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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

LeftyMom

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15. The vast majority of that crop is used as animal feed.

Reply to HiPointDem (Reply #14)

Thu May 3, 2012, 08:54 PM

May 2012

I've seen numbers ranging from 80% into the high nineties. Soy based foods marketed to veg*ns and other health-conscious people, at least those sold in the US, are largely labeled non-GMO or organic (which would mean they're non GMO.)

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Veg*ns, it's time you knew the truth about soy. [View all] LeftyMom May 2012 OP

Did Price, et al actually peer review that article? flvegan May 2012 #1

Well the article came out in 2011, and Weston A. Price DDS died in 1948. LeftyMom May 2012 #2

Price, et al meaning the "foundation" flvegan May 2012 #3

Did you read the link? LeftyMom May 2012 #4

Well that's just...um... WillParkinson May 2012 #10

we must liberate ourselves from our oppressive soy bean masters! provis99 May 2012 #5

Funniest footnotes I have ever read... Kalidurga May 2012 #6

the majority of the soy you get in the us = genetically modified and produced by 2 giant ag-corps. HiPointDem May 2012 #7

Well indeed GlobalAgriCorp is a problem. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #8

yes, it is a problem that ag-biz is the hidden sponsor of most of the information that leads HiPointDem May 2012 #9

You mean the stuff they feed to the animals you eat? LeftyMom May 2012 #11

what makes you think i eat animals? The majority (~90%) of US soy acreage = GMO. HiPointDem May 2012 #14

The vast majority of that crop is used as animal feed. LeftyMom May 2012 #15

as cited, less than 1% (= .2%) of us soy acreage = organic. HiPointDem May 2012 #16

"Yuppies"?! Codeine May 2012 #13

calling them yuppies is wrong. provis99 May 2012 #17

OMG I want my own giant soymilk breasts SO BAD!! Codeine May 2012 #12

I'm a guy and my tits and naughty bits are doing just fine after many years of soy consumption. HopeHoops May 2012 #18