Soy and deforestation | WWF | Are vegetarians to blame for the replacement of rainforest by soy fields?

Somebody again pointed out that vast stretches of tropical forest are being replaced by fields used to produce soy, and that vegetarians / vegans are thus to blame for the disappearance of the rainforest.
Bad news for all meat eaters: the bulk of that soy is used to produce food for cattle. So eating meat directly translates into rainforest deforestation. And worse: a cow needs to eat quantities of soy multiple times of its own body weight before it is slaughtered.
Most soy for human consumption is actually grown and produced locally. At the link below you can find an infographic from the World Wildlife Fund that explains the connections.
Fun fact: soy grown in Latin America is genetically modified – GMO products are not yet allowed for sale in the European Union. Thus European vegetarians do not contribute – by eating soy – to this deforestation in Latin America. http://ift.tt/1ynnwo3

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