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In order to feed animals to nourish and grow them up fit for slaughter, they eat soy based products. Worldwide, 3/4 of total soy goes to animal feed. “More than one million square kilometers of our planet – equivalent to the total combined area of France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands – are dedicated to growing soy.” In a ten year span from 2001 to 2010, an estimated four million hectares of forests were destroyed annually primarily for soy and cattle.