educator certification from Bauman College as well as a B.S. in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Environmental Engineering 
from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally from New Jersey where he decided to be an environmentalist at age 12, David worked eight years as a project engineer and manager in the field of environmental engineering in New Jersey, New York and California prior to beginning his career in the natural health field in 1992. David has been a practitioner of the Fruitarian Lifestyle since 1984 when he healed a 
debilitating eight-year bout of severe ulcerative colitis. Adopting a vegan, fruit-based, alkalizing diet of mostly raw foods, adhering to food combining principles, and applying the natural, drugless self-healing protocol, he rapidly healed, rebuilt his depleted body and went on to establish a high level of vibrant health. He has thrived on a 100% raw food diet since 1993. Since the late 1990s, David has been a leader in the raw food, Natural Hygiene, Raw 
Food, Vibrant Living and Self-Healing health spheres. In 1992 he founded the Colitis & Crohn’s Health Recovery Center. His Living Nutrition and Vibrance magazines were the world’s most widely read rawfood lifestyle periodical from 1996 to 2016. He has also authored and co-authored many books on the mind-body-spiritual aspects of natural health. His Self Healing Colitis & Crohn’s guidebook is a world bestseller in its field, with 
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Fruiticultureover 45,000 copies sold. Beginning in 2000 he produced over 20 Raw Passion Seminars 
and Jamborees across the USA and three Rawstock Festivals in northern California. In 2015 he founded the online Vibrant Health & Wealth Academy. In 2016, with Maui County’s District Health Officer, Lorrin Pang, M.D., David co-founded the Physicians Coalition for Responsible Agriculture on Maui. In 2017, David became the vice president of the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers’ Maui chapter. As a Naturorthopathic Doctor and Self Healing Empowerment Coach, David has guided 
over 4,500 clients to vibrant wellness via the Vegan Healing Diet Plan he teaches. David is renown worldwide as a self-healing and vegan diet counselor master, as well as a stal -
wart leader in the field of wholistic health. David is developing a Vibrant Living & Learning Center on Maui to be called Hua Nui, 
meaning “fruitful” in the Hawaiian language. It will stand as a premier institution of Vegan Regenerative Fruiticulture Living and serve as a bright beacon for wholistic health seekers and sustainable living enthusiasts worldwide. PublicationsThese are available at https://vibranthealthandwealth.com.A Look at Raw & Cooked Food Toxicity  
Digestion Perfection with the Vegan Healing Diet Plan (with others)  
Fasting & Eating for MInd-Body Purification (with others)  
Fruiticulture (with Don Weaver and others)  
Laws of Health A-Z  
Living Nutrition Magazine (with others)  
Raw ‘n Delish Vibrant Recipes (with others)  
Self Healing Colitis & Crohn’s  
Self Healing Power! (with others)  
Somatic & Self Inquiries – Tools for Resolving Eating Disorders  
Spiritual Nutrition (with others)  
The Alkalizing Cleanse & The Alkalizing Diet  
The Art of Rejuvenation  
The Fruit Articles (with others)  
The Fruits Of Healing – A Story About a Natural Healing of Ulcerative Colitis  241
FruiticultureThe Health Education Imperative  
The Vibrant Diet & Study Guide (with Dr. T. C. Fry, also in Spanish)  
The Vibrant Health & Wealth Teacher-Counselor Training Manual  
Vegan Healing Diet Program (in Arabic, Czech, Farsi, German, Portuguese, Slovenian, 
Spanish, Swedish)  
Verses From The Orchard  
Vibrance Magazine (with others)
Professional Paper“A Case of Illegal Agro-chemical Experimentation Without Informed Individual Consent 
on Maui and Molokai. ”  Lorrin Pang, M.D., M.P .H. and David Klein, B.S., Ph.D., 2015  
http://docdro.id/TUsv4hL
Websiteswww.vibranthealthandwealthacademy.com  
https://vibranthealthandwealth.com  
www.selfhealingempowerment.com  
www.colitisandcrohnscenter.com  
www.digestionperfection.com  
www.vibrancemagazine.com  
www.veganhealingdiet.com  
www.rawhealthtalk.com  
www.fruiticulture.com  
www.fruitarian.info  
www.hua-nui.comFacebookwww.facebook.com/doctordavidklein  
www.facebook.com/colitisandcrohnscenter  
www.facebook.com/groups/fruiticulture  
www.facebook.com/vibranthealthandwealthacademy
