Faced with hunger and oppression due to the expansion of palm oil and sugar cane Guatemalan youths are returning to growing food for community and markets. Young Campesinos are choosing to stay on the land instead of hitting the migration trail. http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/guatemalan-campesinos-embrace-ancestral-farming-practices-to-prevent-migration In the background is the Latin Hemisphere of palm oil, The June 8, […]
Responsible Organic Sustainable Palm Oil: A Plurality Of Semantics At the local level, honest, thoughtful communication regarding specifically the removal of products from store shelves containing Palm Oil company by company, led to a frankness in exchanging information. “If you have any information you would like to share with us regarding palm oil production, we’d […]
Saying No To Palm Oil In The U.S. Eschew aesthetics, there aren’t any “No Deforestation” commitments. “No-deforestation” has been supplanted with industry’s use of “Zero-net deforestation across the landscape mosaic” or, in conversation as Zero deforestation, and is often used interchangeably with “Deforestation Free” on packaging and commodity PR pitches. “Loans and bonds backing palm […]
Palm Oil Home Invasion – Everything From Snack Foods to Pet Foods! Five years ago research pointed out that animal feed for British cats, dogs, cows, pigs and even goldfish – helps to destroy the rainforests of south-east Asia. The study for the government found that “more than a tenth of all the world’s palm […]
Philippine Supreme Court Bans Bt Eggplant Final ruling, after appeal came in early December 2015. There remains a contest of two sides, and two headlines: The GMO science community and British author Mark Lynas not only oppose the court ruling but Philippine scientist-in-policy analysis (and Silliman University president) Ben Malayang, who wrote a position paper […]
A well researched article: Palm Oil Labeling Requirements for Food Products Around the World http://www.schusterinstituteinvestigations.org/#!products-with-palm-oil/c1z3e Palm Oil Labeling In the US, Code of Federal Regulations; Current as of April 7, 2016 Section 101.4 – Food; designation of ingredients. – (14) Each individual fat and/or oil ingredient of a food intended for human consumption shall […]
Palm Oil Tax In France Opposes Continued Land Grabs and Deforestation As the oil palm industry continues to develop new palm plantings using 2 years of sprays and toxins in the nursery, and certified sustainable deforestation at the plantation, both Indonesia and Malaysia are very protective about the greening image of the palm industry. Sensitive […]
France Considers Palm Oil Paraquat Tax France has challenged the Best Management Practices (BMP) of the palm oil industry with a progressive tax that appears in synch with the new Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil ‘Next’ certification criteria. There are several key considerations concerning ending the use of the herbicide Paraquat in the early stages […]
02/10/16This brief post is a sharing of my learning process through a reality check of my store purchases of yogurt and kefir. I’m posting this in the hope that it is useful somehow, to others on a similar quest – that of ‘Saying No To Palm Oil’. The panacea of palm oil has become emblematic […]
Papua New Guinea: Health Risks Of Poverty Amidst Palm Plantations Alarmed by reports about a massive land grab taking place in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Oakland Institute (OI) and the Pacific Network on Globalization (PANG) undertook research on land investment deals in the country, including sending a research team to the country in February […]
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