In addition, soya is responsible for deforestation in South America, but actually health food shoppers are not really the ones to blame for this, as apparently 97% of soya is grown for animal feed.
*The vegan shopping basket being often full of food that needs to be grown in other countries is great as it puts money into the pockets of other nations, but maybe just into the hands of rich exporters, while taking food and water out of the mouths of poorer native people, not to mention, using up fossil fuels when transporting it over to us, and in the process generating carbon dioxide.
*Please note: no offense intended to vegans. I am vegan!
This was a summary of an article I read on the Guardian Website.
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