'Vogue' Believes the Footwear Industry May Be Funding the Brazilian Forest Fires

In a recent Vogue Business piece by Rachel Cernansky, the author suggests that -- among other reasons -- the footwear industry may be one contributing source to the catastrophic forest fires in the Amazon.According to Cernansky, the largest cause for deforestation in the Amazon is cattle ranching, along with associated industries like soy production, which is used as food for the cattle. So as demand grows for more cattle whether for beef or leather, ranchers naturally will burn more of the fore...