Jocelyn C. Zuckerman is my guest on Episode 128 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley.
James Beard Award-winning journalist Jocelyn C. Zuckerman spent years traveling the globe, from Liberia to Indonesia, India to Brazil, reporting on the human and environmental impacts of this poorly understood plant. The result is Planet Palm, a riveting account blending history, science, politics, and food as seen through the people whose lives have been upended by this hidden ingredient. The little oil palm fruit has played an outsized role in world history and economic development. But the multi-billion-dollar palm oil business has been built on stolen land and slave labour; it spurred colonisation and swept away lives and cultures. Today, its fires and mass deforestation generate carbon emissions to rival those of entire industrialized nations, and they’ve pushed animals like the orangutan to the brink of extinction.
Jocelyn is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn. The former deputy editor of Gourmet, articles editor of OnEarth, and executive editor of Modern Farmer, she has written for Audubon, The American Prospect, newyorker.com, nationalgeographic.com, and many other publications. A graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya and is a former fellow with the Washington, DC-based Alicia Patterson Foundation.
www.jocelynczuckerman.com
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#biodiversityloss #endangered #palmoil #rainforests #food #PlanetPalm #Corruption #fooddanger #foodcorruption
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00:00 - How palm oil ended up in everything and endangered the world
00:20 - Introduction Inside Ideas guest Jocelyn C. Zuckerman on Episode 128 with Marc Buckley
03:35 - How have you weathered this crazy time?
06:40 - Writing the book Planet Palm
08:34 - Palm oil and industrial palm oil
10:48 - Nigeria and landgrabs
13:30 - The Unilever story and history of palm oil
21:33 - Developed into Corruption
23:17 - Grows best around the equator - tropical rainforest and diversity loss
24:18 - 2008
25:55 - The hidden cost of things Used in mainly junk food
29:58 - The Menu B book
33:28 - Creating consumer awareness
34:28 - Local protests and global organizations
35:47 - Do you consider yourself to be a Global Citizen?
44:45 - Raise our voices
47:45 - Many adventures and horror stories in the book
52:00 - Sophie Egan's book, episode 119: https://youtu.be/mwm0EYOTD2U
55:35 - Palm oil done right and synthetic palm oil
59:10 - It needs to be a Global effort
1:00:12 - Activism experiences
1:06:55 - Takeaways from the book
1:08:20 - Organisations and info on Palm oil
1:09:49 - The burning question; WTF - What is the Future?
1:13:42 - Maria Rodale - Organic Manifesto, episode 70: https://youtu.be/jJXpBwCJoIg
1:14:35 - What does a world that works for everyone look like for you?
1:17:20 - Sustainable Takeaway
1.18:10 - What should young innovators in your field think about?
1:18:51 - What I wish I knew from the start?
