• Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Stop putting fake meat in your food. It’s expensive, farming and processing it is environmentally disastrous, and everyone insists it’s just as good as or better than real meat but they’re always sobbing a little bit when they say it. Either eat meat or don’t.

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      1 year ago

      Is it though? If you’re referring to large scale farming of soybeans - you’re correct. But we use soy as a feed for animals. There would be no need to produce that amount if we were to eat it directly.

      People switching to plant based nutrition is by far better environmentaly.

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        1 year ago

        Remember that processing soy into textured vegetable protein costs energy and generates waste. Switching to plant based meat subs is better for the environment. Switching to plants is best.

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          I completely agree! But I think that it’s easier for families to use those products since it’s an alternative to what they’re already cooking. I prefer to cook using unprocessed plants - but don’t really see a fault in supplying an alternative to meat.

          Damn. Now I’m craving a black bean burger.

    • Nooch@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      I think the canned meat chili already is cut with tvp to save money. and everywhere i can find suggests that plant based food is cheaper.