Palm Oil: the Grease of Empire

We are currently teaching a unit on Food - Geographies of Food, or Food for Thought. 

Palm Oil is a ubiquitous substance which can be found in far more than just chocolate biscuits. Max Haiven's book is in our departmental library.

This article explains the reasons why it replaced whale oil and continues to be used in huge quantities.

Nutella: a global spread

Iceland Ad - banned from TV...

Interesting tweet this morning...

Our Christmas advert has been banned! So you won’t see it on TV, but you can watch it here https://t.co/X4jia5GdnE We are keen to keep raising awareness of rainforest destruction and customers can now choose a no palm oil Christmas @icelandfoods @foodwarehouse

— Richard Walker (@IcelandRichard) November 9, 2018

Advertising wasteful commercialism is fine, but alerting people to the environmental impact of their consumer choices isn't. This Guardian piece explores the reasons why it deserves to be shown, and why we need to stop using palm oil.
Take a look

There's a Rang-Tan in my bedroom...

A new video on Palm Oil by Greenpeace...

Iceland and Palm Oil

The supermarket not the country...

BREAKING NEWS: We're the UK's first supermarket to commit to removing #palmoil from our own label products by the end of this year! Watch here to find out why...#PalmOilAlarmCall pic.twitter.com/hfGvH2QRDW

— Iceland Foods ❄️ (@IcelandFoods) April 10, 2018