Could palm oil grown sustainably help the Amazon rainforest? Since 2001, palm oil production has grown tremendously. An increase in the cost of soybean oil and a move away from trans-fats in foods, including Girl Scout cookies, helped fuel the boom in palm oil plantations. The countries currently responsible for most of the production of palm oil – Indonesia and Malaysia – have garnered a bad reputation for destructive practices. Indonesia has recently moved towards cleaning up the industry, but they still have a long way to go.

Source: Eat.Drink.Better.

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