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Here is an important new story that just came out on BBC news about palm oil expansion in Colombia. Although Indonesia and Malaysia still produce the vast majority of the world’s palm oil, countries like Colombia and Brazil are the new frontier- more land to be clear cut and more communities to by displaced for [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, November 21 2008
Where to start? For the last 5 days, I have been observing the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in the resort area of Nusa Dua, Bali. Just like last year, I joined the Sawit Watch delegation- a group of almost 50 small farmers and affected community members from across Indonesia. Over the last 6 [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, November 6 2008
Dispatched from Soy City USA, written by Bria M. and Andrea S., two of your Rainforest Agribusiness campaigners… Once again, ADM was under the mistaken impression that they could break the law and get away with it. In Decatur this morning we—Bria, Andrea, and Rob Parsons (a renewable energy advocate and ally in our anti-palm [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, October 2 2008
When the Rainforest Ag team learned that the CEO of Archer Daniels Midland, Patricia Woertz, would be attending Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit at the ultra fancy Four Seasons Aviara Resort- we knew it would be a great time to give her a special delivery of your letters and petitions. Leila- the Ag campaign [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, September 11 2008
13 companies have now signed the Palm Oil Pledge. We just heard the Montana Emu Ranch Company and Soap for Goodness Sake have signed our palm oil pledge, committed to only purchasing palm oil that does not destroy rainforests or communities, and to putting pressure on ADM, Bunge, and Cargill. Thank you!! Here’s the list [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, September 4 2008
11 companies have now signed the Palm Oil Pledge. Right after I posted the last update, we received word that Dr. Bronner’s has also committed to only purchasing palm oil that does not destroy rainforests or communities, and to putting pressure on ADM, Bunge, and Cargill. Thank you, Dr. Bronner’s!
Continue reading...By Brihannala, September 4 2008
It has only been two weeks after our Stick It To Palm Oil day of action, two weeks since you all went to your supermarkets with your “Warning: May Contain Rainforest Destruction” Stickers, and sent over 1.3 million emails to companies that use palm oil. And in those two weeks, we have had 10 companies [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, August 21 2008
Check out this totally amazing video made up of the pictures from the Photo Actions we did at the beginning of the year. The video was put together by the all star team of Stan Jones, Peter Saltanis, Aja Lippincott, and Kate Heller:
Continue reading...By Brihannala, August 21 2008
You know you are doing something right when Fortune Magazine and CNN Money highlight your work. This week, Marc Gunther, a senior writer at Fortune, published this fabulous article : Eco-Police Find A New Target: Oreos. The tagline says it all “Kraft Foods, Kellogg’s and other US food producers come under attack as demand for [...]
Continue reading...By Brihannala, August 14 2008
Reports from people all across North America who participated in the Stick It to Palm Oil day of action are rolling in! More than 2,000 people overwhelmed supermarkets with stickers reading “Warning! Product May Contain Rainforest Destruction” to raise awareness about the devastating consequences of palm oil expansion. The stickers pointed shoppers to our all [...]
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By Brihannala, December 22 2008
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