Here at Rainforest Action Network, I'm gearing up for the Occupy Our Food Supply global day of action on February 27th, 2012 and it reminded me of a story from Indonesia last month.
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When they were just eleven years old, Michigan Girl Scouts Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen discovered an alarming fact while completing research for their Girl Scout Bronze Awards: most Girl Scout cookies are packed with palm oil, an ingredient that causes the destruction of irreplaceable rainforests and threatens the survival of humankind’s closest relative, orangutans.
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“The corporatization of something as basic and intimate as eating is, for many of us today, a good place to draw the line.” – Michael Pollan
Did you buy chocolates today for someone you love?
Take a quick second to scan the ingredients for palm oil and palm kernel oil. These controversial ingredients are no symbol of love.
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This report documents systemic failures in agribusiness giant Cargill's supply chain.
A case study on Higaturu, one of Cargill’s three oil palm plantations in Papua New Guinea.
A case study on Duta Palma Nusantara, one of Indonesia’s top ten oil palm producers, whose dirty operations are threatening the country's rich rainforests.
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