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GMOs are found in nearly 80% of processed food in the United States. Currently, up to 92% of U.S. corn is consumed what are you eating GMO with zoe lister-jonesgenetically engineered, as are 94% of soybeans and 94% of

GMOs are found in nearly 80% of processed food in the United States. Currently, up to 92% of U.S. corn is consumed what are you eating GMO with zoe lister-jonesgenetically engineered, as are 94% of soybeans and 94% of cotton. In short, they are everywhere.

Zoe Lister-Jones
Gmos, United States, Soybeans

I caught hold of the great bull market in soybeans in 1977. I had no idea what I was doing, incidentally.

Bruce Kovner
Ideas, Bulls, Soybeans

Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who have ever been happy to see soybeans.

Fran Lebowitz
Vegetables, People, Soybeans
Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.129, Vintage

I am using soybean based ink, which is recyclable.

Rick Danko
Ink, Soybeans, Recycling

Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food.

Michael Pollan
Land, Energy, Soybeans
"The Cheapest Calories Make You the Fattest: A food-chain journalist looks for stories in our meals". Interview with Helen Wagenvoord, michaelpollan.com. September 30, 2004.

American farmers produced 600 more calories per person per day in 2000 than they did in 1980. But some calories got cheaper than others: Since 1980, the price of sweeteners and added fats (most of them derived, respectively, from subsidized corn and subsidized soybeans), dropped 20 percent, while the price of fresh fruits and vegetables increased by 40 percent.

Michael Pollan
Vegetables, Soybeans, Corn
Michael Pollan (2008). “In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto”, p.122, Penguin

I had to drive to Minneapolis once, and went on a back road just to see the country. But there was nothing to see. It's just flat and hot, and full of corn and soybeans and hogs. Every once in a while you come across a farm or some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies.

Bill Bryson
Country, Soybeans, Littles
Bill Bryson (1989). “The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America”, p.5, VNR AG

We aren’t exactly emptying the oceans; it’s more like clear-cutting a forest with thousands of species to create massive fields with one type of soybean.

Jonathan Safran Foer
Ocean, Cutting, Soybeans
"Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2010.

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