Why aren't we doing more to save the rainforests and other species rich habitats?
According to a Friends of the Earth report written two
years ago, at CURRENT RATES of Forest destruction in Indonesia, the orangutan will have become extinct in the wild within twelve years from then (- so that's ten years from now). Forest is being burned to grow huge monoculture oil palm plantations.Fact: 10% of the food you buy in a supermarket has palm oil in it.
If you were to stand in the food department in Tescos or ASDA or the Coop and throw a cucumber up in the air there is a one in ten chance it would land on a food with palm oil in it. Usually it is just labelled vegetable oil or hydrogenated vegetable oil.
Try it. Go round your supermarket and look at the labels. Often it is only the high quality food that actually labels it as palm oil - the cheaper brands just label it simply as
vegetable oil.-----------------------------
Another crop that is replacing the rainforest is Soya. A chemical called soya lecithin is used as an emulsifying agent (helps water and oil to mix together) in many food products. It has other uses too.
It is also exported to the UK in vast quantities to feed cattle.
Meanwhile have a look at this site.
http://www.regenwald.org/international/englisch/news.php?id=857
So tomorrow, why don't you go for a walk round your supermarket or grocer's shop and see if it is true that 10%of the food contains palm oil?
Finally to my delight I found the following:.... Patersons olive oil oatcakes:
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