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FruiticultureDon Weaver
After concluding an enjoyable dedication to 
competitive athletics, primarily basketball, Don Weaver has devoted the past 41 years as an ecologist, researcher, writer, and or -
ganic grower concerned with improving the health of humanity and the Biosphere. He has enjoyed those 41 years of relatively natu-ral living and vibrant health on a 100% raw vegan diet, to test out the idea that a good 
gardener should be able to obtain all his/her nourishment from our “Once and Future”  Garden of Eden without asking other animals to give up their lives. Don thinks the craze 
for raw “super  foods ” is a natural desire for those seeking “superhealth, ” but reminds peo -
ple through his talks and writings that if we’ll first go to the small trouble (actually a big joy) of creating “super soil, ” then all our foods can and should be “superfoods, ” which with intelligent use can end the current global malnourishment of children and adults. Don thinks that humanity must quickly emerge as the wisely generous species on Earth, 
if the growing momentum of eco-climatic and health degeneration is to be reversed. In 1978, he met the brilliant ecologist John D. Hamaker and learned how local and global soil remineralization with natural gravel (mixed rock) dust, to grow high-quality crops and trees, is a powerful and practical foundation for regenerating the socio-ecosphere and preventing catastrophic climate change of more than just a “warming” kind. John and Don subsequently collaborated to author The Survival of Civilization, produce 11 issues of Solar Age or Ice Age? Bulletin, plus write numerous articles for the magazines Remineralize the Earth,  Acres U.S.A., Living Nutrition, Vibrance, and others. Buckminster 
Fuller, considered by some the most brilliant mind of the 20th century, praised The Survival of Civilization as “well done, completely convincing. ”  After John Hamaker passed away at age 80, Don spent five years researching and writing To Love And Regenerate The Earth: Further Perspectives on The Survival of Civilization, which includes additional Hamaker writings in its 540 pages. Don also assists the non-profit Remineralize the Earth (www.remineralize.org), and 
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and gardens in the San Francisco Bay Area and travels to speak at health and ecology conferences. Contact Don via earthdon@yahoo.com, or POB 620478, Woodside CA 94062.To read Don Weaver’s free ebook, Regenerate the Earth! (2011), click here:  
http://www.vibranthealthandwealth.com/upload/RegenerateTheEarth-ebook.pdfTo read Don Weaver’s free ebook, To Love And Regenerate the Earth (2002), click here:  
http://soilandhealth.org/book/to-love-and-regenerate-the-earth-further-perspectives-on-
the-survival-of-civilization/
To read John D. Hamaker and Don Weaver’s free ebook, The Survival of Civilization (1982), 
click here: http://soilandhealth.org/book/the-survival-of-civilization/
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Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        •  Orchards  
•  Gardens  
•  Solar electric power  
•  Solar water heaters  205
Fruiticulture•  Rainwater catchment tank and pond  
•  Gray water recycling  
•  Plant and fruit tree nursery  
•  Greenhouse  
•  Caretaker house  
•  Guest house  
•  Conference room / Yoga studio
Please Visit Hua-Nui. com and Contact Dr. David KleinFor full details, please visit www. hua-nui. com. If you are excited about Hua Nui and would like to discuss your visions for a healthy and 
sustainable world, and how you can participate in the creation, sustenance, and co-habi-tation of Hua Nui, Dr. David Klein would love to hear from you via the contact form at  
www.
www.hua-nui.com
What is the name of the website where you can find more information about Hua Nui and contact Dr. David Klein?
4.5% of daily calories
What is the recommended daily intake of protein, according to the World Health Organization?
60%
According to the statistics, what percentage of the world's grain harvest is used for animal feed?
None mentioned in the text
What is the name of the organization that Dr. David Klein is a part of?
The Survival of Civilization
What is the name of the book written by John D. Hamaker and Don Weaver?
Remineralize the Earth
What is the name of the organization that helps people start organic gardens, orchards, and Earth Regeneration Centers?