Do we know where and how the coconut and palm oil are sourced? The indiscriminate harvesting of these oils has contributed to devastating deforestation and habitat loss in biologically diverse environments. Claims that plant-based foods and other products are automatically more sustainable need to be taken with a grain of salt. Determining a food’s sustainability is a balancing act that needs to take a wide variety of factors into consideration. https://www.science.org/content/article/claim-coconut-oil-worse-biodive…
April 12, 2022 at 10:29am
Do we know where and how the coconut and palm oil are sourced? The indiscriminate harvesting of these oils has contributed to devastating deforestation and habitat loss in biologically diverse environments. Claims that plant-based foods and other products are automatically more sustainable need to be taken with a grain of salt. Determining a food’s sustainability is a balancing act that needs to take a wide variety of factors into consideration. https://www.science.org/content/article/claim-coconut-oil-worse-biodive…