about 85% of soy is pressed for oil. the industrial waste from that process is the vast majority of what is fed to livestock.
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Teppichbrand@feddit.de 9 months agoMost soy we put directly on our plates is no GMO, it’s organic and comes from the EU (at least here in Germany). But more than 80% of the global soy is fed to cattle, pigs snd chicken, that’s always GMO, that’s what the amazon gets burned for.
Funny how soy, eaten over centuries by billions of asians, seems strange to him. But drinking mothers milk from a different species that grows a small calve into a huge cow in just 6 months is completely fine.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Teppichbrand@feddit.de 8 months ago
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
in order for 17% of all end uses of soy to be oil, you need to press 85% of the global crop in an oil press. the industrial waste is called “soy meal” or “soy cake” and you can see that’s the vast majority of what is fed to livestock.
Teppichbrand@feddit.de 8 months ago
I don’t really get your point. What do you want to say and do you have a source?
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
about 3% goes to cattle.
Teppichbrand@feddit.de 8 months ago
You didn’t quote my whole sentence. Lifestock was the word I was looking for when I said “cattle, pigs and chicken”.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
listing cattle first gave it undue weight so i wanted to point out how little soy goes to cattle.