KFC Frying the Amazon

July 19, 2006

Hey,

I wanted to forward along the newest alert from Greenpeace. The title

sums it up, but read below for more info and follow the link to take action.

-Nick

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Eating them out of House and Home

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KFC really does have a secret recipe - want to know what's in it?

Freshly sizzling Amazon Rainforest. That's what goes into the soy that

KFC's famous chickens are fed.

KFC is serving up Amazon destruction by the bucket, and selling it in

hundreds of restaurants throughout Europe. But KFC isn't alone. The fast

food giant can trace its soy to a single American company: Cargill.

Cargill owns an illegal export terminal in Brazil, that is supplied by

farms operating on illegally cleared rainforest land. Almost all of the

soy passing through this terminal is destined for Europe - and fast food

restaurants like KFC and McDonald's. Soy traders encourage farmers to

cut down the rainforest and plant massive soy crops. The traders take

the soy and ship it to Europe where it is fed to animals like chickens

and pigs. The animals are then turned into fast food products.

Three major companies - Cargill, ADM, and Bunge - account for 60 percent

of the total financing of soy production in Brazil. The Amazon

rainforest is not only one of the richest and most biologically diverse

regions on the planet, it is also one of the most threatened. In order

to protect this ancient treasure, this unsustainable development needs

to stop immediately.

That's why I went to Brazil last month, to participate in an action

against Cargill. Now it's YOUR turn

TAKE ACTION

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Tell KFC to put a lid on its destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

I'll be in touch soon to let you know the latest developments to protect

the Amazon.

Sincerely,

Jessica Miller

Greenpeace Activist

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