Cargill, a giant agricultural multinational that sells feed to British chicken farms, buys crops from a farm growing soybeans on deforested land in the Brazilian Amazon. The farm in the Brazilian Amazon was responsible for eight sq km of deforestation since 2013, with multiple forest fires recorded in 2020. The company exports thousands of tonnes of Brazilian soya to the UK each year for use in animal feed. The UK imported about 3.5m tonnes of soya beans in 2019, with roughly half of that ending up in chicken feed. According to Brazil’s space agency, Amazon deforestation soared 22% over the 12 months to July last year.

Source: The Guardian January 14, 2022 16:21 UTC