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Disturbing article by Lester Brown on the PRI website

”..Put simply, saving the Amazon rainforest now depends on curbing the growth in demand for soybeans by stabilizing population worldwide as soon as possible. And for the world’s more affluent people, it means eating less meat and thus slowing the growth in demand for soybeans…”

Where was once pristine Amazon rainforest, soybean harvesters march across the landscape instead.