I'm an AR activist and pretty politically minded, so I was looking for any previous postings about the corporate evil that pervades the world. The thread I found was closed so I'm starting this new one.
Not sure exactly how to start - I guess I'll just mention this lovely bit of information. A huge amount of the processed vegan foods (and some non-processed) that we eat are actually owned by multinational corporations that benefit financially from vegans and turn around to exploit animals, the environment and humans.
My "favorites": ConAgra, which owns all Lightlife non-meats. ConAgra makes frozen dinners and fairly recently sold off its factory farm operations, but I think it still grows grain for "livestock" and also has been responsible for some human rights issues with farmers in India.
Silk and White Wave: available everywhere thanks to Dean Foods, the US's largest dairy company that also owns Horizon Organics. Buy Silk, support factory farming. Also, responsible for clearcutting rainforest to grow soybeans for its products. No US-grown soybeans for Dean Foods.
Well, there's more but I wanted to get a little discussion going.
Oh, let me give you a couple of things you can still eat*: Tofurky, SoyBoy, Amy's (not all vegan, though).
*in the USA; also, it's been a year to a year and a half since I've double checked these companies. Unfortunately, buyouts and sellouts are far too common in the food industry.
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