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Soy You Want to Be a Vegetarian?
On soy vs. meat |
Umbra Fisk |
12 Oct 2005 |
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| Dear Umbra, I finally went vegetarian several months ago, and one of my main reasons was the environmental impact of meat production. The other day, however, a friend pointed out that soy foods take a great deal of energy to produce too. So is there really that big of an environmental difference between TVP [textured vegetable protein] and free-range beef? And how does dairy compare? Should I just try to stick to nuts and ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green living, local food, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics) |
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