On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, jake wrote:

> Elaine Parrish wrote:
> > On Sat, 28 Jan 2006, jake wrote:
>
> >>soy beans are not so good for the environment.
> >
> > Why?
> >
> > Elaine, too
> >
> Rainforest is burned down to grow it (in South America, if my memory
> serves me right), and I am not for genetically manipulated soy. Most soy
> is non-organic and there fore likely to GM. I am no expert on the
> subject, though. Os if anyone here knows more, don't take my word for it.
>

Oh, ok. I see what you are saying. The destruction of the rainforest for
any reason is a terrible thing.

They are GM so many things today that it is hard to keep track. I don't
know what all they are doing to soy beans.

I don't know if much of anything being grown on a commercial scale is
organic, because of the extensive use of pesticides. After WW2 my
grandfather switched from growing cotton to growing soybeans. He used
chemical pesticides way back then.

I have my concerns about "organic", too. Before WW2, the pesticide of
choice was arsenic. egads! Nature can kill you! haha.

Elaine, too