Soy Vay
2002-08-21 @ 12:46 a.m.
After being sick this evening, I am beginning to realize that I really need to lay off the dairy products.

It's just that ice cream is so much more creamy and delicious than it's soy counterparts. Besides, Tofulatti and Tofutti-Fruity are so much harder to find and more expensive than regular ice cream.

That's one thing I've never understood: why soy milk is more expensive than cow's milk. There are more steps required to make cow's milk than soy milk, and much more land is needed.

Example: To make cow's milk you need:

1) Cows.

2) A farmer.

3) A bull to get the cows pregnant.

4) Land for food for the cows.

5) A milking machine.

6) A pasturizer and workers to process the milk.

To make soy milk:

1) A soy field.

2) Farmers to harvest the soy

3) A soy refining plant.

Plus, there's no animal cruelty involved, and a large number of lactose intolerant and vegetarian/vegan people can enjoy a dairy-like product. It has a large enough market and is easy and relatively ethical to make (unless you have slave labour on the soy plantation), so why isn't it cheaper?

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