Soy Production | The Second Largest Driver of Deforestation

Soy has been a staple crop in Asian cultures for millennia, but today it has become of the world’s most essential and profitable agricultural commodities – and not for the reasons you’d expect. What’s really driving the expansion of soy cultivation? And what are its environmental impacts? To read more, try foodunfolded.co/soyimpact

Here are some facts:
– US & South American dominate production
– Soy plant production takes up an area the size of France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands combined
– Soy is the second largest driver of deforestation after beef
– 80% – 90% of soy beans are feed to farmed animals
– Only 6% is turned into produce for human consumption
– To product the same amount of protein soy needs much less land than any animal product, in some cases up to 32 times more land is required for animals
-If the world were to swap meat protein for soy protein agricultural deforestation would decline by as much as 94%.

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Article by Molly Grace Melvin

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