Subject: Food

05.06.23

Environment

Why we won’t stop reporting on Brazilian butchers

Bruno and Dom knew reporting could change the world. So do we.

02.06.23

Environment

Over 800 million trees felled to feed appetite for Brazilian beef

As part of the Forbidden Stories Bruno and Dom project, TBIJ pulled together data showing the systematic deforestation linked to cattle ranches

01.06.23

Environment

Bruno and Dom’s lives were ended. But the work goes on

We’re working with Forbidden Stories to make sure that vital projects like Bruno and Dom’s work survive even if the journalist reporting them does not

13.04.23

Trapped in work

‘It’s almost the same as living on the street’: this is how people picking your vegetables have to live

Forced to share beds and live in freezing caravans with leaking ceilings, all while paying more per square foot than for a flat in London – migrant farm workers reveal their shocking, squalid living c...

05.04.23

Trapped in work

Migrant workers are being ripped off by employers on farms

Farm workers are having hundreds of pounds unlawfully deducted from their payslips, an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and VICE World News has found.

27.03.23

Trapped in work

‘They treat you like an animal’: How British farms run on exploitation

Migrants on the UK’s rapidly expanding farmworker visa scheme face systematic bullying, abuse and growing debt

15.03.23

Global Superbugs

Global trade of last-hope antibiotic still creating dangerous superbugs

The global trade in colistin, a human medicine, for use on livestock farms is driving the spread of deadly diseases

06.03.23

Environment

Collagen craze drives deforestation and rights abuses

Behind the wellness fad lies an opaque industry driving human rights abuses and the destruction of rainforests

22.11.22

Global Superbugs

Swimming in superbugs: MRSA and E coli found in British rivers

Testing commissioned by the Bureau, World Animal Protection and the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics has found evidence of drug resistance in waterways near farms

21.11.22

Global Superbugs

McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers risk public health with ‘reckless’ antibiotics use

The most important antibiotics to human health are still being used within the supply chains of major US food companies, risking the spread of dangerous superbugs

07.10.22

Big Tobacco

A US farmer was accused of abusing his workers. Then Big Tobacco backed his election

Reynolds American has pumped a thousands of dollars into the campaigns of a local politician with anti-union agenda

22.09.22

Environment

Nestlé supplier used Brazilian beef from seized Indigenous land

Abattoir owned by meatpacking giant Marfrig is at the centre of murky supply chain that also includes McDonald’s and Burger King

05.07.22

Global Superbugs

Dangerous salmonella found in UK farms and meat

Results obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveal a spike in poultry products contaminated with salmonella infantis in recent years

05.07.22

Global Superbugs

Deadly superbug found in British supermarket pork

More than 10% of sampled pork products, including joints, chops and mince, have found to be infected with a bacteria that showed resistance to a ‘last resort’ antibiotic used to treat serious illnesse...

27.05.22

Trapped in work

Migrant fruit pickers charged thousands in illegal fees to work on UK farms

Labourers from Nepal say they paid third-party agencies as much as £3,000 to secure six-month job

16.03.22

Global Superbugs

Superbugs on the shelves: diseased chicken being sold across America

Companies routinely exceed level of bacteria allowed by USDA – and do not have to recall their products

04.02.22

Our Impact

Community power, corporate change and courtroom justice: the Bureau’s impact in 2021

Unearthing facts, uncovering wrongdoing, collaboration and meaningful storytelling made the Bureau’s journalism more impactful than ever in 2021

17.12.21

Environment

Supermarkets drop Brazil beef over links to deforestation

Sainsbury's and five other European supermarkets have said they will not source some or all of their beef products from Brazil's biggest meat business after concerns over links to deforestation

15.10.21

Environment

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

Environment

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

Why we won’t stop reporting on Brazilian butchers

Over 800 million trees felled to feed appetite for Brazilian beef

Bruno and Dom’s lives were ended. But the work goes on

‘It’s almost the same as living on the street’: this is how people picking your vegetables have to live

Migrant workers are being ripped off by employers on farms

‘They treat you like an animal’: How British farms run on exploitation

Global trade of last-hope antibiotic still creating dangerous superbugs

Collagen craze drives deforestation and rights abuses

Swimming in superbugs: MRSA and E coli found in British rivers

McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers risk public health with ‘reckless’ antibiotics use

A US farmer was accused of abusing his workers. Then Big Tobacco backed his election

Nestlé supplier used Brazilian beef from seized Indigenous land

Dangerous salmonella found in UK farms and meat

Deadly superbug found in British supermarket pork

Migrant fruit pickers charged thousands in illegal fees to work on UK farms

Superbugs on the shelves: diseased chicken being sold across America

Community power, corporate change and courtroom justice: the Bureau’s impact in 2021

Supermarkets drop Brazil beef over links to deforestation

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?

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