From the monthly archives:
The Organic Consultancy
Talking About…Palm Oil
Simon Wright
The Organic Consultancy
History
Palm oil is produced from the fruit of the oil palm Elaeis Guinnesis which is found in Africa, South East Asia and Latin America. Although humans have eaten the oil palm for over 5000 years commercial planting and cultivation did not begin until the mid-1990’s in Malaysia.
Production and [...]
The Organic Consultancy
Beyond Organic?
by Simon Wright
This article originally appeared in the July 2001 edition of Organic Business.
The New York Times Magazine for May 13 contained an article written by Michael Pollan entitled ‘The Organic Industrial Complex – all about the folks who brought you the organic TV dinner’. Over nine pages Pollan made some good [...]