Comments on: Is Soy Good For People Or The Environment? http://www.vegansoapbox.com/is-soy-good-for-people-or-the-environment/ vegan theory, vegan activism, vegan video, vegan food and vegan resources for vegans, vegetarians, animal rights activists, animal liberationists, and abolitionists Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:55:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Eccentric Vegan http://www.vegansoapbox.com/is-soy-good-for-people-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-15759 Eccentric Vegan Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:54:20 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=553#comment-15759 Rachel, regarding local food, please read this: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0803/opinions-energy-locavores-on-my-mind.html Regarding livestock feed and soy, please read: http://www.forestdisclosure.com/page.asp?p=4724 Regarding the Amazon, that is NOT subsistence farming. Look: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/cattle-pastures-amazon-deforestation-iceland.php Rachel,
regarding local food, please read this: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0803/opinions-energy-locavores-on-my-mind.html
Regarding livestock feed and soy, please read: http://www.forestdisclosure.com/page.asp?p=4724
Regarding the Amazon, that is NOT subsistence farming. Look: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/cattle-pastures-amazon-deforestation-iceland.php

]]> By: Rachel http://www.vegansoapbox.com/is-soy-good-for-people-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-15752 Rachel Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:33:12 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=553#comment-15752 I'm still not convinced. Where in the world is livestock fed on soy? In Australia, our sheep and cattle graze in paddocks. A lot of soy is imported. The way I understand it is, eating a local diet - plants and animals grown locally, is far better than eating vegan, which requires so many imported ingredients (therefore, ship and air freight a larger environmental impact). And should people in the Amazon not have cattle? I don't think you can accuse some of the world's poorest people of causing environmental damage, when subsistence farming has been the tradition of Amazon farmers for thousands of years. I’m still not convinced. Where in the world is livestock fed on soy? In Australia, our sheep and cattle graze in paddocks. A lot of soy is imported. The way I understand it is, eating a local diet – plants and animals grown locally, is far better than eating vegan, which requires so many imported ingredients (therefore, ship and air freight a larger environmental impact).
And should people in the Amazon not have cattle? I don’t think you can accuse some of the world’s poorest people of causing environmental damage, when subsistence farming has been the tradition of Amazon farmers for thousands of years.

]]> By: Eccentric Vegan http://www.vegansoapbox.com/is-soy-good-for-people-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-15039 Eccentric Vegan Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:48:56 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=553#comment-15039 Marlene, most soybeans are produced to feed livestock. Thus the majority of current soybean production is to feed people who eat meat. The Amazon rainforest is cut down every year for <strong>grazing cattle </strong>and to grow soybeans that are used for animal feed! If you choose soy and other plant proteins instead of meat then you will be contributing less to environmental damage like rainforest destruction. For more info on how to get vegan protein, check out this link: http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/protein Marlene, most soybeans are produced to feed livestock. Thus the majority of current soybean production is to feed people who eat meat. The Amazon rainforest is cut down every year for grazing cattle and to grow soybeans that are used for animal feed! If you choose soy and other plant proteins instead of meat then you will be contributing less to environmental damage like rainforest destruction. For more info on how to get vegan protein, check out this link: http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/protein

]]> By: Marlene http://www.vegansoapbox.com/is-soy-good-for-people-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-15035 Marlene Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:17:15 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=553#comment-15035 I am concerned about all the current talk of destroying forests to grow soy. Not sure how environmental that is for us. I'm not saying to eat meat, but I am considering other products for protein and mild (such as almond milk) because of what I've heard about soy and forest reduction. Any info about the forests? Thank you - going towards vegetarian I am concerned about all the current talk of destroying forests to grow soy. Not sure how environmental that is for us. I’m not saying to eat meat, but I am considering other products for protein and mild (such as almond milk) because of what I’ve heard about soy and forest reduction.
Any info about the forests?
Thank you – going towards vegetarian

]]> By: Flashback Friday: Your Voice, Soy, & Back-Ends http://www.vegansoapbox.com/is-soy-good-for-people-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-5602 Flashback Friday: Your Voice, Soy, & Back-Ends Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:16:27 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=553#comment-5602 [...] What about soy? The truth is, plant-based foods are much healthier than animal-based foods. So even if you substituted tofu for all your meat products, you’d still likely be eating more healthily than if you kept eating meat. Read more… [...] [...] What about soy? The truth is, plant-based foods are much healthier than animal-based foods. So even if you substituted tofu for all your meat products, you’d still likely be eating more healthily than if you kept eating meat. Read more… [...]

]]> By: Paul Smith http://www.vegansoapbox.com/is-soy-good-for-people-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-1963 Paul Smith Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:09:24 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=553#comment-1963 Hi, I'm Paul Smith from Australia, I'm also a blogger. It's interesting what you wrote about soy being a replacer. I'm passionate about this subject, particularly about Coeliac/Celiac Disease. If you have some time visit my blog on www (dot) glutenfreehealth (dot) net. Thanks for your information. regards Paul Smith ~ Recent blog post: <a href="http://glutenfreehealth.net/coeliac-basic-facts/eating-gluten-free-can-be-a-family-affair/" rel="nofollow">Eating Gluten Free Can Be A Family Affair.</a> at http://glutenfreehealth.net ~ Hi, I’m Paul Smith from Australia, I’m also a blogger. It’s interesting what you wrote about soy being a replacer.
I’m passionate about this subject, particularly about Coeliac/Celiac Disease. If you have some time visit my blog on www (dot) glutenfreehealth (dot) net.
Thanks for your information.
regards
Paul Smith

~ Recent blog post: Eating Gluten Free Can Be A Family Affair. at http://glutenfreehealth.net ~

]]> By: EcoBlogs http://www.vegansoapbox.com/is-soy-good-for-people-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-1421 EcoBlogs Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:06:12 +0000 http://www.vegansoapbox.com/?p=553#comment-1421 There are some decent tasting soy burgers available, but I have also had some really bad ones. I guess it all depends on a persons tastes. Living here in Hawaii while not eating a lot of soy we do use a lot of soy sauce. My sytem was not used to it, but I haven't had any adverse effects from it. There are some decent tasting soy burgers available, but I have also had some really bad ones. I guess it all depends on a persons tastes.

Living here in Hawaii while not eating a lot of soy we do use a lot of soy sauce. My sytem was not used to it, but I haven’t had any adverse effects from it.

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