Big food companies urge soy traders to help save Brazil savanna
Article content Wildlife, too, is under threat, including rare hyacinth macaws, maned wolves and jaguars that call the shrinking savanna home. So are thousands of plants, fish, insects and other creatures found nowhere else on earth, many of which are only beginning to be studied. Environmental groups criticized Cargill last year after the company said it and the broader food industry would miss the goal of eliminating deforestation from the supply chain by 2020. (https://reut.rs/3qZuILl) Companies in North America are encouraging farmers there to adopt more sustainable practices, due to cons...
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