The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
most of the water attributed towards beef is green water so in um you know it depends on the region as well of course like in costa rica when it's the drier season it might be a little bit higher for blue water but on average in the u.s feedlot finished beef 94 of their water footprint is green water so they don't really require a lot of irrigation and groundwater reserves
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grass-fed beef is on average 97 green water so it's much more efficient use of water than avocados walnuts almonds sugar rice other things that use a lot of blue water