Soya

Are vegans and vegetarians destroying the planet? This was the provocative headline of a Greenpeace article. The question is linked to the production and consumption of soybeans, which have increased 15-fold since the 1950s and are often associated with tropical deforestation and other environmental impacts. While plant-based diets have been growing rapidly, only 6% of soya is consumed by humans; 90% is fed to chickens, pigs and cows and the rest goes into pet food and biofuels. Hence, it is the quadrupling of meat production in the past 50 years that has fuelled soya expansion and its ecological damage.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 4. Buy on Lulu ↗