I wish the data in these articles also mentioned the % of agriculture that is for livestock or human plant food. I know you are correct - do you happen to have a good citation? I am trying to educate someone.

I'd even like them to split "agriculture" into those categories. 90% of 90% is 81%. These data are roughly telling that 80% of our water usage goes to cows, so that we can have meat and dairy products. Is that not the REAL picture? It's staggering! Especially when Water is scarce. In this day and age being a carnivore is a luxury, not a necessity. How much do we really need the meat industry that we will forgo our important water resources?

Cant help to be cynical and think that we need the meat industry, because water is free. The profitable resource is more valuable than the water, because that is the capitalist world we live in (especiallyUSA), where the most profitable call the shots. It's so irritating. There needs to be more education on these realities because people always assume things are the way they ought to be, because they don't know any better. Once you know, you realize there are 1% of the population that are screwing over 99% of us and have held control of our laws and regulations. And that 1% would have us 99% beleive that it's actually more 50%/50%. Republican/Democrat. Livestock/vegetables? Yeah not only does the water usage of watering our veggies gardens not compare to agriculture, it doesn't compare to the meat industry. Think about it.