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Activists protest Cargill's influence

Agricultural company Cargill is fully aware that its business practices contribute to the destruction of rainforests, activists said from Minneapolis.

Activists with environmental advocacy group Rainforest Action Network demonstrated in front of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange to protest Cargill's political influence in the United States.

Protesters said Cargill was responsible not only for the destruction of rainforests in countries like Indonesia but its practices contribute to what Rainforest Action Network described as slave labor.

Activists protest Cargill's influence
UPI
Monday, January 23, 2012

“Occupy Cargill” Activists Stage Citizens’ Arrest of Cargill Inc.

Release Date: 
Saturday, January 21, 2012

For Immediate Release

Interviews available; High resolution photos can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainforestactionnetwork/sets/72157628971466...

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Laurel Sutherlin, 415.246.0161

Ashley Schaeffer, 707.391.8208

“Occupy Cargill” Activists Stage Citizens’ Arrest of Cargill Inc.

Marchers protest legal concept of ‘corporate personhood’ on 2nd anniversary of Citizens United Supreme Court ruling

New California Slave Labor Law (SB 657) To Expose Ugly Side of Many Common Commodities; Impact 3200 Companies

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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Laurel Sutherlin, 415.246.0161

Cargill should do more to end use of problematic palm oil, says RAN

As part of our coverage of the 9th Annual Roundtable Meeting on Sustainable Palm Oil currently underway in Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia, mongabay.com is interviewing participants and attendees.

Cargill should do more to end use of problematic palm oil, says RAN
mongabay.com
Thursday, November 24, 2011

Cargill: Inside the quiet giant that rules the food business

FORTUNE -- Greg Page's only misgiving about the job offer he received from Cargill in 1974 was that it was from Cargill. He had grown up in tiny Bottineau, N.D., six miles from the Canadian border. His dad was the local John Deere dealer, who also owned an 800-acre hobby farm with 40 cows. "Cargill has historically had probably mixed sentiments about it out on the prairie," says Page. "That's who you sold your grain to." Farmers knew that if they didn't keep their wits about them, they might well get squeezed by the food giant. You knew to "keep a weather eye out," he says.

Cargill: Inside the quiet giant that rules the food business
CNNMoney
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Worst Food Additive Ever? It's in Half of All Foods We Eat and Its Production Destroys Rainforests and Enslaves Children

On August 10, police and security for the massive palm oil corporation Wilmar International (of which Archer Daniels Midland is the second largest shareholder) stormed a small, indigenous village on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. They came with bulldozers and guns, destroying up to 70 homes, evicting 82 families, and arresting 18 people. Then they blockaded the village, keeping the villagers in -- and journalists out.

Worst Food Additive Ever? It's in Half of All Foods We Eat and Its Production Destroys Rainforests and Enslaves Children
AlterNet
Monday, October 24, 2011

Girl Scouts to reduce use of palm oil in cookies after two Juniors start campaign

Two Girl Scouts have earned their merit badge in effecting social change.

Madison Vorva, 16, and Rhiannon Tomtishen, 15, of Michigan started a campaign five years ago urging the Girl Scouts of America to stop using palm oil in its cookies, the Wall Street Journal reports. Now, the company will tell bakers to use as little of the oil as possible, purchase GreenPalm certificates and will try to switch to sustainable oil by 2015.

Girl Scouts to reduce use of palm oil in cookies after two Juniors start campaign
The Washington Post
Friday, September 30, 2011

Girl Scouts pledge to limit palm-oil use in cookies

A five-year campaign by two Michigan girls to make Girl Scout cookies more environmentally friendly has prompted the youth organization to curb the use of palm oil in its iconic baked goods.

Girl Scouts of the USA isn't eliminating the ingredient, but it says that beginning with the 2012-13 cookie season, each box will include a GreenPalm logo as a symbol of Girl Scouts' commitment to address concerns about the deforestation of sensitive lands caused by production of palm oil.

Girl Scouts pledge to limit palm-oil use in cookies
msnbc
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Girl Scouts Activists, Rainforest Action Network and Union of Concerned Scientists Respond to Palm Oil Cookie Announcement by Girl Scouts USA

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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Laurel Sutherlin 415.246.0161 laurel@ran.org

Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva, the two Girl Scouts that have been leading the effort to make Girl Scout cookies deforestation free, issued the following statement in reaction to Girl Scouts USA announcement that it will purchase Green Palm certificates and work towards the use of RSPO-certified palm oil by 2015, as well as work to reduce the amount of palm oil used in its cookies. They are available for interviews. 

Cargill tied to violence in Sumatra?

Security forces used by a palm oil supplier to Cargill are using violence and intimidation against villagers in Indonesia, the Rainforest Action Network claims.

The Rainforest Action Network accused palm oil supplier Wilmar of using armed violence against villagers in Sumatra. Heavy machinery, the advocacy group adds, is used by Wilmar to destroy area homes as well.

Lindsey Allen, forest program director at the group, said agricultural trading giant Cargill needs to adopt "crucial" safeguards on its supply chains.

Cargill tied to violence in Sumatra?
United Press International
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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