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Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 7:59 AM
Subject: [GBlist] soy products
To Sarah Holland and others expressing concern
with the "green-ness" of soy based products, especially re. the growing of the
soy plants: do you really believe that farmers whose living depends upon the
health of the soil (healthy soils do produce the best crops) are going to
tolerate soil erosion, or even contribute to it? Most successful farmers are
very concientious about farming in a manner to best maintain and improve
the quality of their soils. Granted, there are a very few farmers who are
content to mine the soil for a few years, but they are a small minority. Most
soil erosion is caused by acts of that vicious old Mother Nature with her
extreme fits of excessive wind or rain that occasionally beats up on the very
best and most concientious of farmers. mj
And most soy is grown by corporations that are run by managers concerned
by quarterly profits...of course with corporate welfare firmly in place I
can't see there is much cause to worry.
RM
