what are the diatvantages to the environmet for using soy???

[melissa]

i am doing this for a project in my skool

[Rob]

You mean environmental disadvantages of soy products compared meat and dairy products? Soy has a bad sustainability image because it is linked to deforestation of the Amazons. But most of this soy is used as cattle feed to make eventually meat and milk. Consuming soy products, such as soy milk, is actually a better alternative for the environment. The more people eat a vegetarian diet the less soy is needed to feed livestock, resulting in less deforestation and a reduced impact of our food consumption on the environment.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN recently published a report entitled "Livestock’s long shadow: environmental issues and options", showing that 18% of green house gas emissions originated from the livestock sector. This emission is as high as that from the transport sector.