Brazilian savanna and Bolivian rainforest at risk from soy production, says report

Mongabay
Mar 7, 2017, 11:14 pm145 pts
When you bite into a Bacon King Sandwich, you could be indirectly eating away some of Brazil’s ancient savanna and Bolivia’s lowland forest. That’s because the two quarter-pound beef patties on that sandwich are part of a supply chain that includes mega-industrial soy crops and cattle ranches that could…

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