California-based Sambazon, a supplier of the Brazilian Amazon açaí juice, has now been certified as Fair Trade in Brazil. The certification by Ecocert, a global control and certification organization, guarantees that Sambazon ensures fair labor conditions and wages for workers, promotes environmentally sustainable farming methods and reinvests money into the community.

Numbers presented by the Brazilian Association of Carbon Market Companies (Abemc) show that the inclusion of mechanisms for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), during the negotiation for a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol, could generate revenues of US$ 8 billion to US$ 16 billion for Brazil in carbon credits.

The minister of Foreign Affairs of the Emirates, Abdallah bin Zayed Nahyan, spoke to the Brazilian foreign minister, Celso Amorim, and Edison Lobão, from the Mines and Energy ministry, and showed interest in boosting investment in Brazil. The meeting between the ministers took place this Monday, October 19, in Brazilian capital Brasília.

Brazilian company JBS announced that the United States Justice Department has approved the takeover of US-based Pilgrim's Pride paving the way for the multinational to become the world's largest meat company.

Sadia and Perdigão, Brazil's two biggest food companies announced on Tuesday, May 19, plans to merge, creating an exporting powerhouse in a stock swap deal prompted by the global financial crisis. Executives from Perdigão SA and Sadia SA said they expect their new enterprise, to be called Brasil Foods SA, to become the world's top exporter of processed meat and chicken.