Food giants accused of links to illegal Amazon deforestation

Cargill, Bunge and Cofco sourced beans from companies allegedly supplied by a farmer fined for destroying swathes of rainforestThree of the world's biggest food businesses have been accused of buying soya from a farmer linked to illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.Cargill, Bunge and Cofco sourced soya beans from the Chinese-owned Fiagril and the multinational Aliança Agrícola do Cerrado, both of which have allegedly been supplied by a farmer fined and sanctioned multiple times after destroying swathes of rainforest, according to a new investigation. Continue reading...