[ok-sus] The Green Lantern: How Green Is Tofu?

[Miles, Karen]

the green lantern 


How Green Is Tofu?


You'd be surprised to know.


By Nina Shen Rastogi
Posted Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, at 9:33 AM ET 

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Lately, I've been eating a lot of tofu in an attempt to cut back on my
meat consumption. But tofu doesn't exactly grow on trees-I'm guessing it
takes a lot of energy to turn fresh soy beans into soft, white stuff. Am
I really helping global warming by switching from chicken breasts to
bean curd?

The Lantern loves tofu, but the kind she grew up with was often 
smothered in pork
<http://images.google.com/images?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS328US328&sourceid=chrom
e&q=mapo+tofu&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=OWLcSqCfFpTllQe6n_ihAQ&sa=X&oi=image_resu
lt_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCIQsAQwAw> . While that particular dish
may not satisfy either environmental or ethical concerns, it is true
that switching from meat to tofu should help you cut back on your
greenhouse gas emissions. How significant are those savings, exactly?
That depends on your current eating habits. 

To continue reading, go to: http://www.slate.com/id/2232916/

 

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