India, Nov. 7 -- New report says meat firms pollute groundwater and overuse water to farm their products

The meat industry lags behind other industries within the food sector in terms of water resource management, a report published by a Boston-based nonprofit on November 5, 2019, has said.

"The global food and agri-business sector is worth $5 trillion and is operating within the world's growing water crisis," Feeding Ourselves Thirsty, published by Ceres, said.

"Over 70 per cent of the world's fresh water is used to grow crops, feed livestock and process ingredients," it added.

The report noted that meat production was one of the biggest polluters of watersheds globally.

The document cited the example of Smithfield Foods, a pork pro...