2,000 pounds of grain and about 1,000 gallons of water are used to produce 1 lb of beef. while i like to eat steak and will continue to do so, I try to cut out beef as much as possible from my diet and eat chicken... or better yet fish. for every pound of beef that I go without, I save 1,000 gallons of water for our watersheds. Its not that eating beef is mean to the cow, its mean to the fisherman. and it doesnt make economic sence(that is why the cattle lobby is so troubled) as fishermen, we are environmentalists by nature. why try and hate ourselves and others for it. cut your beef consumption in half and you will catch more fish in the long run.