China’s taste for meat is reshaping Brazil’s economy—and its environment
What does a meat market in China have to do with Brazilian soybean farms? A whole lot, it turns out. Chinese diners are consuming more meat than ever, pork in particular. All those pigs have to eat, too, and overwhelmingly their main food source is soybeans. Quartz visited soy farms in Brazil and talked to farmers, indigenous leaders, conservationists, and economists, to find out how Chinese demand at this scale is changing entire nations—even ones as large and diverse as Brazil. -- WATCH OUR EXCLUSIVE SERIES; Because China https://qz.com/se/because-china/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=because_china&utm_campaign=209_soy&utm_content=description_series Become a member of Quartz, your exclusive guide to the global economy: https://qz.com/become-a-member/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=because_china&utm_campaign=209_soy&utm_content=description_member Quartz is a digital news outlet dedicated to telling stories at the intersection of the important and the interesting. Visit us at https://qz.com/ to read more.
