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Flávio Bolsonaro’s platform ignores Brazil’s main anti-hunger policies

14.09.26 | Por João Peres

Real increases in the minimum wage, school meals, Bolsa Família and family farming are all absent from the document. A national survey estimated that 33 million Brazilians went hungry in 2022, during Jair Bolsonaro’s administration

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]

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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

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Lula’s third administration revives hunger-combat policies, but limited funding constrains results

15.06.26 | Por Thalita Pires Vinicius Konchinski

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What Is “Agronegocinho” — Brazil’s Agribusiness Lite?

11.06.26 | Por Flávia Schiochet

When the idea that agribusiness feeds the country takes over the countryside, it erases the diverse realities of rural life, threatens the country's food sovereignty, and hinders nature's resilience.

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Cattle and soy capture 47% of family farming funds over three decades

19.05.26 | Por Flávia Schiochet

These commodities have received a combined R$ 240.5 billion since the program’s inception. Created to support family farming, Pronaf needs to return to its core principles to address long-standing distortions

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