Leading burger supplier sourced from Amazon farmer using deforested land
(The Guardian Brazil)

Brazilian meat company which has supplied McDonald´s and Burger King bought cattle from farm using deforested land earlier this year, investigation showsThe world´s biggest supplier of burgers sourced meat from a farmer in the Amazon who had been found guilty of using deforested land, say reports, even as new figures reveal the beef industry´s deforestation risks.Marfrig, a Brazilian meat company that has supplied McDonald´s, Burger King and other fast-food chains around the world, bought cattle from a farm that had been using deforested land earlier this year, according to a joint investigation by Repórter Brasil and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Continue reading...