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Article: How Prince's food is destroying rainforests
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2009
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Duchy Original biscuits, soup and pies contain oil responsible
for deforestation
PRINCE CHARLES, who is touring the world campaigning to save the
rainforests, is selling products containing an ingredient blamed for
wrecking them.
Palm oil is present in five of products in his Duchy Originals
range of organic groceries sold in British shops.
In the past year, Prince Charles has flown to the Amazon and
Indonesia to lecture politicians, businesses and the public about
the need to save rainforests, whose rapid destruction kills rare
animals and hastens climate change.
Two years ago the heir to the throne set up the Prince's
Rainforest Project with the backing of 18 corporations including ...