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<blockquote data-quote="ThievingMagpie" data-source="post: 74319753" data-attributes="member: 410264"><p>The problem is that the vast majority of consumed cattle are factory farmed which are usually fed on grains like soy. I did a bit of research and the majority of soy beans actually goes to cattle rather than human consumption - there are different estimates for how much (certain vegan activist websites put it at 90%) so I looked for a neutral source and the <a href="https://globalforestatlas.yale.edu/land-use/industrial-agriculture/soy-agriculture" target="_blank">Yale Schools of Forestry and Environmental studies puts it at 67%</a> of global soy production. So given Soy is quite a damaging crop, by feeding it to humans directly you'd be using it a lot more efficiently than the meat market currently operates.</p><p></p><p>To answer the OP. We've been vegetarian for about a year and a half now. I found meat substitutes really helpful in the first year or so in being able to move onto a plant-based diet. It's quite daunting having to learn lots of new recipes for the family - especially since I work full time and don't always have the energy in the evenings to be particularly creative. So stuff like Quorn and Cauldron was great for porting over old staples - really easy to make sausage caseroles, 'chicken' pies and I've even got a half decent <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=oyakodon&oq=oyakodon&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1360j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">Oyakodon</a> working using vivera chicken and konbu dashi. Nowadays I've got my head round a lot of purely vegetable meals - this <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LEONrestaurants/photos/black-bean-stew-from-our-brand-new-cookbook-happyonepot-with-rebecca-seal-try-th/10155856433810334/" target="_blank">Leon black bean stew</a> is awesome - so we don't use as much subs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThievingMagpie, post: 74319753, member: 410264"] The problem is that the vast majority of consumed cattle are factory farmed which are usually fed on grains like soy. I did a bit of research and the majority of soy beans actually goes to cattle rather than human consumption - there are different estimates for how much (certain vegan activist websites put it at 90%) so I looked for a neutral source and the [URL='https://globalforestatlas.yale.edu/land-use/industrial-agriculture/soy-agriculture']Yale Schools of Forestry and Environmental studies puts it at 67%[/URL] of global soy production. So given Soy is quite a damaging crop, by feeding it to humans directly you'd be using it a lot more efficiently than the meat market currently operates. To answer the OP. We've been vegetarian for about a year and a half now. I found meat substitutes really helpful in the first year or so in being able to move onto a plant-based diet. It's quite daunting having to learn lots of new recipes for the family - especially since I work full time and don't always have the energy in the evenings to be particularly creative. So stuff like Quorn and Cauldron was great for porting over old staples - really easy to make sausage caseroles, 'chicken' pies and I've even got a half decent [URL='https://www.google.com/search?q=oyakodon&oq=oyakodon&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1360j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8']Oyakodon[/URL] working using vivera chicken and konbu dashi. Nowadays I've got my head round a lot of purely vegetable meals - this [URL='https://www.facebook.com/LEONrestaurants/photos/black-bean-stew-from-our-brand-new-cookbook-happyonepot-with-rebecca-seal-try-th/10155856433810334/']Leon black bean stew[/URL] is awesome - so we don't use as much subs. [/QUOTE]
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