Environmental Impact Assessment: Back to black
Both soy and milk have a large carbon footprint, but which one should consumers concerned with climate change choose with their morning pick-me-up
By Steven Crook / Contributing reporter
The challenge came over a mug of coffee. If I was serious about reducing my environmental impact, a friend teased, I should be putting soy milk, not cow’s milk, in my drink.
Back in February 2016, EcoWatch.com told its readers that cow’s milk represents “60 to 70 percent of the carbon footprint of a cup of coffee with a few tablespoons of milk.”
For a latte, the article said, “it’s more like 80 or 90 percent.”
Second half of April seen drier for Brazil’s crops vs. first half of month. By
4/8/2021 After experiencing a lack of moisture for the soybean growing season and a delayed second-crop corn planting season, Brazil’s farmers are still trying to get a handle on crop conditions. The country’s soybean harvest is all but completed, but the second-crop corn (known as safrhina) is off to a choppy growing season. Rain Relief Numerous forecast models are indicating continued scattered showers for Brazil’s second-crop corn. In Mato Grosso state (west-central Brazil) and in the state of Goias, between 0.40 and 1.18 inches of rain are expected to fall this week.