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Re:Is soy a key driver of deforestation? by chrisseaton on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @04:57AM (#26235533)
But our fields are already grass - we don’t need to deforest to grow any soy at all.
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Re:Is soy a key driver of deforestation? by cerebellum42 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @05:05AM (#26235569)
No they're not, at least they're not pasture. They're either already farmed fields or they're wild meadows. Putting meadows to intense use would destroy whole ecosystems that may look like "just grass" from afar, and farmed fields are obviously already in use.
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Re:Is soy a key driver of deforestation? by chrisseaton on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @05:17AM (#26235619)
> No they're not, at least they're not pasture.

Thanks for telling me what the fields around me are!

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Re:Is soy a key driver of deforestation? by cerebellum42 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @05:39AM (#26235751)
I don't think anyone in this whole thread was talking about your local fields here.
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Re:Is soy a key driver of deforestation? by bayesian_horse on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @06:59AM (#26236288)
There's not enough grass-land in the world for everyone to eat grass-fed beef. That's the whole point of not feeding them grass in the first place.
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