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One reason is a lot of food grown is used as animal feed. It's a lot more efficient to take soy beans and process them into tofu and other foods, like they do i
by Synaesthesia 3y ago
One reason is a lot of food grown is used as animal feed. It's a lot more efficient to take soy beans and process them into tofu and other foods, like they do in Japan, than to use it as cattle feed (which is where most soy goes)
It's also an issue of distribution and local production, eg countries making food for export rather than to feed their own population. Like in Honduras the people grow strawberries and cattle for export rather than beans and corn for local use.
- bequanna 3y agoI hear you. I live in the Midwest and see endless monoculture fields dedicated to mostly corn and soybeans. It’s very disappointing. I think the tough part is finding crops fit for human consumption that actually grow in these areas and can be farmed efficiently at scale. Soy is not a great example IMO because it is difficult for humans to digest without fermentation.
- Synaesthesia 3y agoSoy has so many uses, in Japan they find 101 uses for it. In fact I like it just as it is, soaked and boiled and cooked in a curry.