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flag Brazilian chef Saulo Jennings refused to cook a vegan meal for Prince William’s Earthshot Awards, advocating for traditional, sustainable Amazonian foods as vital to culture and conservation.

flag Brazilian Amazonian chef Saulo Jennings declined to prepare a fully vegan dinner for Prince William’s Earthshot Awards, arguing that sustainability includes balancing plants, animals, and people in the rainforest ecosystem. flag He emphasized that traditional Amazonian foods like pirarucu fish, cassava, Brazil nuts, and black tucupi are sustainably sourced, culturally vital, and key to conserving the rainforest by supporting local livelihoods. flag Jennings criticized the vegan-only demand as culturally insensitive and dismissive of Indigenous food practices, likening it to imposing external values. flag Though the collaboration ended, he was later chosen to cook for international delegations at COP30 in Belém, where he will showcase these sustainable, traditional ingredients, promoting them as tools for cultural preservation and environmental protection.

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