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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Andrew Downie and Andrew Wasley

Chicken in British supermarkets ‘linked to deforested Amazon’

deforestation trees with no branches or leaves
Already, 24% of the Amazon has been destroyed and annual deforestation there hit a 15-year high this year under far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. Photograph: Stringer ./Reuters


A new investigation into industrial poultry farming in Brazil claims that chicken fed with corn and soya beans grown on deforested land or with unclear origins is ending up on British dinner plates and supermarket shelves.

The joint investigation by Reporter Brasil and Ecostorm, published on Thursday, once again highlights how global food chains are linked to mounting deforestation in a country that is home to some of the world’s most important biomes and food producers.

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