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These companies buy grains from farmers fined for illegally using Indigenous land in Brazil.
Cargill and General Mills bought soy and corn in an area where “grain laundering” is admitted by producers and civil servants.
The illegal crops came from areas on the border of the Amazon Rainforest which had restrictions for production, but the real origin of the grains were concealed through paperwork.
#climate #climatechange #environment
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/agro-giants-buy-grains-from-farmers-fined-for-using-indigenous-land-in-brazil/
Cargill and General Mills bought soy and corn in an area where “grain laundering” is admitted by producers and civil servants.
The illegal crops came from areas on the border of the Amazon Rainforest which had restrictions for production, but the real origin of the grains were concealed through paperwork.
#climate #climatechange #environment
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/agro-giants-buy-grains-from-farmers-fined-for-using-indigenous-land-in-brazil/