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Join our conversation with your friendly neighbourhood palm oil expert Joss Lyons-White

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00:14 - What is Palm oil?

03:00 - Pros

03:55 - Cons

05:05 - Impacts on people

06:12 - The land after palm oil

06:50 - Smallholders Vs Companies

07:40 - Methods of making it more sustainable

09:33 - Increasing yields

10:25 - Palm oil isn't new

12:14 - Sustainability in the Western world 

13:20 - Global consumption 

14:26 - Potential solution - Government regulation

15:06 - Why aren't other countries taking advantage of palm oil?

15:45 - Development Vs Environmental needs

20:25 - How can the average Joe help?

21:25 - Are there alternatives? No - Joss likes his peanut butter smooth...

22:58 - How do we know we're buying sustainable palm oil?

24:56 - What counts as sustainable palm oil? Is it all unsustainable? 

26:36 - How is the demand for sustainable palm oil going to grow?

27:27 - Will governments enforce protection of their forests? Who's Pete?

29:00 - How you can help

30:48 - What if we support sustainable palm oil & the demand surpasses the supply?

31:38 -  What if the world switched to buying only sustainable palm oil tomorrow?

34:22 - Summary

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"The thing about palm oil people don't realise is it's in everything"

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"If we're talking about the benefits of development, then smooth peanut butter is definitely up there... noone wants it crunchy"

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"Don't remove yourself from the conversation by not buying palm oil all together, it's a battle you cannot win"

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