We shouldn't let a small group of multinational agribusiness firms decide what farmers plant and what we eat. The more that responsible parents, progressive farmers and activists understand the hidden costs of our broken and unsustainable food system, the more we can do to change it.
Agribusiness—in which huge areas of forest are burned or cleared to make space for crops and livestock—is the number one driver of deforestation worldwide.
Procter and Gamble (P&G) has committed to a new No Deforestation policy that will remove forest destruction from its products and provide full traceability for all the palm oil and derivatives it uses. After weeks of public pressure and outcry over the company's palm oil sourcing practices, this is a huge step forward in protecting the country's forests and the communities who depend on them, but warned that much work still remains.
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