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Pesticide Drift Destroys Farm Plots Across Brazil
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Pesticide Drift Destroys Farm Plots Across Brazil

16.10.26 | Por Julia Dolce
An O Joio e O Trigo investigation found 67 lawsuits reporting crop and livestock losses in 12 states. Delays in expert examinations make it harder to hold farmers and mills accountable, and family farmers, Indigenous peoples, and quilombolas are being forced to abandon production
Brazilian Banks Finance R$44 Million in Soy Production on Disputed Land in Brazil’s Cerrado
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Brazilian Banks Finance R$44 Million in Soy Production on Disputed Land in Brazil’s Cerrado

04.09.26 | Por Bruna Bronoski , from Chapadinha, Maranhão With contributions from Vinícius Eduardo Wassmansdorf
The financing from Banco do Nordeste and Itaú — including subsidized rural credit — went to a São Paulo-based investor who has also secured favorable court rulings, deforestation permits, and approval from a land agency to evict traditional communities from land they have long occupied
Ultra-Processed Food Industry Turns to the Courts to Delay Public Health Policies, International Investigation Reveals
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Ultra-Processed Food Industry Turns to the Courts to Delay Public Health Policies, International Investigation Reveals

10.08.26 | Por Thalita Pires Rodrigo Oliveira João Peres (O Joio e O Trigo), Andrea Rincón e Edier Buitrago (Cuestión Pública), Armando Talamantes e Kennia Velazquez (Quinto ElementoLAB), Ed Wanderley e Guilherme Cavalcanti (Agência Pública) com a Lighthouse Reports
A transnational project involving O Joio e O Trigo identified 239 legal challenges in six countries. In Brazil, a regulation that would require health warnings on food advertising has been blocked for 16 years
Brazil tames hunger as the world falls behind
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Brazil tames hunger as the world falls behind

07.08.26 | Por Thalita Pires Flávia Schiochet
While global hunger remains above 2015 levels and the goal of ending it by 2030 slips further out of reach, Brazil has reduced undernourishment below 2.5%. Its progress shows what coordinated public action can achieve
How Brazil’s Agribusiness Became “Pop”
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How Brazil’s Agribusiness Became “Pop”

14.07.26 | Por João Peres Rodrigo Oliveira
Ten years on, Globo’s “Agro Is Pop” campaign has become a symbol of how the sector built its public image — promoting a narrative that left out land grabbing, land concentration, deforestation, and rural violence
Amazon Initiative Replaces Ultra-Processed Foods with Traditional School Meals
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Amazon Initiative Replaces Ultra-Processed Foods with Traditional School Meals

10.07.26 | Por Erick Gimenes
Created in Amazonas, Catrapovos inspired federal rules that make it easier for public schools to buy food from Indigenous, quilombola, and other traditional communities An expedition to the remote Pico da Neblina, in São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Amazonas), in 2016, intrigued federal prosecutor Fernando Merloto Soave, of the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF): if it […]
The invisible labor that keeps solidarity kitchens running 
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The invisible labor that keeps solidarity kitchens running 

16.06.26 | Por Flávia Schiochet
Brazil has over 6.7 thousand grassroots initiatives feeding vulnerable communities, from peripheral favelas to downtown areas; since 2024, some receive government aid, but the daily operations still rely heavily on unpaid, predominantly female volunteer work