date:May 14, 2012
its 2010 report, Pastures New, FOE estimated that if 8% of UK agricultural land could be made available for home-grown feed, it would be possible to replace 50% of the UK's current soy consumption some 500,000t with a mix of home-grown crops, including winter beans, oilseed rape, sunflower, linseed and Lucerne silage. Oxburrow points out that switching to home-grown proteins would have benefits for farmers beyond the environment.
Soy used to be really cheap, but now we are seeing price rises