Greenpeace has awarded the “Golden Chainsaw” to Blario Maggi, who is apparently the world’s largest producer of soy (full story here at reuters.com).

I can’t help but snicker at the irony (and I really shouldn’t be snickering at a story that is related to the deforestation of the Amazon…but I am). Is it possible that the world’s largest producer of soy, which just happens to be one of the central protein substances of a vegetarian lifestyle, can truly be, “responsible for 48 per cent of the total forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon”? Doesn’t anyone else think it’s ironic that by consuming soy products instead of beef, partially out of health concerns, but also as a mechanism of protest against deforestation for grazing purposes, actually contributes to deforestation?

Is nothing sacred or safe?

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