Funny that no matter what you try to do to make things better in the world there is always someone trying to cut you down...or cut the rainforests down.
Soy is the most amazing plant (in my opinion) in the world...saguaro cactus aside. It can be bologna, hamburgers, milk, even chicken feed. It's protein, it's fuel....no! It's SOY! It's the staple of many a(n) vegetarian's and Asian's diet. I'm guilty, I eat lots of it too. In fact it's the one thing that convinces me to become vegetarian because it can resemble the meat flavor I feel like I might miss if I were to give up meat. And I would give up meat, not because I feel bad about eating cute, fuzzy cows, but because of the grain it takes to feed them and the amount of land they pollute. I wouldn't be a vegetarian because of PETA, I would be a vegetarian because of the ecological impact of mass-produced animal meat for human consumption. Until I heard about Blairo Maggi, a contender for Greenpeace's Golden Chainsaw. He's known as the "King of Soya" in his Brazilian state. In fact the person responsible in overseeing that rainforests are not cut down for the sake of commercial farming is the governor, the King of Soya is also the "King" of his Brazilian state, Blairo Maggi, Governor of Mato Grosso, Brazil. In previous years, he has been responsible for 48% of rainforest destruction. Soy = no rainforests.
Makes you think. All those people who really do become vegetarian because of the Earth-friendly lifestyle are actually contributing to the deforestization of our rainforests. I guess it just goes to prove that you still just have to choose your battles and choose them wisely. Unless you are going to grow/kill your own food, you really have little knowledge over where it comes from and what is being destroyed before it makes it to your dinner table.
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