The junk food industry faces a new crisis in America. Consumption levels are declining because of the arrival of Ozempic and other weight-loss medications that are very effective in suppressing appetite.
Bunge is one of the biggest soy players in Brazil's Cerrado. Roughly half of the Cerrado has been destroyed to date, largely to make way for farming of soy, beef, corn and other agricultural products.
An investigation of environmental group Mighty Earth shows that UK's top retailer Tesco is a basket of problems for the Amazon rainforest. Tesco continues to do business with known forest destroyers.
Boycott International Food Companies is in solidarity with the activists of the climate movement "Letzte Generation" (last generation before the climate tipping points), which are affected by the nationwide raid in Germany executed by the Munich General Prosecutor's Office.
Starting in fall this year, the ready-to-eat packaged meals known as Lunchables will be on the menu for children in public schools.The manufacturer, Kraft Heinz Company, claim they meet US federal nutritional guidelines. Food experts doubt their nutritional value.
The impacts of the food crisis are felt hardest in countries of the global South. Food corporations claim that they raised prices to compensate inflation, but in reality they make huge profits. Taxes on windfall profits of international food corporations could help people struggling with rising food and energy prices.