Posted on 07/20/2015 6:31:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Bad news for broke college students, even worse news for the planet VIDEO
For decades, instant ramen noodles have been a culinary staple for cash-poor college students, young working professionals and even prisoners. Yet ramen noodles are a main culprit of deforestation due to the high amount of unsustainable palm oil used to make them. While several large food corporations have committed to eliminating conflict palm oil from their supply chains, two of the world’s biggest instant noodle producers, Nissin Foods Holdings and Toyo Suisan Kaisha (Maruchan), both Japanese firms, have failed to adopt responsible palm oil policies, according to SumOfUs, a non-profit consumer advocacy group.
“Instant noodles are cheap, convenient, and popular, but today they’re mostly a threat to our planet,” said Kaytee Riek, campaigns director at SumOfUs, in an email. Both Nissin and Maruchan have failed to “cut ties with bad actors that clear rain forests, peatlands and abuse the rights of communities and workers in the palm oil sector,” she said.
“As global demand for palm oil has skyrocketed, so has the need for large numbers of laborers on plantations,” according to Humanity United, a non-profit social welfare group, “This has resulted in widespread exploitation of workers and a reliance on forced and child labor.”
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OK. That’s it. I’m on the war path.
Leave my raman alone.
Is that a serious name, “Renard Loki”? May as well have used the name “Sun Wu-k’ung” then.
it’s always something.
Get a life. It’s great!
College students will starve.
Everything is bad for the environment, including humanity, and they are finally coming for us all.
They should be eating endangered species anyway.
Do these idiot granola eaters realize how many people depend on ramen noodles? A cheap inexpensive meal that can be used in a variety of dishes.
No problem. The solution is to kill more tasty animals for us instead of noodles.
meh
Ramen is necessary for poor college students and old people
Loki, Loki. Where have I heard that name before? Wasn’t he the sneaky dude always giving Thor trouble?
What is wrong with replanting the trees, like we do here?
I don’t have a problem with that as they are more carbon polluters. :)
Oh the outrage... Oh the Concern...
Sorry... my Give a darn card has been maxed out.
We need some studies that show what harm Keenwhah (yes, I know it's quinoa) farming does to the planet. That, and tofu.
I ate everything from Nissin and Maruchan ramen (4 for a buck then add egg) back in the dorm days. One of my rommies was half Japanese and he made stuff with those cheap noodles that were crazy.
I’m enjoying some ramen noodles RIGHT NOW!
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