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If you want less rainforest destroyed to grow soybeans, eat more soybeans.
by MandieD 2y ago
If you want less rainforest destroyed to grow soybeans, eat more soybeans.
- forty 2y agoNo rainforest have been destroyed by soybean that people eat. Meat production kills environment (with soybeans and more).
- wordofx 2y agoNo it doesn’t.
- wyre 2y agoSource please? Expansion of pasture land to raise cattle was responsible for 41% of tropical deforestation. https://ourworldindata.org/drivers-of-deforestation https://ourworldindata.org/drivers-of-deforestation
- Jensson 2y agoWhat about the remaining 59%? The poster said "No rainforest have been destroyed by soybean that people eat".
- themk 2y agoI assume the "no it doesn't" was targeted at > Meat production kills environment The link above is responding to the "no it doesn't" by providing evidence that it does. But to answer your question (it's in the link, but I'll save you a click), the next biggest cause is "oil seeds", which includes a large hunk of soy. Most of the soy goes to animal feed, 13% goes to oil for human consumption, some goes to industrial uses, and about 7% goes to human consumption of what would usually be considered alternative to animal products (tofu, tempeh, soy milk, etc). Yes, eating anything is going to contribute to resource depletion, but what we eat makes a huge difference!
- wordofx 2y agoAmerica feeds livestock soy. Most of the world doesn’t. Most land live stock is kept on can’t be used to grow crops.
- themk 2y agoHmm, I don't have numbers, but I'm pretty sure UK feeds soy to livestock (e.g. chickens). But, I was just answering the question. And 70% of soy grown globally goes to feeding animals. And while I agree that some (I doubt it's most, but happy to see numbers) cattle is raised on marginal lands, that isn't the point being made. Animal agriculture is still the leading cause of deforestation. Also, just because land can't grow crops doesn't mean it has to be cleared of it's native flora and fauna to grow meat. It's still deforestation.
- themk 2y agoLeading cause if biodiversity loss: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/our-global-food-system-primary-driver-biodiversity-loss https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/our-glob... Reduce your footprint by changing what you eat: https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local
- lostlogin 2y ago> No rainforest have been destroyed by soybean that people eat. Meat production kills environment (with soybeans and more). I think this is exactly the point the OP is making.
- forty 2y agoAbsolutely, and it seems I cannot read :) thanks for noticing
- peterpost2 2y agoAnd even if you dont care about animals, do it for the humans. the Industry there is quite deadly for the environment and the people.