NO! Boycotting Palm Oil is not the answer! Despite there being many irreversible negatives, Palm Oil also has some positives including:
- It is the most productive vegetable oil crop. Alternatives such as Canola or Soy and would require more land to produce. The next most productive crop is Canola and it requires 6x as much land to produce a given amount!
- Palm oil has created economic growth and employment. It is Indonesia’s largest agricultural export and contributes between 6-7% of GDP and provides direct employment for 3.7 million workers.