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The soy that vegans use to replace animal fats and proteins is horrendously grown here in the US. Most of our soybean crop is of a monocropped, GMO variety usi
by maukdaddy 16y ago
The soy that vegans use to replace animal fats and proteins is horrendously grown here in the US. Most of our soybean crop is of a monocropped, GMO variety using heavy amounts of pesticides and fertilizers. See the recent articles on dead zones in the oceans due to excess nitrogen.
To insinuate that a vegan diet is better for the planet than meat is insincere. In the end it's probably a wash, for various reasons.
- kragen 16y ago98% of the US soybean crop is used to feed livestock, according to Britannica http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/557184/soybean http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/557184/soybean . Eating the soybeans directly, instead of converting most of them to animal manure, uses dramatically less pesticide and fertilizer. I request that you withdraw your accusation of insincerity and substantiate your extraordinary claim that "it's probably a wash, for various reasons". (Disclaimer: I am not a vegan.)