Originally Posted by jstockton858
yeah well any logical person would admit living without the harm of an insects or animals is completely impossible. the whole veganism lifestyle however is to reduce the amounts of animals being killed and reduce the amount of destruction to the enviornment caused by factory farming. also if it wasnt for cattle being the leading destructor of rainforests, soy wouldnt have to take up any more land than it already has to. in addition maybe you should take into the account that the US (which im assuming you are from) doesnt readily accept a soy based diet therefore little space is set aside for soy farms and such causing them to be made cheaper abroad. ALSO how much of this soy production do you think goes to feeding the animals that are being mass produced for slaughter? A lot.
Soy is one of the biggest crops in America and of course at the leading edge of factory farming and GE.
Soy oil is everywhere in proccessed food. If vegetable oil is listed on an ingredient list without specifying variety then it's most likely soy oil. The waste product from soy oil production is soy meal and yes they feed this to cattle as well as selling it to humans as TVP.
The WAPF is very concerned about the ethics of ALL human food production and being ethical isn't easy. You cant simply say that by not eating meat you are being ethical. It's much harder and requires much more effort than that.
Regards, Anthony
PS, I'm Australian although the Weston A Price Foundation is American based which is where most of my information comes from.