Fwd: Forest-friendly fast food?

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> Tue, 1 Aug 2006 15:41:30 -0400 (EDT)

> Greenpeace <webmaster

> Forest-friendly fast food?

 

>

> It’s hard to believe that the world’s largest

> rainforest is being destroyed to feed the fast food

> industry in Europe. That’s right, thousands of acres

> of pristine Amazon rainforest are burned everyday to

> make way for soy production for cheap chicken feed.

> But now the world’s biggest fast food chain has

> answered our call to save the Amazon. McDonald's has

> agreed to stop buying soy grown in newly deforested

> areas of the rainforest.

>

> But this is just the beginning. In order to truly

> protect the Amazon we need the same commitment from

> companies like KFC and the Amazon’s major

> soy-traders - Cargill, ADM, Bunge, Dreyfus and

> Amaggi. We’ve just obtained a limited two-year

> moratorium from these traders on buying soy from

> deforested areas. But two years is not the permanent

> protection the Amazon needs, and if we don’t act

> now, it could be no more than a token gesture

>

> I’m asking you now to help Greenpeace turn our

> progress into a lasting victory for the rainforest

> by making a generous donation today.

>

https://secureusa.greenpeace.org/securedonate/index.php?from=amazontext2

>

> Karen Van Bergen, Vice President of McDonald's

> Europe said, " When we were first alerted to this

> issue by Greenpeace, we immediately reached out to

> our suppliers, other NGOs and other companies to

> resolve this issue and take action. We are

> determined to do the right thing together with our

> suppliers and the Brazilian government, to protect

> the Amazon from further destruction. "

>

> Just a couple of months ago, I joined a team of

> Greenpeace climbers and activists deep in the heart

> of the Amazon to temporarily shut down Cargill’s

> illegal soy facility. Cargill, based in Minneapolis,

> MN, is the largest soy producer and exporter in the

> Amazon, operating 13 silos in the Amazon rainforest.

> With your support, we can continue pressuring

> Cargill and the other soy traders to stop destroying

> the rainforest.

>

> Please click here now to give Greenpeace the support

> we need to continue our campaign and take action to

> save the Amazon rainforest.

>

https://secureusa.greenpeace.org/securedonate/index.php?from=amazontext2

>

> For the Amazon,

> Jess Miller

>

> p.s. If a tree falls in the forest but nobody is

> around to hear it, does it make a sound? Well if the

> tree falls due to illegal forest destruction, then

> you can be sure those responsible will hear from

> Greenpeace and our supporters. In the case of

> McDonald's, the sound of thousands of our supporters

> contacting them to protest their role in the

> destruction of the Amazon rainforest has been heard.

> Thank you for your support.

>

>

> Take Action >> Tell the Colonel that if Ronald

> McDonald can help save the Amazon, so can he.

> http://members.greenpeace.org/action/start/108/

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