Palm oil production leads to deforestation of tropical rainforests due to expanding palm tree farms. What is Julie’s Organic doing about this problem?
Julie’s Organic uses organic palm oil sourced from one vendor, who has provided us with a lot of information on how their processing partner in Brazil takes great measures to support the environment rather than exploit it. The land they use for their palm plantations is land that was previously deforested by other parties. Their operation is actually reclaiming land for the environment and exhibits greater biodiversity than was there before their operation. Additionally, it is part of Brazil’s environmental law that of all the land owned by the palm oil grower/processor, they can only actually grow crops on 25% and the rest must be kept in its natural state. Back in 2008, the Rainforest Action Network ran a big campaign to bring awareness to a lot of the environmental issues surrounding palm oil production. Our supplier met with RAN and presented a list of policies that they and the processor jointly support. In RAN’s ensuing press release, our supplier is specifically mentioned as a d
