According to the Minister, imported Brazilian soybeans, which does not have a certificate and causes the disappearance of the forests, does not meet the environmental criteria adopted by Finland.
Soy is widely used in Finland as food. Most of the import comes from Brazil and the United States.
Soya is an important source of protein, but, says Lappe, Finnish fodder industry has done a lot of work to replace soybean domestic raw materials. Finnish milk and beef now produce almost no use of soy - domestic grains contain enough protein, says the Minister.
According to Lippe to the need to develop farming proteinaceous plants, and the area of land for such crops can be increased. Lappe believes that, for example, legume crops could be grown on fields with a total area of 80 thousand hectares, accounting for 4% of all agricultural fields in Finland.
Recall that Finland, which holds rotating EU presidency, urged the EU to consider the possibility of the ban Brazilian beef from its markets due to the devastation caused by fires in the tropical forests of the Amazon.
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