"Commodity kings Cargill, Bunge buying soy from stolen Indigenous land, report says", 19 August 2022

...Cargill and Bunge source some of their soy products, used in products like chicken feed and pet food, from land where Indigenous communities have suffered violence and displacement, according to a new report from Earthsight, an organization investigating environmental and social injustices...

Earthsight has documented supply chain links between Brasília do Sul soy and chicken retailers like KFC, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Aldi and Iceland. It’s also connected the farm to pet food sold by large German supermarkets like Rewe Markt, Netto Marken-Discount, Lidl, Aldi and Edeka...

...Adriana Ramos, policy and law adviser at Instituto Socioambiental, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of Indigenous and traditional peoples, told Mongabay. “They stay in this position as if they don’t have any responsibility”...

Both companies have spent decades defending themselves against accusations of environmental negligence and human rights violations, and not just in Brazil...

Thirteen states, including Mato Grosso do Sul, have struck down the policy that Indigenous lands that are still in the process of demarcation are fair game for all, in response to injunctions that argued this violates Brazil’s Constitution. Nevertheless, land grabbing and agricultural activity have continued...

“Cargill and Bunge’s unimpressive stance on Indigenous rights or traceability means consumers in Europe and elsewhere buying chicken, pork, dairy and other products linked to soy supply chains are often made unwitting contributors to the violence and marginalization experienced by Indigenous communities,” the report said...