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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
:have failed to adopt responsible palm oil policies, according to SumOfUs, a non-profit consumer advocacy group. “
There is a video game called “The last of us.” If only...
Unsustainable conflict palm oil driven deforestation.
You really can’t parody these people anymore.
What a great advertisement for Instant Ramen Noodles. I had never even heard of them before this.
Not seeing the problem considering how they vote.
And stay-at-home-moms such as myself so I can feed my family on a budget with good food while I eat ramen for lunch and dinner. Sometimes not at all.
” Nissin Foods Holdings and Toyo Suisan Kaisha (Maruchan), both Japanese firms, have failed to adopt responsible palm oil policies “
The Japanese just don’t give a (s)hit about a lot of PC crap and i don’t blame them.
No soup for you!!
One Hundred and Forty-Four recipes here for Ramen Noodles!
http://www.budget101.com/frugal/ramen-noodle-recipes-1548/
The other staple was macaroni and cheese. Now it’s gone gourmet....absurd!! Toasted cheese sandwiches have also gone gourmet.
Just had a bowl of chicken ramen
Damnit!
If a conservative with a microphone wanted to convert young folks, he’d need only make an issue of this and other lib things that take away their favorite things.
We’d have several million anti-liberals in a week. But they refuse to.
Buzzfeed has some ‘gourmet’ recipes, here. Wow! Seriously, WOW! Who knew? I thought I was being, ‘fancy’ when I added chopped mushrooms, LOL!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalderon/27-better-ways-to-eat-ramen#.ap1RdL2y5
First the Japanese are dying out and will be extinct tomorrow and now their ramen noodles are not environmentally sustainable... I am so glad I stocked up on Ramen noodles and Japanese Cartoons as that stuff is gonna be a collector items next week when the Island of Japan sinks into the sea....
I know my Raman noodles: V=5, X=10, L=50, C=100, and M=1000.
[ Unsustainable conflict palm oil driven deforestation.
You really can’t parody these people anymore. ]
So if we genetically modify corn to produce “palm oil” will a liberal’s head explode?
Eat GMO and save the palm forests, or eat non-gmo palm oil and deforest....
BAM! Liberal head splosion...
>>Ramen is necessary for poor college students and old people
<<
Still my favorite breakfast. I got into the habit when I was at a Residence Inn with a large Asian contingent.
Sadly, I can’t find kim chee which REALLY launches your day!
>>What is wrong with replanting the trees, like we do here?<<
They have to fertilize with children, according to the article.
“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”
- Hillary Clinton
“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.”
What does the Confederate Japanese Flag look like ?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.