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commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months agoWhat about the deforestation caused by animal agriculture?
that’s bad. buying beans doesn’t fix it though.
Comment on Maybe this is better for everyone
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months agoWhat about the deforestation caused by animal agriculture?
that’s bad. buying beans doesn’t fix it though.
naught@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
This is a strawman. No one is arguing buying beans fixes deforestation. However, if less meat is produced (ie less animals are raised for slaughter), then less deforestation will come as a result of the meat industry. If legume farming was destroying the rainforest, I’d have a problem with that too
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
turns out, a lot of the the deforested amazon is being used to grow soy.
naught@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
This was the case, and is certainly problematic. Take it a step further – who or what is consuming that soy? Animal agriculture, by and large. Therefore this is an argument for veganism, or at least reducing consumption.
greenpeace.org/…/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-…
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
the vast majority of the world’s soy (about 85%) is pressed for oil in an oil press for human use. the byproduct of the press is called soy meal or soy cake, and would be a waste product if we didn’t find a use for it. currently, almost all of it goes to feed livestock, (about 70% of the entire crop-weight).
soybeans are used by people, and we feed the trash to livestock.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
but just being vegan doesn’t cause this to happen.
naught@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It’s simple economics. Less demand, less supply.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
that’s not causal.