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15.10.21

Eating the Earth

Getting rich while the world burns: a surreal trip through Brazil’s soya boomtowns

A 400-mile voyage between two soya superfarms threw up two constants: charred woodland and serious prosperity

13.10.21

Eating the Earth

The bean destroying the planet: can the soya trade be cleaned up?

For farmers, it is a magic bean that helps pack muscle onto chickens, pigs and cattle. But there are mounting concerns about the expansion of soya farming around the world

13.10.21

British supermarket cheese linked to catastrophic deforestation in Brazil

Agribusinesses in the global food chain claim they can make soya sustainable, but mounting evidence suggests otherwise

31.07.21

Eating the Earth

Reign of fire: blazes surge on ‘protected’ Amazon land under Bolsonaro

The Bureau’s investigation also found that beef from farmers accused of illegal deforestation was still making its way into global supply chains, including those serving at least two of the world’s bi...

19.05.21

Eating the Earth

Loophole lets soya farmers tear down the Amazon

An investigation has uncovered how three of the world’s biggest food businesses have purchased soya from companies whose supply chains have been the subject of concerns over links to illegal deforesta...

13.02.21

Eating the Earth

Walmart among US retail giants selling beef linked to Amazon destruction

Campaigners call for major grocers to cut ties with controversial Brazilian meat firm JBS

25.11.20

Eating the Earth

British chicken driving deforestation in Brazil’s “second Amazon”

Britain’s leading supermarkets and fast food outlets are selling chicken fed on soya that has been linked to vast deforestation and thousands of fires across a vital region of tropical woodland

25.11.20

Eating the Earth

Cargill: the company feeding the world by helping destroy the planet

It's a controversial corporate giant that transformed how we eat and has the global food industry in its grip. So why haven't we heard of it?

12.08.20

Eating the Earth

"The pressure's on": HSBC warns meat company JBS over Amazon deforestation

An internal report by HSBC bankers says the world's biggest meat company has no real plan for tackling deforestation in its supply chain and this represents a major risk to investors

27.07.20

Eating the Earth

Brazilian meat giant trucked cattle from deforested Amazon ranch

The Bureau has uncovered evidence of JBS moving cattle from an illegally deforested farm to one of its own suppliers - a journey it claims is untraceable

02.07.20

Eating the Earth

Development banks funding industrial farms around the world

Billions of dollars are being pumped into the meat and dairy industries, despite warnings that global livestock production needs to be curtailed to avoid climate catastrophe

04.06.20

Eating the Earth

Revealed: UK investors’ $2bn backing for meat giants linked to Amazon deforestation

An analysis by the Bureau and Unearthed has linked British and European banks to funding for Brazil's largest meat companies

07.04.20

Eating the Earth

Half of UK chickens produced by US agriculture giants

The data has fuelled concerns about growing American influence over the British food sector

30.03.20

Eating the Earth

Brazil thanked Johnson for climbdown over Amazon fires

The prime minister dismissed a threat by President Macron of France to block the Mercosur trade deal with Brazil over the country's failure to deal with the rainforest fires

10.12.19

Eating the Earth

World Bank urged to divest from Brazilian beef

A UN special rapporteur and his predecessor in post have called on the Bank's investment arm to ensure it only contributes to climate-friendly businesses

10.12.19

Eating the Earth

Record number of fires rage around Amazon farms that supply the world's biggest butchers

MEPs have called for a rethink of the Mercosur trade deal after the Bureau's revelations about burning in the Amazon around Brazilian abattoirs. The fires are often linked to cattle ranching in the re...

21.10.19

Eating the Earth

German appetite for beef eats into Brazilian rainforest

The Bureau shared data on imports of Brazilian beef across the EU with Die Welt, the German newspaper, who found major household names were buying from meat companies linked to deforestation

23.09.19

Eating the Earth

British egg farms breached salmonella rules more than 100 times

After revealing that salmonella in British eggs had poisoned 100 people, the Bureau discovered that rules to control the disease had been breached across the sector

20.09.19

Eating the Earth

Exclusive: At least 100 cases of salmonella poisoning from British eggs

The Bureau can exclusively reveal that British eggs have been contaminated with a dangerous strain of salmonella, despite recent government assurances that they are safe

17.09.19

Eating the Earth

UK purchased £1bn of beef from firms tied to Amazon deforestation

The Bureau and Repórter Brasil have discovered that a major Brazilian meat company bought cows from a ranch that had been fined weeks earlier for breaking environmental protection rules

Getting rich while the world burns: a surreal trip through Brazil’s soya boomtowns

The bean destroying the planet: can the soya trade be cleaned up?

British supermarket cheese linked to catastrophic deforestation in Brazil

Reign of fire: blazes surge on ‘protected’ Amazon land under Bolsonaro

Loophole lets soya farmers tear down the Amazon

Walmart among US retail giants selling beef linked to Amazon destruction

British chicken driving deforestation in Brazil’s “second Amazon”

Cargill: the company feeding the world by helping destroy the planet

"The pressure's on": HSBC warns meat company JBS over Amazon deforestation

Brazilian meat giant trucked cattle from deforested Amazon ranch

Development banks funding industrial farms around the world

Revealed: UK investors’ $2bn backing for meat giants linked to Amazon deforestation

Half of UK chickens produced by US agriculture giants

Brazil thanked Johnson for climbdown over Amazon fires

World Bank urged to divest from Brazilian beef

Record number of fires rage around Amazon farms that supply the world's biggest butchers

German appetite for beef eats into Brazilian rainforest

British egg farms breached salmonella rules more than 100 times

Exclusive: At least 100 cases of salmonella poisoning from British eggs

UK purchased £1bn of beef from firms tied to Amazon deforestation

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