87% of soy production is crushed for oil. 6% goes to humans directly. 7% goes to animals as whole beans. The leftover soy meal after oil extraction? That's the "cattle feed" in the statistics. So when they say "cattle are eating rainforest soy," what they mean is: Humans are demanding soybean oil for processed food and biodiesel, which creates soy meal waste, which gets fed to cattle because otherwise it's literally waste. You're not saving the rainforest by avoiding beef. You're saving it by avoiding processed food made with soybean oil.87% of soy production is crushed for oil. 6% goes to humans directly. 7% goes to animals as whole beans.
— Sama Hoole (@SamaHoole) December 19, 2025
The leftover soy meal after oil extraction? That's the "cattle feed" in the statistics.
So when they say "cattle are eating rainforest soy," what they mean is:
Humans are… pic.twitter.com/2IHoLofg7p
But that doesn't fit on a billboard.
