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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sophie Kevany

Top grain traders ‘helped scupper’ ban on soya from deforested land

An aerial view shows deforestation near a forest on the border between Amazonia and Cerrado in Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Deforestation on the border between Amazonia and Cerrado in, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Photograph: Amanda Perobelli/Reuters

Cargill and ADM, two of the world’s leading livestock feed companies, helped to scupper an attempt to end the trade in soya beans grown on deforested and threatened ecosystem lands in South America, a new report alleges.

Soya is one of the cheapest available types of edible protein, and is in huge demand for feed for animals around the world; as our consumption of meat and dairy has risen globally, the need for soya has soared too.

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