Cargill had been accused of breaking an industry moratorium, after
purchasing soy from a farm that had deforested the area the soy was
grown on, within the timeframe that the moratorium stipulates (Wasley
2022). Fazenda Conquista, the farm, disputed this and provided a
screenshot from Google Earth as evidence that clearing had taken place
legally, on ‘consolidated’ land (Repórter Brasil). The official body
that investigated and found the farm to be at fault supplied only a partial
and grainy image. This was an exercise to confirm the allegations and
understand where and when the deforestation took place in relation to the
images of soy plantation (Wasley 2022).
purchasing soy from a farm that had deforested the area the soy was
grown on, within the timeframe that the moratorium stipulates (Wasley
2022). Fazenda Conquista, the farm, disputed this and provided a
screenshot from Google Earth as evidence that clearing had taken place
legally, on ‘consolidated’ land (Repórter Brasil). The official body
that investigated and found the farm to be at fault supplied only a partial
and grainy image. This was an exercise to confirm the allegations and
understand where and when the deforestation took place in relation to the
images of soy plantation (Wasley 2022).