11-18-2010, 01:16 PM
From Burger Kings website.
Globally, BKC has committed to purchase beef from suppliers that source only beef that has been raised in environmentally responsible ways. As a result, none of our beef comes from recently deforested tropical rainforests.
The argument could be made that Big Island beef comes from deforested tropical rainforests also.
Hawaiian deforestation
Our last stop in the U.S. is in Hawaii. Here, the change in the landscape is due to overgrazing on one of the Big Island's huge cattle ranches. The result is a sharp contrast between relatively natural vegetative cover and degraded forest. The latter is considerably more common than the former.
The entire article is here :
http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CTW.html
Globally, BKC has committed to purchase beef from suppliers that source only beef that has been raised in environmentally responsible ways. As a result, none of our beef comes from recently deforested tropical rainforests.
The argument could be made that Big Island beef comes from deforested tropical rainforests also.
Hawaiian deforestation
Our last stop in the U.S. is in Hawaii. Here, the change in the landscape is due to overgrazing on one of the Big Island's huge cattle ranches. The result is a sharp contrast between relatively natural vegetative cover and degraded forest. The latter is considerably more common than the former.
The entire article is here :
http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CTW.html